Kidman, who reunites with Sivan after they starred together in Boy Erased, in the stylish music video is dressed in black and blowing cigarette smoke as she sashays into a drag bar and on the dance floor makes eye contact with Sivan as he croons from the main stage: “That girl, that girl, wow, that girl/She’s the best.”
The music video, which has Kidman’s as Sivan’s muse — “the heartbeat bumping in my chest” — also celebrates the drag community, including drag legend Sasha Colby, and is the title song from Sivan’s upcoming album due out Oct. 9.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, the Rush singer insisted that the Moulin Rouge! star was his first choice because she's "always just been such a picture of the divine feminine to me".
"I was like, 'Who is the best? Nicole Kidman. She's the best.' The first thing that came to my mind was, 'I wonder if she'd be in the video?' he said. "She's one of the greatest actresses of all time. To have her in our music video feels surreal."
Troye recalled that he got her phone number during the Boy Erased shoot and sent her the song and references for the video, and she called him back while he was in the middle of a Zoom meeting.
Troye, who co-wrote the track with Jack Antonoff and Charli's husband George Daniel, shared, "We've found ways to work these women into the songs. I don't want to speak for him, but I think for both George and I, Charli is obviously a very, very, very special person to both of us, and so to have her on that song in some small way is very meaningful to us."
She's the Best, the album, will be released on 9 October.
