- When I found out the album was gonna be canceled
I was so fucking pissed.
I couldn't believe it.
I spent five years making this,
and just out of nowhere,
some kind of big influenza picks up,
like, where?
Where is this shit coming from?
Was this set up by Interscope?
The fuck are you doing dude?
Stop!
The fuck!
I wrote this song the day after I canceled my debut album,
"Ugly Is Beautiful".
I had to cancel the album due to the covioid 19 influenza.
Even though it was out of my control,
I do feel like I let my fans down,
so I made them this song as an apology.
Right now, with the covioid 19,
we gotta watch out for ourselves,
this part of the lyrics is referring to social distancing
and more specifically, the six foot rule.
No one was prepared for this, we did not see it coming,
so what can we do?
We can save ourselves,
if we can keep a distance of approximately six to eight feet
we can actually save other people's lives.
If you only take one thing away from this interview,
let it be that.
Also, here's a quick hand washing tip,
while you're washing your hands, do it for 45 seconds,
if you don't have a timer,
you can actually sing the lyrics of my song, "Hurt",
til the second chorus.
I use that as my timer, works like a charm.
When I say, "You know I'll never be back now",
that's in reference to my retirement,
this is the last new song I will ever record as Oliver Tree.
My last tour was called the "Goodbye, Farewell Tour",
due to the covioid 19, we had to cancel the remaining shows.
This is the end of an era.
When I said, "Please don't let me down",
that's me writing from my fans perspective.
I was shocked at how many people were upset
about the album cancellation.
There are a lot more important things
happening in the world right now.
Millions of people are losing their jobs.
Potentially millions of people will lose their lives.
I honestly didn't even think
anyone would care about the album.
Apparently I was wrong,
the night I canceled "Ugly Is Beautiful"
I lost over 150000 followers on Instagram,
I know I let a lot of people down, but I will come around,
and I will eventually let this album come out
at some point in the next five to 10 years.
People think I'm trolling,
they think this is just another marketing scheme.
No, this is my life!
I'm always getting screwed over,
and of course my debut album
would get canceled by a pandemic.
I had nothing to do with it,
I do not have that type of power yet.
I've seen my own fans turn on me.
A few weeks ago a bunch of trolls,
who disguised themselves as my fans, banded together
and got the #olivertreeisoverparty trending on Twitter.
And I'm confused.
'Cause I spent the last five years working on this album
and there's nobody who wants to see "Ugly Is Beautiful"
come out more than me.
I'm just lucky I had the K-pop fans come to my defense.
I wanna make something very clear,
K-pop stans are some of the sweetest people,
and everybody knows Oliver Tree loves K-pop,
right now my favorite K-pop acts are Blackpink,
Seventeen, Exo, I.O.I, iKon, NCT, BtoB, Jodeci, 2PM, B.A.P,
Boyz II Men, AOA, TLC, and of course I know it's mainstream,
but I do love me some BTS.