The entire concept of differing connotations of songs due to the artist's sexuality may seem familiar. In fact, it is indeed familiar as it was a way of interpreting the famous frontman of Queen, Freddie Mercury. Mercury is a rock'n'roll icon. He is idolized not only for his four-octave vocal range but he is admired for his flamboyant charisma that attracted millions of fans. However, what was more interesting was his evolution into the short haired, mustached macho man that became the legendary face of Queen. All throughout his career were the inklings and hints of his homosexuality but it was never outright mentioned by Mercury himself as his being gay took on the role of an open secret in the music industry. It is the revelation of Mercury's homosexuality that is the topic of Rishi Malhotra's paper, which looks at the lyrics of Queen's songs in comparison to the flamboyant persona that is Freddie Mercury. I will bring up the same point brought up earlier with Troye Sivan: if homosexuality was never a factor, then interpretations of Queen's songs wouldn't be as straight forward. There wouldn't be another wrinkle in the meaning behind the lyrics. This goes for Troye Sivan's music as well. Heteronormativity is the standard that has been broken in the past by Freddie Mercury and broken now by Troye Sivan.

Let's transition to heteronormativity challenged by Troye Sivan's music, lyrics, and videos. One of Troye's first songs was "Make You Love Me" published in 2012. This song talks about an unrequited love, as Sivan sings "Well, I can't make you love me but I'll try/ Until my dying breath, oh you know I'll try/ I can't make you feel it if it's not there."If this is your first time listening to this song, the first notion to come to mind is that "Make You Love Me" is about trying to get your love interest to fall for you. A normal interpretation indeed, but considering that Troye Sivan had already come out as being gay, although in private, the whole interpretation takes a turn. Those lyrics can now be looked at as a call for accepting someone as being gay. Maybe they don't fully understand the concept of homosexuality, but Troye won't give up at trying to make them understand that being gay is acceptable. Fast forward 3 years and Troye Sivan released a full-length, which he confesses to Larry King that a lot of songs on the album are about boys. In "WILD", the lines of Sivan's sexuality are not blurred at all. The song covers the desire of a forbidden love that drives Sivan to love even more and more. He sings "You make my heart shake/Bend and break/But I can't turn away/And it’s driving me wild". Sivan has admitted that this about a puppy love between two boys and the accompanying music video show exactly that: a growing relationship between two youngsters, who seal their love with a kiss. The concept of heteronormativity suggests that romance exists between a man and a woman. However, that notion is challenged by the boldness in the lyrics and the videos of Troye Sivan. In a growing LGBT community that Sivan is proud to be a part of, social norms are meant to be broken with their presence and, much like Freddie Mercury before him, he is helping the cause.