Omar Apollo details working with Pharrell on new album Ivory: “After I made the first song, Pharrell was gassing me. He was like ‘Yo, you gotta stay longer, we gotta make like five more.’ I extended my trip, and we made like five more.’”
and the Neptunes, who produced the latest single from the album, “Tamagotchi.” Apollo, Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams recorded the dreamy, guitar- and bass-heavy track during what was meant to be a two-day session in Miami last year.
Never coy about his sexuality, Apollo has openly rapped and sung about his queerness and fluidity in several songs, including “Kamikaze” and “Bi Fren” from his “Apolonio” EP. Regardless of the gender of the person he’s pining for, Apollo says he is mostly guided by love, though the “Ivory” cut “Killing Me” sees him caught between love and lust, as he sings “Love me like I’m gonna die / Fuck me like you fantasize,” over sensual, jazzy chords.
Exploring love and all its complexities, Apollo said the most difficult song to write was the Uchis-assisted “Bad Life.” He says he wrote 26 different versions of the song before he was satisfied.
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