Omar Apollo’s ‘Killing Me’ Is a Sexy, Late-Night Fantasy

Omar Apollo daydreams about love and lust in his new music “Killing Me,” which he carried out on The Tonight Present Friday. The bilingual R&B monitor is one in all Apollo’s most unabashedly attractive releases but, providing one other glimpse on the eclecticism the Mexican-American singer will showcase on his upcoming album, Ivory, out April 8.

“Killing Me” begins with sky-high choral loops earlier than soulful guitar chords take over. Apollo displays on a love he can’t get out of his head , earlier than launching right into a seductive pre-chorus: “Love me like I’m gonna die/Fuck me such as you fantasize,” he sings “Contact me like you understand you present to/Ain’t one to mislead only one to slip via.”

He then makes a seamless change to Spanish, permitting the music’s sensuality to seep via in one other language: “Te lo juro solo pienso en ti/Cuando me tocas y me llamas, vuelo.” (In English: “I swear I solely consider you/While you contact me and name me, I fly.”)

The monitor is the fourth single off Ivory, following “Invincible” — which options Daniel Caesar and fantastically explores the complexities of affection, sexuality and longing. Final yr, Omar additionally launched the synth-driven “Go Away” and “Dangerous Life,” a dreamy ballad with Kali Uchis.

Apollo will kick off his Desvelado Tour in April and Could, and can be slated to carry out at Coachella.