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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I’m on mobile so I can’t find his personal YouTube channel right now, but there are some videos from when he was in his early teens like 14-15, talking about how he wanted to be a movie director and creative director, around the regular and Oliver Tree days too.

I don’t think he’s completely retiring Oliver Tree, but he’s definitely building his own musical universe and shelving Oliver tree, gorillaz-style, so he can make any style of music he wants under different stage names that cater to different audiences.

it’s a smart idea and way of retiring/putting the JNCO Jeans and Scooter riding character on the shelf for a while and trying something new without leaving loose ends as there’s a story connection between the two characters (it’s not like this is an unrelated side project), show what other music he’s capable of making, build his audience even more with the rap and funk scene, and although it’s a fucking alien based on Little Richard lmao, it’s easier to fuck with/take seriously than the character that is Oliver Tree.

I think he learned his lesson tho and I’m interested in hearing the little Ricky z63 mixtape, I’m sure it’ll be dope haha! Ironically, I thought Oliver Tree’s gimmick looked stupid which is why I clicked on his all that/alien boy music video to check it out, and the songs were so good compared to everything else currently coming out.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

True, good points. It is pretty smart to build up several characters that might interact. I hope he doesn't permanently retire Oliver Twist though.

I guess I'll have to listen to some little ricky stuff too then

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[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

that scene had good editing, although his hair comes off the dummy lol