If you're one of Troye Sivan's 3.39 million Twitter followers, chances are you've caught onto the fact that he's been pretty excited about a particular performance:
\u201c\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc99 I AM GOING TO BE PERFORMING ON @TheEllenShow ON THE 28TH OF JANUARY \ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc99\u201d— \ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc (@\ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc) 1453249002
\u201c#TroyeOnEllen #TroyeOnEllen #TroyeOnEllen #TroyeOnEllen\u201d— \ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc (@\ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc) 1453249002
\u201cjust drove past the Hollywood sign at sunset after performing on @TheEllenShow. please never let me forget this moment\u201d— \ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc (@\ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc) 1453943171
\u201cnot even in like a 'holy shit I'm freaking out' kinda way, just in a really really thankful way. Thanks for everything guys \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udc8b\u201d— \ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc (@\ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc) 1453943171
\u201ctomorrow. #TroyeOnEllen\u201d— \ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc (@\ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc) 1453943448
\u201cI wonder what today is\u201d— \ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc (@\ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffc) 1454003574
Today, Sivan's birthday serenade to Degeneres aired on her talk show. Describing him as someone she "loves so much," Degeneres sent her entire audience home with copies of Sivan's debut feature-length album, Blue Neighbourhood.
Watch below:
This was a wonderful birthday present. Troye Sivan #TroyeOnEllen
Posted by Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday, 28 January 2016
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