For decades, Australia has watched many of its best musicians head overseas to make it big. But during this pandemic, they've come home — maybe even for good.
Seemingly overnight, tours were postponed indefinitely or cancelled altogether.Venues like The Forum in Melbourne lie dormant for now.
He released a new EP, In A Dream, with accompanying music videos in August — all from his brother's spare bedroom."It's been really weird. All of the usual triggers of releasing something — like shows and rehearsals — none of that has happened," he said."I'm really excited to get out into the real world and feel some sort of tangible result of releasing this music. But for now, it feels too easy, almost.
"Before, I was at the one extreme where I was always on the road and always in LA and now I'm here," Sivan said from the suburbs of Melbourne."I think I can be releasing this music from my laptop, which is really cool."For Sivan and a growing cohort of internationally renowned artists, the break from a gruelling tour schedule and the inability to collaborate with other artists in person may be the catalysts for lasting changes.
"It's been really cool to be forced to find new talent and think of creative ways to keep talent I already work with working."We may even see an uptick in creativity and output from our local artists with the distractions of life on the road tamed"Emotionally and mentally, I really did need a break to take it all in and get a new perspective, it was really important for me.
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