On May 1, 2012, Tillman released the album Fear Fun under his new moniker Father John Misty. A couple of months prior to the release of the album a video was released for the song "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings" starring Parks and Recreation's Aubrey Plaza. The album was a dramatic departure from any of Tillman's former releases.

As Father John Misty, Tillman was featured on Kid Cudi's 2013 album Indicud.

Father John Misty performing at Fairgrounds Festival in December 2015 In February 2015, the album I Love You, Honeybear was released.

Tillman made headlines by covering Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" and "Welcome to New York" in 2015. He claimed to have never listened to the artist prior to recording the covers.

On May 19, 2016, Tillman released a new song entitled "Real Love Baby" on Soundcloud.

Tillman appeared on the song "Saturday Night Inside Out" on The Avalanches's second studio album Wildflower, which was released on July 1, 2016.

On November 7, 2016, Tillman released a cover of "Trump's Private Pilot", a song written by Tim Heidecker, on Soundcloud.

On November 22, 2016, Tillman released a new song entitled "Holy Hell" on Soundcloud.

On January 23, 2017, the single "Pure Comedy" was released in the form of a music video and Tillman announced the arrival of his album Pure Comedy released on April 7, 2017. Through this album, he externalizes the stereotypical character of Father John Misty that he developed through the two previous albums in order to prevent himself from being constricted to the character's image, using his personhood and experiences to expose his outlook on life.

The second single released off of Pure Comedy, "Two Wildly Different Perspectives", was released with another music video on January 30, 2017.

The third single released was "Ballad of the Dying Man" on February 1, 2017.

The fourth single, "Total Entertainment Forever", was released on the night it was performed on Saturday Night Live on March 4, 2017.

On April 7, 2017, Pure Comedy was released.

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