Nicole Kidman Stars in Troye Sivan's 'She's the Best' Video, With a Charli xcx Cameo
Nicole Kidman appears in the music video for Troye Sivan's new single 'She's the Best', which debuted on YouTube on 14 August 2026. The Australian actor stars alongside Sasha Colby, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 15, in a clip directed by Gordon Von Steiner — the filmmaker behind Sivan's previous videos for 'Rush' and 'Got Me Started' (Billboard).
Within roughly three hours of its posting, the video had collected about 80,000 views on Sivan's YouTube channel, which counts 8.22 million subscribers (YouTube).
Kidman and Sivan first met on the set of the 2018 film Boy Erased, in which both appeared as actors. Sivan has said he got Kidman's phone number during that shoot (Billboard). Boy Erased was one of several screen credits for Sivan, who also appeared in the film Three Months and the HBO series The Idol (troyesivan.com).
'She's the Best' is the lead single and title track of Sivan's fourth studio album, due for release on 9 October 2026 (Rolling Stone). The album follows his 2023 record Something to Give Each Other (Pitchfork). Sivan's earlier studio albums include Blue Neighbourhood (2015) and Bloom (2018) (troyesivan.com).
The writing credits on 'She's the Best' span Sivan, Jack Antonoff, Leland (the songwriter Brett McLaughlin's stage name), The 1975 drummer George Daniel, and Kaelyn Behr. Production was handled by Sivan, Daniel, Antonoff, and Styalz Fuego (Billboard).
Charli xcx contributes a brief vocal cameo at the end of the track, murmuring the refrain: 'She's the heartbeat bumping in my chest / She's the best' (Billboard). The two artists have a history of collaboration, most recently on material connected with Charli xcx's Brat era.
Sivan, born 5 June 1995 in South Africa and raised in Australia, first gained attention on Australian talent shows including StarSearch 2007. He signed his first record deal in 2013, and his debut single 'Happy Little Pill' followed in 2014 (troyesivan.com). The video for his 2023 single 'Rush', also directed by Von Steiner, earned Sivan his first Grammy Award nomination, for Best Music Video (troyesivan.com).
For fans, the Von Steiner reunion is a reliable signal of visual ambition — his previous Sivan clips have leaned into bold, choreography-heavy staging. The Kidman casting adds a cross-medium draw: an Academy Award-winning actor whose presence in a pop video will pull viewers from well beyond Sivan's core audience.
