Angel Baby

"Angel Baby" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan. Released on 9 September 2021 via EMI, Universal and Capitol Records, "Angel Baby" was Sivan's first solo material since "Rager Teenager!" in August 2020. Background Sivan first announced the single on 27 August 2021 through social media posts, stating "surprise gushy juicy doting adoring power bottom gay ballad 'Angel Baby' out sept 10". It followed "You", a track by Regard which was released in April 2021, featured Sivan and Tate McRae, and reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart, becoming Sivan's third number one on a Billboard chart after "Youth" and "My My My!" topped the chart. In the song's press release, Sivan explained that the song is "his crack at an adoring, doting, love struck, mega pop, gay, power ballad. I thought we needed a few more of those". Composition The song was written by Sivan, James Abrahart, Jason Evigan, Sarah Hudson and Michael Pollack. Lyrically, it features Sivan confessing to his lover that he has saved him, stating that he "almost died, but you're bringing me back to life". In the chorus he confesses that he wants to "stay in this moment forever" because he is "afraid living couldn't get any better", and that his lover has sacrificed a lot to be with him and has "gave up heaven so we could be together, declaring him his "angel baby".