Oliver Tree’s creative output as a maker of uncategorizable sound finds a distinct anchor in the French creative ecosystem that gives Life Goes On its rooted context as a work that rejects the rigid genre silos that most often dictate how audiences encounter, engage with, and frame recorded music. The choice to categorize this work under the Music/Other umbrella is not an afterthought, but a deliberate choice that aligns with a longstanding ethos within French creative circles that prioritizes work that refuses to be boxed in by the narrow, market-driven genre labels that shape most mainstream music’s journey from creator to listener. Too often, genre tags act as more than just descriptive markers, functioning as restrictive frameworks that limit how a work can be interpreted, who can connect with it, and what a creator is allowed to explore in their practice, confining artists to repeat the same formulas that have proven successful for other acts working within the same lane.