{"id":490770,"date":"2019-10-01T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=891903"},"modified":"2019-10-01T14:34:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:34:11","slug":"see-omar-apollo-captain-a-yacht-in-new-kickback-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/see-omar-apollo-captain-a-yacht-in-new-kickback-video\/","title":{"rendered":"See Omar Apollo Captain a Yacht in New \u2018Kickback\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chicano R&B<\/a> singer Omar Apollo<\/a> hosts a luxe yacht party in his brand new video for \u201cKickback.\u201d It\u2019s the fourth single off his 2019 EP, Friends<\/em>, which he self-released in April.<\/p>\n

In the Matthew Dillon Cohen-directed video, Apollo takes the kickback, or SoCal slang for \u201chouse party,\u201d to the Mediterranean Sea \u2014 presumably off the Southern coast of France. Starring some of Apollo\u2019s real-life friends, the clip plays out his wholesome fantasy of the high life. Wearing a captain\u2019s hat and a breezy, unbuttoned yellow shirt, Apollo treats his guests to a vintage Nineties beat coolly paired with sparing jazz guitar licks. Just as the video ends, so does the dream \u2014 Apollo\u2019s promptly struck by lightning.<\/p>\n

Although he typically sings in English, Apollo is part of an inspiring new class of Latinx R&B musicians<\/a>: including acts like Cuco<\/a>, Girl Ultra<\/a> and Ambar Lucid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsually all the Mexicans that I know don\u2019t come from money,\u201d he told Rolling Stone<\/em> in August<\/a>. \u201c[Now] we\u2019re getting money thrown at us and I had to fucking study some shit. I had to get a lawyer, a business manager, all that shit. I\u2019m not gonna fuck up. They\u2019re not gonna catch me slipping. I\u2019m not gonna get stuck in no deal; I\u2019m not gonna get taken advantage of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following an appearance in Mexico City, Apollo officially kicks off his fall tour, dubbed The Speed of Sound, November 1st in Las Vegas. The tour extends across both North America and Europe, and includes stops at Tyler, The Creator\u2019s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival as well as Tropical\u00eda Festival. Tickets are now available via OmarApollo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Omar Apollo The Speed of Sound Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 19 \u2013 Mexico City, Mexico @ Bar Oriente
November 1 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ Day N Vegas Festival
November 2 \u2013 Oakland, CA @ The New Parish*^
November 3 \u2013 Oakland, CA @ The New Parish*^
November 5 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre*^
November 6 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre*^
November 7 \u2013 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park*^
November 9 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival
November 10 \u2013 Pico Rivera, CA @ Tropicalia Festival
November 12 \u2013 El Paso, TX @ The Lowbrow Palace*^
November 14 \u2013 Dallas, TX @ Canton Hall*^
November 15 \u2013 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk*^
November 16 \u2013 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall*^
November 19 \u2013 Paris, France @ Badaboum<
November 21 \u2013 Glasgow, UK @ The Blue Arrow Club<
November 22 \u2013 Manchester, UK @ Night People<
November 23 \u2013 Leeds, UK @ Belgrave Music Hall<
November 25 \u2013 Bristol, UK @ Exchange<
November 26 \u2013 Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store<
November 27 \u2013 London, UK @ Heaven<
December 5 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall*^
December 6 \u2013 Hobart, IN @ Art Theater*^
December 7 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall*^
December 10 \u2013 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club^+
December 12 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel^+
December 13 \u2013 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club^+
December 15 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West^+<\/p>\n

* = w\/ Dijon<\/p>\n

^ = w\/ Silver Sphere<\/p>\n

+ = w\/ Alexander<\/p>\n

< = w\/ Shay Lia<\/p>\n

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