That is to say, Australian names we’re keen to feature but can never quite lock down due to their work commitments or some other confounding factor. And ridiculously huge pop star Troye Sivan, who has 15 million followers on the ’gram and is about to tour the US with Charli XCX, sat close to the top of that list for a very long time. So long, in fact, that his name became a running joke around the office. “Troye Sivan?” some comedian would invariably suggest in any type of brainstorm about finding talent for a new project.

Of course, when we finally landed our whale on Zoom this month, he wasn’t in London, Tokyo or LA, but at his internet-famous home in Carlton, just a few kilometres away from our writer. Such is the pop star’s double life. He plays to stadiums, but still gets a kick out of appearing on The Project. He’s nearly impossible to pin down, but appears on Melbourne’s streets regularly, with a disarming sense of normality. And that might be why we love him so much.