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Omar Apolonio Velasco (born May 20, 1997), known professionally as Omar Apollo, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.After signing a record deal with Warner Records, his debut album, Ivory, was released in 2022 to positive reviews and earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
MMXX (pronounced "2020" [2] [9]) is the second and final [10] studio album by American supergroup Sons of Apollo, released on January 17, 2020 via Inside Out Music. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] It is available as a standard CD package, limited edition 2 CD package with instrumental and a cappella versions, 2 LP + CD package, and digital download.
God Said No was partially recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, and produced alongside Teo Halm, Carter Lang and Blake Slatkin. [2]Apollo stated that the album is a "reflection of [his] life for the past 2 years" and "doesn't feel like it's a bunch of songs put together", calling it "a sequence that is made to be listened to front to back". [3]
Apollo Taught Himself How to Play the Guitar He’s a self-taught musician, revealing that at 12 years old, he learned to play acoustic guitar by watching Camp Rock covers on YouTube.
The 24-year-old wrote most of his debut album — “Ivory,” out today — in real-time during studio sessions, drawing from experiences of his own, of his friends and taking place in his fantasies.
The members had insisted in multiple interviews that the supergroup was a full-time band and not just a side project. [6] [7] [8] The name of the band was proposed by Sherinian after he scrolled through a list of suggestions by Portnoy and saw the word "Apollo" among them. It was picked due to Apollo being the god of music.
[25] Rolling Stone's writer Julyssa Lopez praised Apollo's ability to "[let] the music speak for [his identity and sexuality and that he] doesn’t hold back in his lyrics. [22] Cora Jordon from Clash praised the album and said, "Apollo creates a new sound within his alternative style. Bouncing from indie to alternative R&B to hip-hop, ‘Ivory ...
On 19 July 2019, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, a special version of the album was released, featuring the remastered original, as well as an accompanying album of 11 new instrumental compositions by Brian Eno, Roger Eno & Daniel Lanois that reimagine the soundtrack to For All Mankind. [13]