Troye Sivan Releases Madonna-Sampling ‘Party’ Single & Cinematic Video: Watch

"I was so excited to ask him and so excited that he said yes," Sivan told Billboard of getting Ian McKellen to narrate the video. Troye Sivan in the video for "Party." Kai Gillespie Trending on Billboard It’s time to “Party.” Troye Sivan has dropped the second song and visual, “Party,” from his forthcoming album, She’s the Best, which is due out Oct. 9. The stomping electro-dance track samples Madonna’s No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Music” and is accompanied by a lush, racy video directed by Gordon von Steiner. He also directed Sivan’s clips for “Got Me Started,” “One of Your Girls” and “Rush,” with the latter earning Grammy Award nominations for von Steiner and Sivan for best music video. Filmed at a castle in Berkeley, England, the choreography-heavy video for “Party” stars Sivan as a knight in shining armor in medieval times. In between the sword fighting and revelry, Sivan and the cast cavort their way through sexy shenanigans (and many a bare behind). Explore See latest videos, charts and news Sir Ian McKellen — who first worked with Sivan when he was 14-years-old in a production of Waiting for Godot in Perth — provides an introductory voice-over narration to the clip: “The conquest is nearly behind us. Fires blaze from one end of the realm to the other. And what is victory, if not celebrated? For at long last, a party.” “We both take partying quite seriously,” Sivan says of von Steiner, in an upcoming episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, “…it can be this very transcendent and almost spiritual experience… especially as queer people, I think that nightlife is often the first time that you find yourself in a space where you’re not the minority.” “So we were talking about it and … we were like, ‘surely people have always partied in some capacity, and surely queer people have always partied in some capacity.’ And so it got us thinking: What would this party have looked like 100 years ago, 200 years ago? It just unlocked this whole feeling and world that was just so much fun to dig into.” “Sir Ian McKellen did the voice-over … and that was also important to me because it’s this idea of queer lineage and each generation setting the stage and showing the younger generation or the new generation: ‘this is where we gather and this is what we do, and this is one way to really connect with your community.’ I was so excited to ask him and so excited that he said yes.” “Party” was written by Sivan, Leland, Tyde Mellet (Sivan’s brother), Rob Feher, Kaelyn Behr, Elvira Anderfjärd, Tove Burman and Luka Kloser. It was produced by Mellet, Feher, Behr and Sivan. It’s the second offering from Sivan’s upcoming album, following the title track “She’s the Best.” Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up