Troye Sivan Shares How He Got Nicole Kidman for ‘She’s the Best’ Video (And What He Thinks of ADÉLA’s Hit)

Nicole Kidman has been well loved by pop music in 2026, with both Troye Sivan and ADÉLA paying tribute to her in their projects this year.

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9) interview with Billboard , the Aussie singer opened up about why he wanted the Oscar winner to star in his “She’s the Best” music video while shouting out ADÉLA’s hit “Nicole Kidman,” which recently reached a new peak at No.

11 on the Billboard Hot 100 .

“I was just listening to, ‘Every single night…,'” Sivan began, singing some of the Slovak star’s lyrics.

“Nicole is — I haven’t spoken to ADÉLA about the song — but I think maybe for the same reason she wrote that song,” he continued.

“Nicole represents something, I think, to so many people that is kind of unexplainable.

There’s an energy there that’s so captivating.

She’s such a good example of the women I’ve been obsessed with my entire life.” ADÉLA recently shared similar thoughts with Billboard and acknowledged how “wild” it is that Kidman — who’s voiced support for the song named after her — is in her corner.

In his conversation with Billboard , Sivan similarly expressed how present and engaged the actress was throughout the production of the “She’s the Best” visual — even though he was convinced that Kidman wouldn’t be able to show up on the day of, given how in-demand she is.

“I was like, ‘I’m going to believe it when we wrap the video,'” he recalled.

“It’s Nicole Kidman! Something’s going to come up.

Every time my phone would go off, and it was her name, I was like, ‘F–k, here it is.'” The chat arrives on the same day as Sivan’s new album, She’s the Best , which comes three years after his Billboard 200 No.

20 full-length Something to Give Each Other .