Ugly is Beautiful

### Producer(s)

Andrew Goldstein • Casey Mattson • David Pramik • "Downtown" Trevor Brown • Dylan Wiggins • Whethan • Imad Royal • Little Ricky ZR3 • Marshmello • NVDES • Oliver Tree Nickell • Rogét Chahayed • Stint • William Zaire Simmons

**Ugly is Beautiful** is Oliver Tree’s debut album. The album deals with themes of being treated differently and not fitting in, while also exploring self-acceptance and seeing yourself as beautiful no matter your flaws. Tree had hinted at the albumsince December 2018, shortly after the release of “Hurt”, by singing unreleased songs at concerts.

## History

Oliver began hinting **Ugly** *Is Beautiful* shortly after the release of the single "Hurt" in December 2018. He then embarked on a tour of the same name as the album. On August 2, 2019 he released Do you feel me? (EP), an EP that contains six songs, four of which appear on **Ugly** **is Beautiful**

On December 6, 2019, Oliver released the single "Cash Machine", and announced that **Ugly** **is Beautiful** would be released on March 27, 2020. However, on March 25, just two days before the initial release date, it was announced that the album had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Oliver announced jokingly that due to the pandemic, the album had been cancelled and that while he still planned to release it "within the next 5-10 years", for now he was "officially going into retirement".

On April 7, 2020, Oliver released "Let Me Down", which he jokingly announced as his "final song and video ever". However, on May 19, 2020, following a brief social media blackout, he posted an Instagram live video on his account that showed him being "kidnapped" by someone, as well as a picture of **Ugly** **Is Beautiful***'*s album cover. The "kidnapper" then stated that if the post with his album cover got to 100,000 comments, he would reveal the release date for the album. The post made it to 100,000 comments in about 45 minutes only for the comment goal to be updated to 250,000, which was also reached. The "kidnapper" then updated the comment goal to 500,000, then to 1,000,000. Finally, once this goal was reached, a video was posted to Instagram in which Oliver announced that **Ugly** **Is beautiful** would be released on June 12. Tree then stated that if the album cover post reached 2,000,000 comments, he would release a new song and music video. The post reached this goal on May 25, and the next day, on May 26, he released the single "Bury Me Alive" along with pre-orders and a release date for the album for June 12, 2020.

On June 8, 2020, Oliver announced that he had decided to delay the album yet again, due to the issues of racism and police violence against black people going on at the time after the killing of George Floyd, and the protests surrounding it. He stated that he "did not believe it was an appropriate time" to release the album when much bigger things deserved attention. The new release date was revealed to be July 17. On July 14, 2020, the tracklist for the album was revealed.On July 17, 2020 **Ugly** I**s Beautiful** finally released on every streaming platform, each song received a lyric video on YouTube.

## Singles

1. "Alien Boy" (Released: February 16, 2018)
2. "Hurt" (Released: December 7, 2018)
3. "Miracle Man" (Released: June 7, 2019)
4. "Cash Machine" (Released: December 6, 2019)
5. "Let Me Down" (Released: April 7, 2020)
6. "Bury Me Alive" (Released: May 26, 2020)

## Tracklist

**STANDARD TRACKLIST**

1. Me, Myself & I
2. 1993
3. Cash Machine
4. Let Me Down
5. Miracle Man
6. Bury Me Alive
7. Alien Boy
8. Jokes On You
9. Again & Again
10. Waste My Time
11. Jerk
12. Hurt
13. Introspective
14. I'm Gone

**DELUXE TRACKLIST**

1. Life Goes On
2. Every Type of Friend
3. Out of Ordinary
4. Swimmers Delight (SOS)
5. When Your Around
6. All in All
7. Lies Came Out My Mouth