Singer Addison Rae revealed she was in love with Troye Sivan and that he gave her "butterflies" during their recent performance. On September 25, 2024, Rae shared the same on her Instagram stories. She had made a guest appearance on his tour.
"I'm actually in love with troye. You don't understand.. when we touched heads during Diet Pepsi I had butterflies and then couldn't even look at him again," she wrote.
Sivan and Charli XCX are currently on the North American leg of their Sweat tour. On Monday, the duo who took to the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York, brought in surprise guests Addison Rae and Lorde. Lorde performed Girl, so confusing with Charli, while Rae joined the pair for the live debut of her latest single, Diet Pepsi.
Addison later reposted @PopCrave's post on X about her story, commenting:
"I wish I was joking."
As news of Rae's IG story spread, internet users were quick to react. One found her sentiments relatable and commented:
"you're one of us."
Netizens continued to gush over Troye Sivan. Here are some comments seen on X:
"i can’t even blame her, he’s beautiful asf," one fan wrote.
"a universal experience," @emilyxinfiniy shared.
"That’s too cute! Sounds like a classic crush moment. Who wouldn’t get butterflies around Troye?" another fan wrote.
Others pointed out that Sivan came out as gay.
"girl in love with a gay guy, a tale as old as time..." a user commented.
"Well sister..sometimes we need that onesided love," another added.
"she’s so real 13-year old me had the worst crush on him ever," @pinkssweater emphasized.
Addison Rae and Charli XCX also performed the remix version of the latter's song Von Dutch
Addison Rae also performed the remix version of Charli XCX's single Von Dutch from her sixth studio album Brat. The track is set to appear on XCX's upcoming remix version of the album Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat, which will debut in October. It features additional vocals by Rae and production by her longtime collaborator A.G. Cook.
Addison Rae and XCX have previously worked together on the former's song, 2 Die 4, which appeared on her extended play titled, AR. The singer has previously expressed her excitement about working with Charli. Per a September 2024 article by J14, in her interview with SiriusXM's TikTok Radio, Addison Ray stated:
"She has such amazing taste and has given me such, you know, an eye into that when she is working. And anything that we did together was so, it was so nice to see her perspective on those things and really see someone who’s been such an incredible artist and so respected for so long."
Addison Rae gained fame on TikTok, where she became the fifth-most followed user with over 88 million followers. She debuted with the single Obsessed in 2021 and followed up with Diet Pepsi in 2024, which peaked at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is seen as her breakthrough song. Addison has also acted in films like He's All That, Thanksgiving, and appeared on The Kardashians. She will voice a character in the upcoming animated film Animal Friends, alongside Ryan Reynolds.
Troye Sivan has not publicly reacted to the development.