Following Oliver Tree‘s demise, the music trade is paying tribute to the artist, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
Melanie Martinez, who beforehand dated the Love You Madly Hate You Badly artist, remembered him as a “true artist” with a “comfortable coronary heart” in a tribute she posted Sunday to her Instagram Story.
“Been an absolute wreck right this moment,” she wrote. “It’s actually laborious to grasp how somebody who you as soon as shared such a selected and formative time of your life with can swiftly be gone. He was so devoted to his artwork which I admired and revered so deeply. I believe everybody who knew him will look again at these moments of laughter and pleasure he so simply sparked. His snigger was so contagious and heat. His capability to steer creatively and take motion whereas additionally sustaining a way of childlike surprise and awe was so inspiring. He had such a comfortable coronary heart and was a real artist in each means.”
Martinez added, “Relaxation in peace Oliver. I do know you’re making the angels giggle. I’ll be right here questioning what stunt and inventive venture you’re scheming up in heaven. All my love.”
Child Cudi additionally remembered Tree with a press release. “Fuck man. Spoke to Oliver a number of weeks in the past. That is heartbreaking. A extremely superb and exquisite human. This shit sucks unhealthy. Sending all my prayers and like to the households coping with losses. Oliver we love you, ceaselessly,” he wrote on X.
Bebe Rexha wrote in a tribute, “I’m in shock. I used to be in the midst of my CD signing in NYC when I discovered the information of Oliver tree. I can’t consider it. We recorded a file collectively to be on Soiled Blonde. He was so sensible. Passionate. Proficient. Form. I’m so unhappy. Might he relaxation in peace.”
T-Ache shared a video of Tree telling him about “making music for me” as an alternative of worrying about exterior strain. “By no means will neglect this lesson from Oliver or the time we had on @NBRadioPodcast. Thanks for sharing your artwork and for all the time being totally different in one of the simplest ways attainable. See you on the brighter facet,” he wrote.
Whitney Cummings wrote, “Oliver Tree is likely one of the most proficient folks on earth and often that comes with an ego and all types of dickhead nonsense, however Oliver is pure love and one of the best model of what an artist and individual can and must be. There’s no silver lining. We misplaced a large.”
Andy Milonakis posted, “RIP Oliver Tree. I don’t know tips on how to course of this, I’m glad I received to spend so much of time with him final month however this shit sucks. Life is fragile and unfair.”
Tree died at age 32 on Sunday, considered one of six folks to perish when two helicopters crashed over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was coming off the São Paulo cease on his The World’s First World Tour final weekend, earlier than he was set to kick off the European leg in July.
