Oliver Tree

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Oliver Tree
File:Oliver Tree (50118171992).jpg
Tree in 2020
Born Oliver Tree Nickell
(1993-06-29) June 29, 1993 (age 31)
Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Other names
  • Tree
  • Kryph
  • Turbo
Occupation
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • filmmaker
Years active 2010-present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Labels
Associated acts
Website olivertreemusic.com
Signature
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Oliver Tree Nickell (born June 29, 1993) is an American musician. Born in Santa Cruz, California, Tree signed to Atlantic Records in 2017 after his song "When I'm Down" went viral[5] and released his debut studio album Ugly Is Beautiful in 2020. He achieved international recognition with his songs "Life Goes On" in 2021, and "Miss You" in 2022. He released his second studio album Cowboy Tears on February 18, 2022, and his upcoming third album Alone in a Crowd is expected to release on September 29, 2023.

Early life

Tree was born on June 29, 1993,[3] in Santa Cruz, California.[6] He has said he took "piano lessons at three years old, [began] songwriting the next year, and [had] an album written by age six."[7]

Tree studied business at San Francisco State University for two years.[8]

Career

2010-2016: Early career and hiatus

Tree launched his solo recording career as "Tree" in 2010. By then, he had made presentations for performances such as Skrillex and Zeds Dead. He initially self-released his music, releasing an album called "Splitting Branches" in early 2013, but signed with R&S Records in 2011. He sang and played guitar in a ska band called Irony, which was his first experience performing.[9] Under the pseudonym “Kryph” he released his second album of the same name in 2014, and produced dubstep for a brief period of time, as well as performing at music festivals such as Wobbleland 2011 in San Francisco. He mainly released music under the pseudonym “Tree”.[6]

At age 18, Tree signed up with the London-based R&S Records and released his debut EP, Demons. The EP gained some recognition after Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke approved of his cover of their song "Karma Police".[10] Tree eventually found himself on hiatus as he went back to school, studying music technology at the California Institute of the Arts.[11][8]

2016–2018: Return to music and Alien Boy

In November 2016, he returned to music with his television debut, performing with Getter on Last Call with Carson Daly.[12]

Shortly after the release of "When I'm Down", Tree signed to Atlantic Records, and a month later, graduated from the California Institute of the Arts.

Tree often writes, acts, and directs sketches in comedy videos, and has worked with companies such as Fuck Jerry.[13]

In February 2018, Tree released his major-label debut EP, Alien Boy, along with the double music video for "All That x Alien Boy". Tree wrote and directed the debut, which took over nine months to create.[11][14] He spent five months practicing freestyle monster truck jumping at the Perris Auto Speedway and performed all his stunts in the music video.

Tree has played major festivals such as Lollapalooza and Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, and performed as a special guest at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival where he was subsequently named on LA Weekly's "The Best (and Weirdest) Fashion at Coachella" list in 2017.[15][16]

He was the supporting act on Louis the Child's 2017 Last to Leave Tour (2017) and[17] Skizzy Mars' Are You OK? Tour (2018),[18] and was scheduled to join Lil Dicky and DJ Mustard on the Life Lessons Tour Fall 2018 before it was canceled.[15] Tree toured North America and Europe with Hobo Johnson in 2018.

2018–2020: Ugly Is Beautiful and singles

Throughout 2018 and 2019, Tree released singles that would make an appearance on his debut album, Ugly Is Beautiful. On December 7, 2018, Tree released his second music video, "Hurt", a single from the album. He travelled to Ukraine to film the video, which he wrote and co-directed with Brendan Vaughan, an up-and-coming music video director.[19] On April 11, 2019, Tree released a standalone single, "Fuck", with the music video being released on the same day.[20]

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Tree on the Woody Show in February 2019

His fourth music video and single, "Miracle Man", was released on June 7, 2019, with the video reaching 1.3 million views on the first day of release.[21] Tree released his second EP, Do You Feel Me? on August 2, 2019, to generally positive reviews.[22]

On December 6, 2019, Tree released "Cash Machine", a single accompanied by a music video. Together with the single, Tree announced his debut album, Ugly Is Beautiful, and announced that the album would be released on March 27, 2020.[23] On March 25, 2020, Tree posted a message to his Twitter page, stating that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ugly Is Beautiful would not be released on time.[24] However, on May 19, the album's official release date was revealed to be June 12.[25]

On May 16, 2020, Tree set the Guinness World Record for the world's largest kick scooter, which he later uploaded a video of himself riding on July 17, 2020.[26][27]

On June 8, 2020, Tree announced his decision to delay Ugly Is Beautiful yet again, this time to July 17. He stated that, because of the issues of racism and police violence against black people going on during that time after the murder of George Floyd, he "did not believe it was an appropriate time" to release the album when "much bigger things" deserved attention.[28] On July 17, 2020, Ugly Is Beautiful was released.

2021–2022: Deluxe version of Ugly Is Beautiful and Cowboy Tears

Despite claiming that he was retired, he released the single "Out of Ordinary" on February 4, 2021, announcing the deluxe edition of Ugly Is Beautiful.[29][30]

On May 28, 2021, Tree released a deluxe version of his debut album named Ugly Is Beautiful: Shorter, Thicker & Uglier.

He would later collaborate with Russian rave band Little Big and release the single "Turn It Up", featuring Tommy Cash, from their collaborative EP Welcome to the Internet, which was later released on September 30, 2021.

On January 12, 2022, Tree released the single "Cowboys Don't Cry" from his second album Cowboy Tears.[31] Cowboy Tears was released on February 18, 2022. On May 20, 2022, Tree released a single, "I Hate You" along with "Cowboys Don't Cry". He would also announce a tour to accompany the album Cowboy Tears.[32] He followed up the release of Cowboy Tears with a deluxe titled "Cowboy Tears: Drown the World in a Swimming Pool of Sorrow (Deluxe) on December 23rd 2022.

2023-present: Upcoming Third Studio Album "Alone In A Crowd"

On March 3, 2023, Tree released his first single of 2023 "Here We Go Again" with DJ and music producer David Guetta. He followed up this release with a single titled “Bounce" released on June 20. The same day, he performed a show at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado and announced that this song was the first single released that would be featured in his third studio album "Alone in a Crowd” which would release on September 29, 2023. [33] On July 21, Tree released his second Alone in a Crowd single, One & Only. He collaborated with underground dance music group “Super Computer” for his third single, “Essence” released on September 1, 2023. On September 15, a fourth single was released, “Fairweather Friends”.

Discography

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See also: List of songs recorded by Oliver Tree

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[34]		 US
Alt.
[35]		 US
Rock
[36]		 AUS
[37]		 AUT
[38]		 CAN
[39]		 IRE
[40]		 NZ
[41]		 UK
[42]
Ugly Is Beautiful 14 1 1 23 51 47 38 28 32
Cowboy Tears[45]
  • Released: February 18, 2022
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: Digital download, CD, LP, cassette
 60 7 7 67 — 91 — — —
Alone in a Crowd
  • Scheduled: September 29, 2023
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: Digital download, CD, LP
 TBA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Independent albums

List of independent albums, with track listings
Title Album details
Splitting Branches
(as Tree)
  • Released: February 17, 2013
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download
Track listing
  • 1. "People" (featuring Lena Kuhn and Shelf Nunny)
  • 2. "Tully" (featuring Kirsten Rosenberg and Shelf Nunny)
  • 3. "Artemecia" (featuring Kirsten Rosenberg and Shelf Nunny)
  • 4. "Revival" (featuring Kirsten Rosenberg)
  • 5. "From Reds to Blues" (featuring Aeropsia)
  • 6. "Warrior" (featuring Kirsten Rosenberg)
  • 7. "This Is Separation" (featuring Shelf Nunny)
  • 8. "Universal" (featuring Ariel Thiermann)
  • 9. "Sacred Elements" (featuring Finn Rivera)

Extended plays

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
Alt.
[46]		 US
Heat.
[47]
Demons
(as Tree)
  • Released: August 12, 2013
  • Label: Apollo
  • Format: Digital download, 12" EP
 — —
Alien Boy EP
  • Released: February 16, 2018
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, 12" EP
 — —
Do You Feel Me?
  • Released: August 2, 2019
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 21 16
Welcome to the Internet[48]
(with Little Big)
  • Released: September 30, 2021
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[49]		 US
Alt.
[50]		 US
Rock
[15]		 AUS
[51]		 CAN
[52]		 IRE
[40]		 NOR
[53]		 SWE
[54]		 UK
[55]		 WW
[56]
"When I'm Down"
(with Whethan)		 2016 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"All You Ever Talk About"
(with Whethan)		 2017 — — — — — — — — — —
"All I Got" / "Welcome to LA" — — — — — — — — — — Alien Boy
"Cheapskate" — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"Enemy"
(with Whethan)		 — — — — — — — — — — Alien Boy
"Upside Down" 2018 — — — — — — — — — —
"Alien Boy" — — — — — — — — — — Alien Boy, Do You Feel Me?, & Ugly Is Beautiful
"Movement" — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"Hurt" — 4 11 — — — — — — — Do You Feel Me? & Ugly Is Beautiful
"Fuck" 2019 — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"Miracle Man" — — 22 — — — — — — — Do You Feel Me? & Ugly Is Beautiful
"Cash Machine" — — 13 — — — — — — — Ugly Is Beautiful
"Let Me Down" 2020 — 26 9 — — — — — — —
"Bury Me Alive" — — 34 — — — — — — —
"Let Me Down"
(featuring Blink-182)		 — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"Out of Ordinary" 2021 — — — — — — — — — — Ugly Is Beautiful: Shorter, Thicker & Uglier
"Life Goes On" 71 27 7 34 46 33 14 63 33 26
"Turn It Up"[59]
(with Little Big featuring Tommy Cash)		 — — — — — — — — — — Welcome to the Internet
"Cowboys Don't Cry" 2022 — 28 18 — — — — — — — Cowboy Tears
"Freaks & Geeks" — — — — — — — — — —
"I Hate You" — — — — — — — — — — Cowboy Tears Drown the World in a Swimming Pool of Sorrow
"Placeholder" — — — — — — — — — —
"Miss You"
(with Robin Schulz)[60]		 84 — — 4 28 2
[61]		 29
[62]		 21
[63]		 3 11 Alone in a Crowd
"Here We Go Again"
(with David Guetta)		 2023 — — — — — — — —[upper-alpha 1] — — Non-album single
"Bounce" — — — — — — — — — — Alone in a Crowd
"One & Only"[66] — — — — — — — — — —
"Essence"
featuring Super Computer)		 — — — — — — — — — —
"Fairweather Friends" — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

Title Year Peak positions Album
US
Rock
[15]		 FRA
[67]
"My Mind Is"
(NVDES featuring Oliver Tree)		 2016 — — Life with Lobsters
"Forget It"
(Getter featuring Oliver Tree)		 — — Radical Dude!
"Running"
(NVDES featuring Oliver Tree)		 2018 — — Vibe City Utah
"Pumpidup"
(Lorenzo featuring Oliver Tree)		 2019 — 62 Sex in the City
"Freefall"[68]
(Whethan featuring Oliver Tree)		 2020 — — Fantasy
"Asshole"
(Lil Yachty featuring Oliver Tree)		 — — Lil Boat 3.5
"Mr Regular"
(What So Not featuring Oliver Tree and Killer Mike)		 2022 — — Anomaly
“Nothing's Perfect”
(Nghtmre featuring Oliver Tree)		 — — DRMVRSE
"Sick of U"
(BoyWithUke featuring Oliver Tree)		 30 — non-album single
"Voices"
(KSI featuring Oliver Tree)		 2023 — — Caught in Two Minds

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2019 The Late Late Show With James Corden Himself [69]
2020 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Himself [70]
2022 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Himself [71]
2023 Royal Crackers Zane

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref(s)
2020 Guinness World Record Largest Kick Scooter Won [72]
2022 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Social Music Star Nominated [73]
2023 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Social Music Star Nominated [74]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Here We Go Again" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[65]

References

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