Released: December 4, 2015

Songwriter: Alex Hope Troye Sivan

Producer: Alex Hope

[Verse 1]
Sweet life living
Pools and swimming
Drinks in bars and
Boys in cars and
Rooftop sinning
Skinny dipping
Shooting stars with you
Fat cigars and

[Pre-Chorus]
And that weekend up in the islands
They stop and stare
Flashes filling the silence
Of a Hollywood love affair
Waking up in the islands
Cause I saw you there
Lost and trying to be

[Chorus]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?

[Verse 2]
Mansion debut
Love it, do you?
Absent father
Pays his daughter
And her mama withdrew
From the life they once knew
She had a heart
But she sold it off for

[Pre-Chorus]
And that weekend up in the islands
They stop and stare
Flashes filling the silence
Of a Hollywood love affair
Waking up in the islands
Cause I saw you there
Lost and trying to be

[Chorus]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?

[Post-Chorus]
When I've got that cigarette smoke
And Saint Laurent coat, but nothing is feeling right
I drink but I choke
I love but I don't

[Chorus]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?

[Post-Chorus]
When I've got that cigarette smoke
And Saint Laurent coat, but nothing is feeling right
I drink but I choke
I love but I don't, yeah

[Chorus]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you

Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan is a South-African born Australian artist. His manager found him at a young age through his personal YouTube channel which as of August 2020, has more than 7.45 million subscribers. He went on to star in X-Men Wolverine and the Spud film trilogy.

In 2013, he wrote and released an original song, “The Fault In Our Stars”, which earned him a record deal with EMI Australia, a major label under Universal. The next year, he released the TRXYE – EP which debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200.

On July 25, 2015, Sivan announced his second major-label EP, Wild. Wild preceded the release of his debut album, Blue Neighbourhood, several months later. All Wild songs featured in at least one edition of Blue Neighbourhood.