-Thank you for coming back to the show.
-Thank you for having me. -Was it your --
Was it your late-night debut on our show?
-It was. Every time I walk into this, like, building,
specifically this floor, my, like, heart sinks.
It was -- It was terrifying.
-It wasn't me, though. I wasn't terrifying, was I?
-No, you were really, really nice.
It's just -- It's just terrifying.
It's really scary. -Were The Roots terr--
'Cause you played with The Roots.
-No, they were also really, really nice.
I don't know. It's just like -- Maybe it's all these people.
I don't know.
-They're very nice. It's a different crowd now.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Fantastic. Oh, they're much better.
-But look at you, buddy. Congratulations.
-Now I'm coming back twice this week.
-That's right. That's right. You're coming back Thursday.
-Yeah.
-Let it all out. Just get loose now.
-Now I'm sure. -Now you're sure.
Congrats on this -- This just came out. "Bloom."
And to great reviews.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Did you think this was gonna the cover
or you always knew this was gonna be the cover?
-I tossed it up between the two, and I really, really like --
Can I show you this? -Yeah.
-This little, specific bit of hair I thought was really cool.
And -- Legitimately.
And so I was like --
-There? -This little bit.
-Yeah, I see it. Oh, that right there.
-And so I was like, "That's the cover."
-[ Laughs ] That's why you're a great artist. I love it.
I heard someone say that when you were writing this album
that you were nervous because you weren't sad enough.
-Totally. Yeah.
I was always, like, that kid that --
Like, in the car, if a sad song comes on the radio,
I'm, like, fully staring out the window
and pretending I'm in a music video and stuff.
Like...
If it's raining, it's, like, guaranteed that it's happening.
-Yeah, it's the best. -So, I don't know.
I was always, like, just gravitated towards sad music.
And any time I felt sad,
it was like writing for me was like a coping thing.
You know, I would just try and make a song out of it.
And then I was just really happy.
And I'm so thankful to be able to say that.
But it was weird to try to
kind of find out what happy me sounds like in a song.
I thought about maybe waiting to see if I was gonna get depressed.
And then I was like, "No. Let's just -- Let's just go.
Let's go now." -[ Laughs ] I love that.
Yeah, I'm so happy that you stayed happy.
Thank you for staying happy.
And I hope you never get depressed.
The song you're performing tonight with Charli XCX
is "1999."
-Yeah. -And it's -- The video --
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It's great. Great video. -Thank you.
-In the video, you guys kind of
spoof or tribute to everything from 1999.
How old were you in 1999?
-I was 4. -Absolutely. Perfect.
That made me feel real old.
And -- But this is one of my favorite parts of the video.
I just want to show you this right here.
-So embarrassing. -Yeah, and that's just --
[ Laughter ]
-But, like, can you believe that this is real?
-Yeah, that's real. -Look at his eyebrows.
Like, it's so inspiring, honestly.
It's so good. It's so good.
-So, you're doing "1999" tonight.
I can't wait to hear that. Thank you for coming on the show.
And then, Thursday, you're going to come back to our show
and perform a song that you contributed to
the soundtrack of "Boy Erased."
Which, man, congrats on that. That was --
-Thank you. It's moving. Well, it's a movie.
But it's a moving movie.
Lucas Hedges.
Can you set up what that film is about?
-Yeah, sure.
So, it's based on a memoir of the same name,
and it's about a boy who comes out to his parents
and is sort of coaxed
into going to a gay conversion therapy camp.
And, yeah.
-A gay conversion therapy camp. So they -- Yeah.
-Yeah, well, I mean, I guess conversion therapy,
because there's sort of all different types of people there.
But, yeah, he goes and, thankfully,
Garrard made it out and wrote a memoir about it.
But it sort of just follows his journey through that.
-And you're actually doing a lot with a charity, right?
You're working right now.
Is it 50 Bills, 50...
-Yeah, so, it's 50 Bills in 50 States.
We're working with The Trevor Project,
and, basically, when I first read the script, I was like,
"This is probably set in the '90s or something like that."
And it was set in 2004.
And it's still happening in 2018.
36 states across the U.S., it's still completely legal
to send your kid off to conversion therapy.
And it's been proven to be so dangerous and hurtful
and obviously ineffective.
And so we're trying --
We're trying to get 50 Bills in 50 States
to prevent youth from going through conversion therapy.
-That's -- Good for you.
[ Cheers and applause ] That's good for you.
-Thank you. -I want to show a clip.
Here's Troye Sivan and Lucas Hedges in "Boy Erased."
In theaters now. Check this out.
-Are you okay?
-I'm fine. I'm fine.
-Let me give you some advice.
Play the part.
Show them it's working, you're getting better.
Fake it until you make it, right?
-There you go. Our thanks to Troye Sivan.