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Troye Sivan didn’t always want to dance.

While the singer showed off some now-viral moves in the music videos for his singles “Rush” and “Got Me Started,” Sivan says he was always “absolutely petrified” of dancing on stage. But the pulsating tracks on his latest album and a “personal ambition” to emulate “Britney, Janet” and the tightly choreographed popstars he grew up listening to, convinced the singer to finally let loose.