The American artist Oliver Tree He died last Sunday, June 14, at the age of 32, in a plane accident in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilwhich put an end to the career of a musician who, behind a cartoonish and viral image on the internet, built an artistic proposal marked by vulnerability, loneliness and the feeling of not fitting in.
With his bowl cut, red glasses and extravagant outfits, the native of the city of Santa Cruz, Californiastarted making music since he was a child. He went through rock bands, the world of DJs and electronic production before achieving viral notoriety in the 2017 with When I’m Downwhen it seemed to be designed for the era of memes.
According to the EFE news agency, Oliver Tree Nickell belonged musically to a generation of artists who erased the boundaries between genreswhen moving between alternative rockhip-hop, alternative pop and electronics in different phases of his career. However, he was always obsessed with anxiety and the failure.
Given this situation, his death in a car accident helicopter ended a unique career on the border between satire of the internet and emotional vulnerability. “I want to show people how to be themselves and bring together all those strange peopleto whom they don’t fit“added the artist in an interview a day before he died.
The fortune left by Oliver Tree
According to what was stated by the American television network cnnthe Californian singer and songwriter Oliver Tree accumulated a fortune estimated at US$4 million (Q30 million 496 thousand), thanks to hundreds of millions of views on digital platforms, world tours and national and international brand agreements.
After achieving his first great recognition in 2016 after a collaboration with the producer Whethanthat initial impulse led him to sign with Atlantic Recordswhere he released four studio albums—among them, Ugly Is Beautiful, Cowboy Tears and Alone in a Crowd— and developed one of the most distinctive proposals of alternative pop.
His debut album, Ugly Is Beautifulcondensed that identity, given that, while his public image was based on the exaggeration and the show, songs like Jerk Again and Life Goes On addressed feelings of resilience and frustration of someone obsessed with themes such as alienation, anxietyhe failure and destructive relationships.
Paradoxically, their biggest hits were used on platforms such as TikTokwhere Miss You It became a global phenomenon. That is why, at the time of his death, Oliver Tree had more than 16 million followers on its official social networks and exceeded one billion views among YouTube and Spotify.
Oliver Tree Income
According to Celebrity Net Worth, a website that publishes estimates of the wealth and financial activities of celebrities, the music was Oliver Tree’s main source of income, because the royalties generated by his songs, which accumulated millions of views, constituted a central part of all his earnings.
However, the tours They also contributed significantly to his heritage, given that throughout his artistic career he performed at large-scale festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza and Outside Lands, in addition to headlining his own tours around the world, mainly in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, the United States and Europe.