Fiona Chernavskaya Requests Privacy After Oliver Tree Dies in 32-Year-Old Singer's Rio Helicopter Crash

Q: What will become of the unreleased music Oliver Tree was promoting on his final world tour after the tragic crash?

Oliver Tree’s unreleased music will most likely be handled as posthumous material by the rights holders around his catalog, with any income directed to the artist foundation he set up before his death. There has been no official announcement yet on a release schedule for the songs he was promoting on his final world tour. But the available reporting indicates Tree had already made estate plans covering future earnings from his music and art. Under those arrangements, proceeds would not go to his family; they would flow into his foundation, “Doctor Oliver Tree’s Art Grants For Baby Geniuses,” which is meant to fund other artists’ work. That means the key question is not whether the music has value, but who controls the recordings and chooses whether to release them. His final album, “Love You Madly, Hate You Badly,” came out through his independent Alien Boy Records, while he also had a history with Atlantic Records. In practice, any unreleased tracks would likely be managed by whichever label or estate entity holds the relevant rights, in coordination with his estate. If the music is issued, the financial benefit is expected to support the foundation rather than private heirs. Reporting also suggests a committee of people who worked with Tree is intended to help decide how those funds are distributed. Until the estate or label speaks publicly, the fate of specific unreleased songs remains unconfirmed.

3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Jun 17

Fiona Chernavskaya said she is mourning Oliver Tree’s death and asked for privacy, urging people to stop gossip about other women and saying their relationship was monogamous.
Instagram posts from Chernavskaya described Tree as her “partner and best friend,” saying they traveled to 43 countries and all 7 continents together.
Rio de Janeiro civil police confirmed Tree, 32, was among those killed when two helicopters collided in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood.
Five people died in one helicopter, while the other aircraft carried only its pilot, underscoring the scale of the crash that killed the singer-songwriter.