Oliver Tree "I'm a pretty chill dude" | The Really Good Podcast

Summary

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The Really Good Podcast with Bobbi Althoff

Episode: Oliver Tree "I'm a pretty chill dude"

Release Date: June 29, 2026
Host: Bobbi Althoff
Guest: Oliver Tree

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Really Good Podcast features the ever-eclectic Oliver Tree, musician, director, and viral personality, in conversation with Bobbi Althoff. In classic Bobbi style, the episode alternates between deadpan humor and unexpectedly vulnerable admissions, exploring Oliver’s unusual lifestyle, career pivots, creative process, and his singular worldview. Listeners get an entertaining mix of absurd storytelling, real insight into the music industry, and a peek into Oliver’s offbeat personal life.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Authenticity, Independence & Industry Frustrations

• Resilience & Self-Belief:
  • Right from the start, Oliver encourages listeners to "never listen to what people tell you," explaining that ignoring naysayers was crucial for his success.

    "If I listened to every person along the way who said Oliver Tree, don't do this, Oliver Tree don't do that, there would be no Oliver Tree and we would not be here tonight." (01:29)

• Label Breakup:
  • He shares his turbulent experience with Atlantic Records—praising their early support before bluntly expressing recent grievances after a leadership overhaul.

    "So that’s a dog shit label. Edit that out." (05:45)
    "They fired everyone in the company... hired a bunch of random people who didn’t give a shit... and I’ve made them tens of millions of dollars..." (06:00–07:05)

  • Oliver now releases work independently through Alien Boy Records but notes legacy label obligations persist regarding music ownership.

2. Oliver’s Offbeat Life & Humor

• Playful Lies & Costumes:
  • The interview is peppered with absurd claims—like buying Elmo costumes at Costco and eating blue whale meat—punctuated by Bobbi’s fact-checking and dry retorts.

    "Did you ever tell the truth?" – Bobbi (03:27)
    "Of course. What do you want to know? I’m an open book." – Oliver (03:28)

• Strange Foods & Health Scares:
  • Oliver describes eating everything from pig nose to blue whale, admitting that sometimes it leads to serious consequences, including getting HP Pylori poisoning and vomiting blood on a plane.

    "I was, like, pooing and throwing up, like, liquid black... and they had to turn the taxi around." (08:50)

• Fast Living, Fasting, & Addictive Tendencies:
  • Claims fasting—not Ozempic or surgery—is responsible for his weight loss, emphasizing the spiritual and physical resets fasting offers.

    "I’m not a certified physician, although I do some work in the medical field..." (12:21, tongue-in-cheek)

  • Candid about being "all or nothing": from "smoking a thousand cigarettes a day" to abstaining for a year. (13:44)

3. Family & Chosen Community

• Living in Mexico:
  • Currently, he lives in Mexico City with his best friend Aaron Mercury and Aaron’s family, highlighting the warmth and connection he feels there versus America.

    "There’s nothing better than being with the family, being in the casa, being in the actual real life world." (17:30)

• Close-Knit Family:
  • Shares photos and backstory of his parents' romance and adventure-filled life.

    "My parents met in a flute class... went up in the trees and played flute..." (18:49–19:33)

  • Discusses the importance of family as he ages:

    "The family unit is so important... as I get older, I realize how important it is." (22:16)

4. Personal Identity, Creativity & Philosophy

• Spiritual Beliefs:
  • Unorthodox take: claims to worship "the art gods."

    "I believe in the art gods. So it’s like the music gods, the film gods. I'm not joking." (21:43)

• Relationship Status & Fame:
  • Recently single; deflects personal questions with humor but admits the loneliness of travel has led to self-acceptance.
  • Oliver jests about being too "dope" and the challenges that come with people’s perceptions.

    "Guys want to be you, girls want to be with you. It's challenging, you know? So that's probably the hardest part of being with me." (25:25)

• Creative Process & Achievements:
  • Self-produced his latest album, written in hotel rooms in 82 countries.

    "70 songs written and produced entirely by yours truly... in hotel rooms across these 82 countries." (26:30)

  • Ambition to win a Latin Grammy and plans for a fully bilingual Spanish-English album.

    "I'm actually working on getting my first Latin Grammy..." (24:00)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On industry resilience:

  "Life is short and your energy is precious." – Oliver Tree (01:48)

• On the absurdity of his life:

  "I have no idea what I'm doing. I lost the plot so long ago." – Oliver Tree (15:49)

• On family ties:

  "I feel more at home [in Mexico] than I do in America." – Oliver Tree (17:47)

• On belief in love:

  "I believe in love. My parents are still together. They're still very much in love." – Oliver Tree (20:52)

• On creative spirituality:

  "I believe in the art gods. So it’s like the music gods, the film gods. I'm not joking." (21:43)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Oliver’s Early Philosophy – Ignore Haters: 01:29–01:48
• Atlantic Records Critique & Going Indie: 05:44–07:09
• Extreme Food Stories & Health Scare: 08:00–09:29
• Fasting vs. Ozempic/Health & Habits: 12:09–13:59
• Living in Mexico, Chosen Family Call: 14:09–17:19
• Family History & Photos: 18:49–21:17
• Spiritual and Creative Beliefs: 21:40–22:14
• Adventures & Hospitality Abroad: 22:33–22:56
• Reflection on Fame, Self-Love: 25:19–26:05
• Plans, Album Plug & Grammy Manifestation: 26:28–26:41

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Tone & Language

This episode balances Oliver Tree’s over-the-top, surreal humor with rare moments of sincerity, all filtered through Bobbi’s deadpan, skeptical delivery. Listeners can expect playful banter, unexpected candor, self-deprecation, kitchen-sink absurdity, and genuine perspective on creativity and the pressures of the music industry.

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In Summary

For fans of offbeat comedy and behind-the-scenes music insight alike, this episode is a ride: riddled with Oliver’s outrageous (and probably embellished) tales, but grounded by real stories about family, ambition, and staying true to one’s vision. It’s an oddly touching and laugh-out-loud funny conversation, perfectly in keeping with the tone of The Really Good Podcast.

Transcript

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never

[Oliver Tree]

listen to what people tell you. Because if I listened to every person along the way who said Oliver Tree, don't do this, Oliver Tree don't do that, there would be no Oliver Tree and we would not be here tonight.

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I had what's called a rebirth.

[Oliver Tree]

I died and I woke up the next day and I realized I was still alive. Music became my savior, my healing, my religion and gave me a second chance to take my addiction and become addicted to something that could actually save me and help other people. In that process. Don't let anyone treat you wrong and definitely don't let anyone stop you from chasing your dreams. Life is short and your energy is precious. Hi, I'm Elmo. I heard y' all was your favorite.

[Interviewer]

I'm here with Oliver Tree Chick.

[Oliver Tree]

1 2.

[Interviewer]

I'm taking this off.

[Oliver Tree]

I think we could have a good time.

[Interviewer]

How old are you?

[Oliver Tree]

September 22nd I will be 39 years old.

[Interviewer]

I've never met a 39 year old.

[Oliver Tree]

I know. I wanted to say 40 but got another year and three months.

[Interviewer]

You're almost there.

[Oliver Tree]

I know. How old are you?

[Interviewer]

I'm 28.

[Oliver Tree]

That's insane.

[Interviewer]

Why?

[Oliver Tree]

Because you've Achieved so much in such short time.

[Interviewer]

Wow. That's such a compliment.

[Oliver Tree]

It is.

[Interviewer]

Thank you. What is?

[Oliver Tree]

Your haircut. My haircut?

[Interviewer]

Yeah.

[Oliver Tree]

You want to see?

[Interviewer]

Yeah. Why not? Take the Elmo hat off. Is it your real hair?

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah. Actually, I can't take this thing on because there's so many baby pins.

[Interviewer]

Oh, my God. Why? Where did you get that?

[Oliver Tree]

We got it at Costco.

[Interviewer]

Swear?

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah. They had. I think it was two for one, so I got a few of them. It was like, four for 70 bucks or something.

[Interviewer]

Elmo costumes?

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah.

[Interviewer]

Do you ever tell the truth?

[Oliver Tree]

Of course. What do you want to know? I'm an open book.

[Interviewer]

We'll start by just not lying anymore.

[Oliver Tree]

100%.

[Interviewer]

Where'd you get that outfit?

[Oliver Tree]

Costco.

[Interviewer]

You did not get that at Costco.

[Oliver Tree]

Yes, I did.

[Interviewer]

Okay, I'm gonna look up Costco.

[Oliver Tree]

$35 for two for one. So two times four. Do the math. $70. I was like, $70 and some change, but, yeah, there's taxes. Which Costco are you looking up?

[Interviewer]

I'm just looking up Costco. Elmo costume. Okay. They don't have them.

[Oliver Tree]

Well, they probably sold out. I bought them.

[Interviewer]

You're just a liar.

[Oliver Tree]

I'm just trying to connect right now.

[Interviewer]

I'm serious.

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Yeah.

[Oliver Tree]

What do you want to know?

[Interviewer]

I need a lie detector test.

[Oliver Tree]

That would be super dope. You have a guy here. Where is he?

[Interviewer]

I. I'm gonna find one.

[Oliver Tree]

I would love that. Can we do another one?

[Interviewer]

You could just say you're wrong.

[Oliver Tree]

Let's do a different interview. We'll scrap this all. We don't need any of this fucking. This was the biggest waste of both our times. I. I know it might be hard to believe. I have a lot going on right now. I know. You're doing a Mormon reality TV show. Yeah, I'm the number one album in Mexico, so.

[Interviewer]

Mexico?

[Oliver Tree]

Only Mexico? Yeah. It didn't really translate in the States.

[Interviewer]

Spanish.

[Oliver Tree]

No, but I'm doing some bilingual stuff. I'm making a bilingual Spanish.

[Interviewer]

Do you sing your songs in Spanish?

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah.

[Interviewer]

When you're in Mexico, you perform them in Spanish?

[Oliver Tree]

Well, I speak only in Spanish during the concerts, and then I will do some bilingual songs, but mostly I like to speak only.

[Interviewer]

So you're fluen. See,

[Oliver Tree]

what is going on here?

[Interviewer]

Is this Spanish real quick? No, like, keep talking. No talking.

[Oliver Tree]

Mikasa, in Mexico.

[Interviewer]

Stop doing elementary Spanish.

[Oliver Tree]

And just, like, I can't. I just don't want to because there's no Mexican fans watching this right now. I speak Spanish.

[Interviewer]

Mexican.

[Oliver Tree]

Okay.

[Interviewer]

So I'm your half. I'm your. I'm half your.

[Oliver Tree]

Wait, are you actually Spanish?

[Interviewer]

Half Mexican.

[Oliver Tree]

Really?

[Interviewer]

Yeah. Have you been to Mexico? Yes.

[Oliver Tree]

So you like Mexico as much as me? Yeah, I love it.

[Interviewer]

What's your favorite thing of all? Life.

[Oliver Tree]

La life. Oh, life. Okay. Actually energy exchange, energy rituals. Connecting human to human. Eye contact. I do so much of it.

[Interviewer]

Do you want to tell me about

[Oliver Tree]

what happened with your last album with the label?

[Interviewer]

Yeah.

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah, it was pretty messy. So I was with a label called Atlantic and they basically, you know what?

[Interviewer]

Heard of them.

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah. So that's a dog shit label. Edit that out.

[Interviewer]

Nothing's getting edited. Continue.

[Oliver Tree]

So they used to be a much better label. I mean, I was always in a really bad record contract, but it was a lot of startup capital. They've invested a lot of money into my art. So I'm very grateful. I made a lot of music videos. I've spent million dollars on a music video. So I'm grateful for them for that. But what happened was they fired everyone in the company. The CEO, the cfo, marketing managers, all the people that I worked with. And if they didn't leave through being forced, they left on their own accord. So basically the whole office got cleaned house and then they just hired a bunch of random people who didn't give a shit. And I've made them tens of millions of dollars and they didn't bother to remember that. So when this album came around, they're like, well, we don't want to spend money on music videos. And I'm a music video artist, which was a bit confusing. And they're like, but we're going to spend all the money to market the videos. So we're going to get you really good budgets so that people can still see it. But the videos aren't worth spending the money on. And I was like, okay, I'm a director. I actually directed a Million Dollar bank commercial last year. So I do commercial work as well. I'm like, a big part of my skill set is doing videos, doing film, and couldn't do any of it this time around. But anyways, the main story is. Excuse me, moral of the story is, fuck Atlantic Records. We can't put that in.

[Interviewer]

You cannot cut anything.

[Oliver Tree]

Well, anyways, it was rough because I. They still will basically get paid for this. But I got to release the music. I got to release it through my independent Alien Boy Records record label. But because they paid for the music, there was two options. It was either music doesn't come out or that they can still basically get the residuals, but we can't put that in there either. Seriously, don't do me dirty like that.

[Interviewer]

I'm sorry, Oliver. We can't make cuts. This is filmed live.

[Oliver Tree]

Is all this gonna be used? I'm still so confused. I feel like we just started. Well, I eat a lot of crazy foods.

[Interviewer]

What do you mean by crazy?

[Oliver Tree]

Like iguanas. I had a blue whale. I didn't know that.

[Interviewer]

Is that legal to eat a blue whale?

[Oliver Tree]

They're allowed to basically kill two of them a year or something like this. And I didn't know this. I didn't know it was endangered till after I ate it. But I basically have eaten everything from like. Okay, I'm not actually supposed to talk about all the things, but let's say when I was in Chongqing in China, I bought on this street corner. It was a pig nose that was uncooked. Pig intestines uncooked. Chicken feet uncooked. I was eating them. The bones were breaking in my mouth. Like, that one was brutal because there was no seasoning or no temperature. But I've had a few things. I had this thing called HP Pylora, and it's like a illness you get from eating food that has human feces in it. And it was really fucking brutal. Yeah. So I ate. It ate some kind of food. I believe it was somewhere in. Actually, I don't want to say, because I don't want to make anyone look bad, but basically, I ate this certain type of food, and during a trip, I don't know what meal it was, but when I came back, I damaged my foot super bad. And I was in Japan. I was taking. My dad gave me this pills for. It was like, ibuprofen from the doctor that was like the 10,000 milligram, whatever. Let's say a thousand milligrams. Some crazy number. You have to get it prescribed. So I took it. And what happened was the HP Pylora created ulcers in my stomach mixed with the ibuprofen. And then I was on an airplane, about to go on a tour, and I started projectile vomiting, blood all on the side of the airplane. It started out in the toilet before. So I was, like, pooing and throwing up, like, liquid black. And then it got all on the wall of the airplane. And they're taxiing the plane and. And they had to turn the taxi around. They said, there's an ambulance waiting for you if you want to get in. And I was like, I have to go to the show. So they said if you get a doctor's note, you can take a flight tomorrow. And I played the show.

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[Interviewer]

Congratulations.

[Oliver Tree]

I didn't mean to gross you out.

[Interviewer]

Oh, well, it's okay.

[Oliver Tree]

I honestly am trying to be just chilling. Yeah, I honestly never do interviews with girls.

[Interviewer]

I saw you did one with Andrew Santino.

[Oliver Tree]

He's the best.

[Interviewer]

You like Bobby Lee there too?

[Oliver Tree]

Oh, I hate Bobby Lee. No, he's not. He wasn't allowed to be there. What?

[Interviewer]

Why do you hate him?

[Oliver Tree]

Well, we had a falling out.

[Interviewer]

You actually.

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah. I mean, I fought him like four different times. If you did any research at all, you would see that there's footage of me whooping his ass time after time. Bobby, if you're watching this, I'm not done yet.

[Interviewer]

Whooping his ass?

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah.

[Interviewer]

Why?

[Oliver Tree]

Because he's a little clown. He's a jester. He's gesture maxing Von Duke siblings. I have one brother. He lives in China. He's a legend. But yeah, I don't get to see him a whole lot, but he married a woman who lives in China as well.

[Interviewer]

And are you guys close?

[Oliver Tree]

I would say so, yeah. I would consider him a best friend, but we only Talk through Instagram. DMs pretty trippy. Yeah. Yeah, he doesn't have like A phone

[Interviewer]

number he doesn't like. What's up?

[Oliver Tree]

They don't use WhatsApp. They use WeChat in China. But I don't know. I couldn't get back into my account. So we just do it on Instagram. But it's challenging to do FaceTime calls through Instagram. It, like, never works. I'm not sure if it's like a VPN issue or what. Actually, he. He doesn't use Instagram. I think it's illegal there. We got to cut that out. I don't know if you've seen footage of me. I used to be pretty fat.

[Interviewer]

I saw.

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah. So what happened during that time?

[Interviewer]

Ozempic?

[Oliver Tree]

No, I don't believe in Ozempic. Actually. I'd love to address the rumors. So I do fasting. I like to fast.

[Interviewer]

It's kind of like Ozempic. Well, it just forces you to.

[Oliver Tree]

There's a big difference. So when you fast, basically our bodies and take everything I say with a grain of salt, because I'm not. I'm not a certified physician, although I do some work in the medical field, but it's mostly on the embedd. Is that funny?

[Interviewer]

Go ahead.

[Oliver Tree]

Is that funny?

[Interviewer]

Just speak.

[Oliver Tree]

So anyways, fasting is really important thing to do at least once a year. Because what happens is when our body is processing things, let's say anything from eating food, taking in anything at all, even vitamins, our body has to work really hard to process. And every time we're working and using our organs to work, it actually kills us a little bit. So what happens when you fast is it's the only time where all your internal organs are able to just focus on working on themselves instead of processing. So it's actually very different than Ozempic is horrible. I would not advise anyone to do that. I don't fuck with it. I think it's very gross. I don't do plastic surgery. I don't do.

[Interviewer]

Anybody accuse you of doing well, yeah,

[Oliver Tree]

people thought I did the nose augmentation because my nose is so big that I thought I did the. Basically, it's a surgery that makes it two, three times as big.

[Interviewer]

They thought your nose isn't even big.

[Oliver Tree]

It's pretty big.

[Interviewer]

No, it's not. Yeah, it's like pretty normal size.

[Oliver Tree]

That's honestly the nicest thing you've said this whole time.

[Interviewer]

It's great.

[Oliver Tree]

I love the compliments. This is fun. Do you shower twice a day?

[Interviewer]

Fast, Fast.

[Oliver Tree]

It all depends. I go on waves, so I'm an addict, so I Love. Just overabundance over consumption.

[Interviewer]

So you just always fast?

[Oliver Tree]

No, like, I'm all or nothing. So it's either, like, I'm smoking, like a thousand cigarettes a day or I'm just not smoking for a year at a time.

[Interviewer]

I mean, when you fast, how long is it?

[Oliver Tree]

The most I've gone is four days, but typically a day, two days, something like that. Maybe three.

[Interviewer]

And you don't have water or anything?

[Oliver Tree]

No, I drink water and coffee.

[Interviewer]

Coffee? Yeah. That's not. Your body's not relaxing if you're drinking coffee.

[Oliver Tree]

I know. I'm telling people how to do it. I'm not saying I'm doing it.

[Interviewer]

Well.

[Oliver Tree]

I have to make it enjoyable. I have nothing left, you know, I don't have access to my family. I don't live in a house. Oh. Do you notice? I don't live anywhere right now. I'm based in Mexico City, living with my friend Aaron and his family.

[Interviewer]

How kind of them? Do they like you living there?

[Oliver Tree]

When I'm there, I'm very respectful. And plus, culturally, it's very different.

[Interviewer]

Can you call?

[Oliver Tree]

I can. I can try. I don't have my phone. Can you pass it to me?

[Interviewer]

Let's call the mom that you live with and see how clean you are.

[Oliver Tree]

Well, she doesn't speak English, but we can try to get her on. I'll see if my boy picks up.

[Interviewer]

I don't speak Spanish, so this isn't gonna work.

[Oliver Tree]

Well, he speaks English, so if he answers. But I think he's going to do a fitting right now for a TV show he's doing.

[Interviewer]

Let's see if he answers famous or something.

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah, he's the number one boxer in all of Mexico right now.

[Interviewer]

You live with him?

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah. Aaron Mercury is my best friend. This is going to be so embarrassing if he doesn't pick up. Yo, you good, bro? No, no, I'm great. You look amazing. Can I introduce you to someone? Yeah, introduce me. I want to introduce you to my girlfriend.

[Interviewer]

Okay. Shut up. Hi. Nice to meet you. I'm not.

[Oliver Tree]

You're going to marry?

[Interviewer]

No.

[Oliver Tree]

Oh, for sure. No, for sure. So she wanted to ask about. Wait. Sorry. I didn't mean to cut you off. What'd you say? You should marry. I know. We're gonna do it for sure. Oh, she doesn't believe me that I live with you guys. Can you tell her? Yeah. Here. Say it again. You leave my bed dress? Why you dress like Elmo,

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bro.

[Oliver Tree]

I have no idea what I'm doing. I lost the plot so long ago Is your mom there? Can we have her just speak in Spanish to say. To tell her that I live there?

[Interviewer]

No, that you. She likes you living.

[Oliver Tree]

Oh, ask her if she likes me living there. And there's Grandma. Say hi to Grandma. She films the Tick Tocks. Grandma films our Tick Tocks. Hola. Como estas? Happy family? I love you guys. I love them. Tell them I send my love. I miss you, brother. I'm gonna be back soon after this interview. I'm flying back, bro. Yeah, we all miss you. I miss you guys. She just changed the locks. No, don't, bro. Don't do this to me. Please don't do this to me. But for real, hey, tell them. Tell everyone I send my love. Say. Say hi to Frederico for me. This guy is the man. He's the number one boxer in Mexico. All right, I gotta go, bro, but we'll talk soon. Hey, make sure you cross post on the Tick Tock, which is gracias. That's my best friend right there. We've been friends for a while. We. I started training him, so I worked on his fight.

[Interviewer]

You are not a trainer.

[Oliver Tree]

Yes, I am.

[Interviewer]

All of her.

[Oliver Tree]

What? I advise people to fast all the time.

[Interviewer]

That does not make you a trainer.

[Oliver Tree]

I give unsolicited medical advice.

[Interviewer]

I can.

[Oliver Tree]

I believe, and I advise against surgeries.

[Interviewer]

What did his. What does his family think of you?

[Oliver Tree]

They fucking love me. His mom cried when I was leaving. For real. They're there to help. Like, the grandma will come in just to work and film Tik Toks. It is so funny because she's, like, trying to film and it's too complicated and we have to make it simpler for grandma, but. Have you ever had a grandma film your tiktoks?

[Interviewer]

I have not.

[Oliver Tree]

It's epic. It's like a real family experience, you know, because I was in Mexico City last week, like, just with the biggest influencers. The actors, the musicians, like the superstar, blah, blah, blah. There's nothing better than being with the family, being in the casa, being in the actual real life world. So it's beautiful, but I feel like more at home there than I do in America.

[Interviewer]

What about your house with your parents?

[Oliver Tree]

Oh, yeah.

[Interviewer]

Have they met?

[Oliver Tree]

They haven't met yet, no. But they'll be coming soon because I'm playing a show in Mexico City. I'm actually doing the world tour. It starts in the end of May, So basically, yeah, my family will fly out for that because Mexico is a big deal. Actually, this is my 27th trip to Mexico. My parents used to manage a house there. And I would go every year growing up, and there was, like, on the beach, and it was like, I would have to go paint it because the hurricanes would destroy it. So I was always working from a very young age in Mexico. I went to the school when I was a kid in the scuela, and all the kids were eating candies in the recess and in class, too, but in recess, they would buy all the candies. Everyone's mouth just blew. It was fucking beautiful.

[Interviewer]

What made you get into music?

[Oliver Tree]

I actually never knew music could be a job. So what happened was my parents made an agreement. No new cars, nothing fancy. They just said, we're going to get instruments. We're going to get art in our house. And when I grew up, that was the language I was taught. You know, I learned English, espanol, and music. Those are the only three languages I speak.

[Interviewer]

Are your parents musicians?

[Oliver Tree]

They're bilingual, but they are. Oh, crazy story. So my parents met in a flute class, and the flute class was canceled, so there actually wasn't enough people in the class to do it. And my dad was playing on the piano, and he was playing the song Roxanne, and. And this was when he was the first year of college. So it was like a. What is it? What do they call the colleges that aren't like, the legit ones?

[Interviewer]

Community college.

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah, it's like a community college. I mean, it's legit, but I'm saying it's like, not like a. They were just at the first year of community college in Los Gatos, Saratoga area. And my mom came in, and my dad was playing Roxanne. He had a rat tail. And she was like, who is this guy? And then basically, there wasn't enough people to do the flute class, so they would go up in the trees and they would play flute, and people would be looking around like, where's the music coming from?

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And.

[Oliver Tree]

And then they broke up. And then, like, 10 years later, my dad was on a road trip across Canada on a motorcycle, and my mom was at a restaurant in Canada, and she was breaking up with her boyfriend. And she's like, hey, like, things aren't working out. I'm moving to San Francisco. If you want to meet me there, I'm going to be there. So I'm a product of the potential of things working out even if they didn't work out the first time.

[Interviewer]

Mm.

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[Oliver Tree]

So I believe in love. My parents are still together. They're still very much in love. Yeah, I got tons.

[Interviewer]

Show me.

[Oliver Tree]

This was us in Japan.

[Interviewer]

Oh, your family is so cute.

[Oliver Tree]

I know. Look at my dad. This is them on a hot air balloon in Turkey.

[Interviewer]

Wait. They're the cutest.

[Oliver Tree]

My show in Australia.

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Here?

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah. I've been trying to get them to travel with me. This is us at my grandmother's ranch.

[Interviewer]

Oliver, you look so normal there.

[Oliver Tree]

I know.

[Interviewer]

Look at that.

[Oliver Tree]

Used to be a normal guy before the accident.

[Interviewer]

What accident?

[Oliver Tree]

I had a bad accident. Not have a bad accident at the water park.

[Interviewer]

Stop it.

[Oliver Tree]

Bad spill on a water slide.

[Interviewer]

Stop it.

[Oliver Tree]

Look at them. So cute.

[Interviewer]

You and your mom look like.

[Oliver Tree]

I know. My dad actually also looks a lot like me, but. Yeah, I'm basically them mixed together.

[Interviewer]

Oh, that's kind of what happens.

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah. It's pretty trippy, right?

[Interviewer]

Are you religious?

[Oliver Tree]

Very.

[Interviewer]

What are you.

[Oliver Tree]

So. I don't know the term.

[Interviewer]

Okay, I'll help you figure it out.

[Oliver Tree]

So I believe in the art gods. So it's like the music gods, the film gods. I'm not joking. So when I, like, for example, have a big shoot, right? I shot a music video that was. It was three videos for a million dollars in Serbia. And I went there to be able to shoot in front of these certain brutalist structures. I'm obsessed with brutalist architecture. You know it.

[Interviewer]

Yeah. You have a girlfriend now?

[Oliver Tree]

I don't know. Recently broke up. We can't put that in there, though. I don't want to talk about it. Can we move to the next question or. This is the last question and I got to milk this.

[Interviewer]

That's really sweet that he lives with his family.

[Oliver Tree]

Yes. The family unit is so important. And actually, as I get older, I realized how important it is. And my parents like Oliver. Like, it's a lot to travel all the time. And I was like, guys, look like we don't know if I'll be alive next year. You'll be alive. Like, there's no day promised. Do you know how high risk I live my life actually for real?

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No.

[Oliver Tree]

The last two years, I was living in PU huts in Africa. I stayed in mud houses in Iraq. I'm actually planning a trip with my friend Drew Binsky. He's coming tonight. We're going to plan out Turkmenistan, Iraq. We're going to go to Syria. I never trusted humanity more. I put my hand blindly into people's arms, and I never had more trust. I never felt more love to humans. I never felt more connected. I mean, I've been with every major religion.

[Interviewer]

Wow.

[Oliver Tree]

Well, the crazy thing is I don't blend in anywhere. Right. You can't see my hair now, but

[Interviewer]

I don't believe that you. Like, normally in those pictures with your parents, you do blend in.

[Oliver Tree]

Thank you.

[Interviewer]

That's not.

[Oliver Tree]

That's the second nicest thing you've said all day.

[Interviewer]

Compliment. You're wearing an Elmo outfit right now. Of course you don't blend in right now. What did my neighbors think of you walking up? Like.

[Oliver Tree]

I thought. Well, I made. You know, the older woman. I made eye contact, and she's like. She was giving me the old stink eye.

[Interviewer]

She was like. Like, what the Is happening?

[Oliver Tree]

I know. Well, you could just say that you were doing something for your daughter.

[Interviewer]

Yeah. Like, it was my kid's birthday party and I hired an Elmo and first.

[Oliver Tree]

That's what I'm saying. And I would technically do that for the right price. I do all kinds of stuff. I do birthday parties.

[Interviewer]

You do not do.

[Oliver Tree]

I do quinceaneras. I do private events.

[Interviewer]

You do.

[Oliver Tree]

Because then you get Elmo and you get a free concert, but the part you're paying for is Elmo.

[Interviewer]

What's your favorite song you've ever done?

[Oliver Tree]

Whatever one's made me the most money. That's basically what it boils down to.

[Interviewer]

Okay.

[Oliver Tree]

Because I love the most. I got a few. I got a few platinum, few gold. I got, like, at least 15 gold songs.

[Interviewer]

But have you ever won a Grammy?

[Oliver Tree]

No, but I'm actually working on getting my first Latin Grammy, so thank you for mentioning.

[Interviewer]

Oh, that would be cool.

[Oliver Tree]

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what this is.

[Interviewer]

You working on it?

[Oliver Tree]

Yeah, I'm manifesting. I believe I could speak it into existence. And I'm actually doing a bilingual album next.

[Interviewer]

Why don't you just go all in? I am no more English.

[Oliver Tree]

I'm done with English.

[Interviewer]

English, start speaking Spanish right now.

[Oliver Tree]

I'm not gonna do it right now because I know the viewers at home will not appreciate that. They'll be confused. I know you're not going to spend the time to put subtitles.

[Interviewer]

I will.

[Oliver Tree]

But on my show, we're going to

[Interviewer]

put subtitles for the rest of your Spanish.

[Oliver Tree]

Perfect. We'll do it for the next one. So, wait, what's the idea with the show? It's called the best show ever.

[Interviewer]

The really good podcast.

[Oliver Tree]

Oh, what's the question?

[Interviewer]

I don't remember.

[Oliver Tree]

Good. We shouldn't talk about that anyways. But I would say this.

[Interviewer]

Say it.

[Oliver Tree]

I think what I learned is,

[Interviewer]

why

[Oliver Tree]

are you the way you are, incredibly dope, handsome? Well, I used to be a hand model too.

[Interviewer]

I have a hard time believing that.

[Oliver Tree]

Well, you can't tell now because it looks like I have hot Cheetos on my hands. But I actually have really nice hands. And there was fan accounts dedicated just to my hands, I'm sure.

[Interviewer]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Oliver Tree]

I mean, do you like them?

[Interviewer]

What's your least favorite thing about yourself?

[Oliver Tree]

Oh, there's so many. I'm learning to love myself. Least favorite thing would probably be, it's hard when you're that dope because, like, it's like, guys want to be you, girls want to be with you. It's challenging, you know? So that's probably the hardest part of being with me. But this whole process of me traveling, a lot of it was done alone. And I actually learned to love myself and be able to spend a lot of time with myself. And guess what? Me and Oliver, we love all the same things. Oliver loves to take pictures of concrete brutalist structures in countries that he's never heard of. He loves to eat weird and exotic foods. He likes to make music till 6 in the morning.

[Interviewer]

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

[Oliver Tree]

10 years? Ah, that's a great question. I would say probably somewhere in former Yugoslavia. My uncle lives there. He has a corn farm. And I think that maybe the ultimate goal is to probably build out a plot of land, maybe do a little corn field, maybe a little bit of an olive oil farm. Basically make olive trees.

[Interviewer]

Oliver, what would you like to plug for yourself today?

[Oliver Tree]

Basically, the album came out. I worked on it for two years. 70 songs written and produced entirely by yours truly. I even engineered all the vocals. I recorded it in hotel rooms across these 82 countries. But I have fun.

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I have.

[Interviewer]

I have.

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I got it.

[Oliver Tree]

I got it. I don't ever want to see you and I never want to miss you again. One day.

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[Oliver Tree]

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