Troye Sivan dropped an album on his fans during the first day of VidCon.
Just over an hour until the big announcement!! If you’re at Vidcon, see you there! If you’re online, stay tunedddd! #TRXYE
— Troye Sivan (@troyesivan) June 26, 2014
After a year of keeping things under wraps, the YouTube musician was finally able to share that his new album would be released on Aug. 15.
He teased his news prior to VidCon, but he made things official with a YouTube video explaining what he’d been up to over the past year and why he wasn’t allowed to say anything about it.
“I wrote over 40 songs and it’s been the most intense and insane journey, and I had to keep it a secret from you the entire time,” he said.
Sivan made the first 2,000 signed copies of TRXYE available for preorder, something that caused some problems as fans frantically tried to get their hands on a signed copy.
Still trying to order Troye’s EP #TRXYE pic.twitter.com/WEn4pvKQbn
— BIG DADDY (@troyesnuggett) June 27, 2014
502 BAD GATEWAY YEAH OK IM GOING TO PUNCH YOU IN YOUR GATEWAY IN ABOUT TWO SECONDS IF I CANT BUY #TRXYE
— cassie sings (@cassieonthecobb) June 27, 2014
I WAS SO FUCKING CLOSE GODDAMN IT WHY DOES IT KEEP CRASHINGGG #TRXYE
— Diana (@DianaVGallardo) June 27, 2014
YOU GUYS KEEP CRASHING THE WEBSITE IM CRYING IM SO HAPPY BUT KEEP TRYING PUNKS I WANNA SIGN UR EP –> https://t.co/vzVtt7c5MB
— Troye Sivan (@troyesivan) June 27, 2014
In case you aren’t able to preorder a signed copy in time, the album will also be available to preorder on iTunes.
If you don’t get one of the first 2000, iTunes pre-order is coming soooooonn!!!!
— Troye Sivan (@troyesivan) June 27, 2014
Photo via Troye Sivan/YouTube