{"id":402777,"date":"2021-07-30T12:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T17:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=402777"},"modified":"2021-07-30T23:48:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T04:48:36","slug":"oliver-tree-lolla-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/oliver-tree-lolla-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Missed: Oliver Tree Invited An 8-Foot Alien Onstage During His Lolla Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oliver Tree is a rising pop star. I convinced my friends to see him over Hannah Montana, Illenium, and Steve Aoki. They left\u00a0 because it got too weird for them, I stayed and watched the rest of this absolutely bizarre Oliver Tree Lolla<\/a> set\u2014including the part when he brought on the 8-foot alien rapper named Ricky.<\/p>\n

Oliver Tree’s Lollapalooza Performance<\/h2>\n

(1) Oliver opened with his impeccable track “Forget It<\/a>” produced by Getter.<\/p>\n

2. The Santa Cruz native then switched back and forth between a bald skin cap and his never re-trending 90s mushroom cut. He’s also wearing a 90s kid winter jacket for the first 20 minutes. His band is all wearing the same getup.<\/p>\n

3. Oliver played some more tracks then invited a guest on stage: an 8-foot alien rapper named Ricky. At some point during this entire series of odd, odd events he referred to Lollapalooza as “Coachella.” Two separate times.<\/p>\n

4. Ricky, the alien rapper, was then kicked off the stage after attacking Oliver for stopping him during Ricky’s impromptu mixtape self-promotion.<\/p>\n

5. Yes, things turned even more bizarre. Oliver Tree spent the next 30 seconds changing wardrobes behind a sheet on stage, then experienced a western demonization and revealed himself as a possessed cowboy. Although I did enjoy the music he played (off his upcoming album “Cowboy Tears”), it was overly suggestive to be some type of Orville Peck mockery (the masked country singer who played earlier that day). Is it just me, or does that seem like a lot of work for an artist who tried to cancel two days before the festival?<\/p>\n

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Tried to cancel my Lollapalooza set but my agents said it\u2019s too late so come see my show tomorrow night at 9pm on the Groove stage! pic.twitter.com\/UHQfaWcftN<\/a><\/p>\n

— Oliver Tree (@Olivertree) July 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n