In "One Of Your Girls," Troye Sivan explores a sentiment that resonates with many gay guys: the complicated allure of having romantic or sexual feelings for a heterosexual man. Sivan appeals to his love interest, urging them to "pretend" he's either a girl or one of his homies, someone they can be at ease around.
Sivan penned the synth-pop song based on personal encounters with guys who had historically identified as straight but showed a keen interest in him. "They were flirting with me, saying there was something in me that they were interested in," he told Apple Music. Sivan described a complex mix of emotions, such as putting these men on a pedestal, grappling with why the situation was so enticing, and questioning himself due to past heartbreaks. The singer realized he wasn't treating himself with the respect he deserved by being someone's secret experiment.
These experiences left Sivan with a range of feelings, sometimes elated and sometimes deeply saddened. "It probably comes from childhood [feelings] of not feeling like enough, and then seeing these guys that I'm like, 'I don't know if I want to be you or be with you, but I'm completely 'hearteyes' for you,'" he told the Guardian, "I found that a lot of the time after these experiences, I'd be kind of selling myself short or allowing myself to be the secret. It's a bit self-deprecating."
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