“Seventeen” is the opening song on Troye Sivan’s sophomore album. The song was played at Troye’s Secret Listening Sessions along with “Bloom” and a few other tracks.
In an interview with Attitude, he said the track is about lying about his age and hooking up with older men on Grindr:
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[Verse 1]
I got these beliefs that I think you wanna break
Got something here to lose that I think you wanna take from me
You say that I'm asleep, but I wanna be awake
Got something here to lose that I know you wanna take
[Pre-Chorus]
And he said age is just a number, just like any other
We can do whatever, do whatever you want
Boy becomes a man now
Can't tell a man to slow down
He'll just do whatever, do whatever he wants
[Chorus]
I went out looking for love when I was seventeen
Maybe a little too young, but it was real to me
And in the heat of the night, saw things I'd never seen
No-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, seventeen
[Verse 2]
You should know I'm green, but I'll find my way around
Heard the whispers, now let's see what all the talk's about
I'm taking in the sights and measuring the sounds
Heard the whispers, now let's see what all the talk's about
[Pre-Chorus]
And he said age is just a number, just like any other
We can do whatever, do whatever you want
Boy becomes a man now
Can't tell a man to slow down
He'll just do whatever, do whatever he wants
[Chorus]
I went out looking for love when I was seventeen
Maybe a little too young, but it was real to me
And in the heat of the night, saw things I'd never seen
No-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, seventeen
[Bridge]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, seventeen
Seventeen, seventeen, seventeen
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, seventeen
Seventeen, seventeen, seventeen
[Chorus]
I went out looking for love when I was seventeen
Maybe a little too young, but it was real to me
And in the heat of the night, saw things I'd never seen
No-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, seventeen
I went out looking for love when I was seventeen
Maybe a little too young, but it was real to me
And in the heat of the night, saw things I'd never seen
No-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, seventeen
[Outro]
Seventeen, seventeen, seventeen
Seventeen, seventeen, seventeen
Seventeen was written by Troye Sivan & Leland & Allie X & Bram Inscore.
Seventeen was produced by Bram Inscore.
Troye Sivan released Seventeen on Fri Aug 31 2018.
Troye stated that this song is about his experience with a fake id at seventeen and dating older guys:
“There’s actually a song about that on the album called ‘17’… Originally the chorus of the song was ‘Here he comes / like he just walked out of a dream / doesn’t care that you’re 17’. And I was lik...