for my h shows (4 of them) i specifically was saving this shirt for red rocks, no idea why just knew i wanted to wear it. guess i somewhat manifested life of the spider. i still can’t believe i heard it live. as someone who is also sick this song is so very special to me @halsey
halsey’s point was never “you have to like my album,” it was “stop treating my medical trauma like evidence of a character flaw”. she wasn't asking to be spared criticism, she was asking not to be told that speaking about her own illness and fear of dying is somehow narcissistic.
it cannot be performative or whiny or self centered to believe you are going to die of cancer and somehow find the strength to reflect on and articulate your entire existence and share it with the world
fantano+his fans believe the issue is that a grammy nominated artist is upset over a youtube music reviewer disliking the way she sings when its actually that a man with a platform is pandering to ignorance & claiming a woman writing abt having cancer is “main character syndrome”
Rest in peace Oliver Tree Nickell June 29th, 1993 - June 14th, 2026
Your legacy will live on forever ❤️ Thank you to everyone who has reached out, shown love, support and has done incredible tributes for Oliver. The constant love, support and positivity is helping the family, friends and collaborators make it through these extremely difficult times.
Oliver is now back in California where he can finally rest. His legacy will live on through his foundation/endowment named “Dr. Oliver Tree’s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses” coming soon. This is something that Oliver had put together before his passing, written in his will. We will make sure his wish comes to fruition so that more joy, love and art can be spread into the world, that was his final wish.
Love you all so much, Oliver would be so proud of every one of his supporters, friends and family.
Peace be with Oliver … ❤️
Being a woman dealing with serious health issues often means being afraid of telling the truth about the pain you’re in because you’re afraid of not being believed or seeming attention seeking. He validated that fear to thousands of women.
Who cares he gave a bad review? I care that a pay for clicks reaction YouTuber can facade as a pro critic and say it’s “main character syndrome” for an artist to lament her medical suffering on an album (surprise!) about her own life. He’s a raised-by-4chan edgelord bully. Yuck.