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Rotem Sivan, jazz musician and new father of two, revealed in an exclusive interview with People magazine that he wrote an album dedicated to the birth journey of his twins. Rotem Sivan, born in Jerusalem but living in New York with his wife, recently welcomed twins, a boy and a girl named Eden and Gigi, respectively.
Sivan revealed to the News outlet that his upcoming album, titled Heart Thieves, contains two tracks titled Eden and Gigi after his two children. The twin dad also stated that the album details his journey of fatherhood and the ‘stressful’ battle with an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, simply referred to as ATRT.
“There's a song called 'Eden.' There's a song called 'Gigi.' There are all these songs about them, and with everything that's happening, it's so much more meaningful,” he said.
Sivan spoke about how the meaning of the album, which was completed before the twin’s birth had changed following Eden’s battle with the rare aggressive tumor.
“Because now, it's a battle for family and a battle to try and create a normal kind of life, if you will, while also celebrating a lot of things that happened. It was a lot of hard, dark moments, but Eden came through and our families came through, and my wife and I are there for each other, and our friends are helping us tremendously,” Rotem Sivan added.
According to him, music became of source of comfort during that time. The album Heart Thieves will be released on Friday, August 29, 2025.
More details on Rotem Sivan’s son Eden’s health battle
Rotem Sivan recalled that Eden’s health crisis began months after the children’s birth. He said both twins caught a cold, but while Gigi recovered quickly, it wasn't the case for Eden.
“Gigi bounced back after two, three days, and it took Eden maybe a week,” he said. “It was around December. My wife and I went together to take him to a lot of doctors. We tried to see what was going on. They did a bunch of tests and were like, 'He's fine, he just has a cold.' They swabbed him for influenza, flu.”
Eden recovered but fell sick soon after. After several back and forths, loss of appetite, and pneumonia prescriptions, it was determined that something was seriously wrong with the older twin.
“From there, everything went pretty quickly. Once we moved, they wanted to do a CT scan. They did it, and they saw something and determined they needed to do an MRI,” Rotem Sivan told People.
After a 3:00 AM MRI scan, baby Eden was diagnosed with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT), a very rare, aggressive tumor affecting the central nervous system. Edem had to undergo surgery immediately.
“We didn't sleep for two days. At that moment when everything went down, I hadn't slept for two days. We were both completely exhausted, but you don't feel it. It's really just adrenaline and the stress.”
Fortunately, the surgery was successful; however, they had to continue chemotherapy. Eden just recently completed his fifth session. Giving a health update to People, Rotem Sivan shared that Eden was getting better and was back home after six months of being hospitalized.
“We see his abilities coming back. Nothing is a straight line, but he's doing super well. We see every day that he has more energy. He started saying a few words. He is playing, he is super happy, he's smiling a lot.”
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