One of a kind
Lighting a candle from the States. Oliver meant a great deal to a lot of us here.

Music
1993 – 2026 · aged 32 · Singer, Songwriter, Record producer
Portrait: Warner Music New Zealand, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Oliver Tree Nickell (June 29, 1993 – June 14, 2026) was an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Born in Santa Cruz, California, Tree signed to Atlantic Records in 2017 after his song "When I'm Down" went viral. He released his debut studio album Ugly Is Beautiful in July 2020,…
Oliver Tree Nickell (June 29, 1993 – June 14, 2026) was an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Born in Santa Cruz, California, Tree signed to Atlantic Records in 2017 after his song "When I'm Down" went viral. He released his debut studio album Ugly Is Beautiful in July 2020, which included the RIAA gold and platinum-certified singles "Alien Boy", "Hurt", "Miracle Man" and "Let Me Down". Classified as a "genre-defying musician", he achieved international recognition with his songs "Life Goes On" in 2021 and "Miss You" in 2022. Tree released his second studio album, Cowboy Tears, in February 2022; his third studio album, Alone in a Crowd, in September 2023; and his fourth studio album, Love You Madly Hate You Badly, in April 2026.
On May 30, 2026, Tree began his first world tour to promote Love You Madly Hate You Badly. The tour abruptly ended after Tree was killed in a helicopter collision over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 14. Tree and five others, Gaspi, Lucas A. Vignale, Lucas Frota and the two helicopter pilots, were all confirmed to be victims of the crash by Rio de Janeiro police.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Memories, thanks and farewells from the people Oliver touched.
Lighting a candle from the States. Oliver meant a great deal to a lot of us here.
A life fully lived. Thank you, Oliver.
There are people you assume will always be there. Losing Oliver feels like losing a piece of the furniture of the world.
Well put.
Thank you for a lifetime of it, Oliver. Rest in peace.
Saw Oliver live once. Best night of my life, and I've had a few.
Same here. Exactly this.
Put the record on tonight and sat in the dark. Still gives me chills.
Some people leave a mark on the world that doesn't fade. Oliver was one of them.
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I keep coming back to this page. It helps to know so many others feel the same.
Thank you for sharing this.
Oliver once said something in an interview that changed how I thought about my own work. I've never forgotten it.
Rest well, Oliver. The work is done, and it was good.
Same here. Exactly this.
I learned every word of their songs before I understood what any of them meant. Thank you, Oliver.
315 people are remembering Oliver here. Light a candle when words are hard. It stays here.
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This made me cry. Thank you.
Yes. This.