Oliver Tree Reflected On Living Without Guarantees In One Of His Final Interviews

Fans have been given one final glimpse into Oliver Tree’s world following the artist’s death earlier this month, with a previously recorded appearance on Bobbi Althoff’s Really Good Podcast now released publicly.

The Oliver Tree interview (published this week), was filmed before Tree tragically died in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro on June 14th, the 32 year old artist had been in Brazil as part of his global tour following the release of his latest album, Love You Madly Hate You Badly.

Known as much for his performance art and offbeat humour as his music, Tree approached the conversation in typical fashion, appearing in an Elmo costume and mixing absurdity with moments of surprising honesty.

Oliver Tree Interview on The Really Good Podcast

Not waiting for the perfect moment

Speaking about his constant travel and appetite for experiences, Tree reflected on why he chose to live without waiting for the perfect moment:

“My parents, they’re like, ‘Oliver, it’s a lot to travel all the time,’” he said.

“I’m like, ‘Guys, look. We don’t know if I’ll be alive next year, or if you’ll be alive.’”

“There’s no day promised.”

“You know how high risk I live my life, for real? The last two years I was living in poo huts in Africa, I stayed in mud houses in Iraq.”

The interview now stands as one of Tree’s final long form appearances and arrives shortly after details emerged surrounding a project he had publicly discussed before his death, a creative grant designed to support emerging artists.

Reports following his passing stated that proceeds connected to his estate would contribute toward launching Dr. Oliver Tree’s Extremely Epic Grant for Baby Geniuses, continuing a vision he had spoken about earlier this year (per Billboard).

At the beginning of the episode, Althoff also confirmed that profits generated from the interview would be directed toward supporting the grant initiative, describing the release as a tribute to Tree’s life, creativity and artistic legacy.

Across music, internet culture and performance art, Oliver Tree built a career that rarely followed expectations, and even in one of his final interviews, that same outlook remained front and centre.