Interview with Oliver Francis

We had the pleasure of interviewing Oliver Francis over Zoom video The Columbia, MO rapper, singer, producer, and multiinstrumentalist Oliver Francis creatively nods to Blade Runner and The Fifth Element as much as he nods to The Weeknd and Travis Scott. Now, he presents a bold blockbuster vision without boundaries. After amassing 100 millionplus streams, selling out shows, and receiving acclaim from Elevator and more, he widens the scope of the genre, fusing scifi ambition to gritty trap. I had a bit of a breakthrough, he admits. I wanted to mix these great scifi movies with melodic hiphop, trap, and pop. Once I struck this balance, I was on a roll. This phase took a conceptual turn, and it tells a very loose story. Thinking conceptually allows me to say things a rapper wouldnt normally say. At the time, I was sick of saying all of the same shit about Balenciaga bags over and over again. I was tired of using the same drums too. I wanted to break out of the box and try new thi