{"id":3933,"date":"2026-06-15T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/melanie-martinez-mourns-tragic-death-of-ex-oliver-tree-he-had-such-a-soft-heart-was-a-true-artist\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:55:00","slug":"melanie-martinez-mourns-tragic-death-of-ex-oliver-tree-he-had-such-a-soft-heart-was-a-true-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/melanie-martinez-mourns-tragic-death-of-ex-oliver-tree-he-had-such-a-soft-heart-was-a-true-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Martinez Mourns Tragic Death of Ex Oliver Tree: &#8216;He Had Such a Soft Heart &#038; Was a True Artist&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2229873\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/melanie-martinez\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Melanie Martinez<\/strong><\/a> is paying tribute to her ex <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/oliver-tree\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Oliver Tree<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old singer took to Instagram story on Sunday (June 14), reacting to the sad news of the 32-year-old singer being <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/14\/singer-oliver-tree-youtuber-gaspi-both-die-in-helicopter-crash-in-brazil\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/14\/singer-oliver-tree-youtuber-gaspi-both-die-in-helicopter-crash-in-brazil\/\">tragically killed in a helicopter crash<\/a> in Brazil. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeen an absolute wreck today. It\u2019s really hard to understand how someone who you once shared such a specific and formative time of your life with can all of a sudden be gone,\u201d she wrote on her <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/littlebodybigheart\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/littlebodybigheart\/\">account<\/a>, adding his song \u201cIntrospective\u201d to the story. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was so dedicated to his art which I admired and respected so deeply. I think everyone who knew him will look back at those moments of laughter and joy he so easily sparked,\u201d <strong>Melanie<\/strong> continued. \u201cHis laugh was so contagious and warm. His ability to lead creatively and take action while also maintaining a sense of childlike wonder and awe was so inspiring. He had such a soft heart and was a true artist in every way.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>Melanie<\/strong> concluded, \u201cRest in peace Oliver. I know you\u2019re making the angels giggle. I\u2019ll be here wondering what stunt and creative project you\u2019re scheming up in heaven. All my love.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t know, <strong>Melanie<\/strong> revealed she was dating <strong>Oliver<\/strong> in 2019, but rumors spread of a breakup in June 2020 after they deleted photos and comments, and she unfollowed him on all social media accounts. <\/p>\n<p>In May 2021, she confirmed they broke up a while ago and remained on good terms. <\/p>\n<p>Our continued thoughts and condolences go out to <strong>Oliver Tree<\/strong> and all the other victims of the crash\u2019s loved ones during this difficult time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/melanie-martinez\/\" rel=\"tag\">Melanie Martinez<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/oliver-tree\/\" rel=\"tag\">Oliver Tree<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/14\/melanie-martinez-mourns-tragic-death-of-ex-oliver-tree-he-had-such-a-soft-heart-was-a-true-artist\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Melanie Martinez is paying tribute to her ex Oliver Tree. The 31-year-old singer took to Instagram story on Sunday (June 14), reacting to the sad news of the 32-year-old singer being tragically killed in a helicopter crash in Brazil. \u201cBeen an absolute wreck today. It\u2019s really hard to understand how someone who you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/melanie-oliver.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[494,2054,2072,6473,6472,4815,4055,5725,3722,2720,1236],"class_list":["post-3933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","tag-artist","tag-death","tag-heart","tag-martinez","tag-melanie","tag-mourns","tag-oliver","tag-soft","tag-tragic","tag-tree","tag-true"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}