" I ’ve never taken my parents to a rave . "
On April 18,Troye SivanandCharli XCXdropped a hot announcement on their respective Instagram pages.
From September 14, North America will be graced by Sivan and Charli on their co-headlined tour entitled “Sweat”. The announcement has since landed the pair on an episode of Seth Meyers’Late Night.
During the interview the “1999” singers were asked about bringing their parents to raves when they were younger. Sivan clarified that he hadn’t taken his own mum and dad to raves, they actually sought them out on their own.
During the interview, Charli XCX and Meyers asked if that’s what Australians refer to as a “bush doof”.
Sivan explained that a “doof is like a party”, which gets it name from the ~doof, doof, doof~ sound you would hear from trance or drum heavy electronic music. So by that logic, a bush doof would be a party in the bush.
Late NighthostSeth Meyersthen recalled a time when he was called out by Aussies for his own pronunciation of “doof” while talking about a character fromMad Max. “I once called him the ‘Dufe’ Warrior,” he admitted.
" Everybody in Australia was like , ' Dude have you never try of a doof boof ? ' " Meyers joked .
Giggling at Meyers, the “Rush” singer then brought up another Australian term — “poof” — but hesitated before saying it. “I don’t know if this is a slur in America,” he prefaced.
“A Poof Doof is a gay party,” Sivan said with a smile.
Sivan then concluded that it was okay for him to say “poof” because he openly identifies as gay.
Did Sivan get the definition right, and have you ever been to a bush doof?
