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Oliver Tree is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of BoyWithUke, Melanie Martinez, Thom Yorke, Radiohead and Skrillex. Those roots explain a lot about how Oliver Tree arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Whethan, Hard Life, Twenty One Pilots, Gorillaz and Siames, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sueco, Travis Barker, David Guetta, Tommy Cash and Melanie Martinez, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Oliver Tree, reaching back through BoyWithUke and forward to Sueco. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Oliver Tree Nickell was an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer. 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.
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Oliver Tree connections
Oliver Tree grew out of BoyWithUke, Melanie Martinez, Thom Yorke and Radiohead, shares an orbit with Whethan, Hard Life, Twenty One Pilots and Gorillaz, went on to shape Sueco, Travis Barker, David Guetta and Tommy Cash. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Oliver Tree
Sounds and acts that shaped Oliver Tree.
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