As Omar Apollo continues his steady rise, the singer on Wednesday released his first Spanish-language single called "Frío."
It's the Mexican-American artist's debut in his native language, a collaboration with co-producer Kenny Beats, which follows Apollo's recent Friends EP and his late-night television debut performing on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers.
"This was the first song I made fully in Spanish. I was in my hometown for my brother's wedding, and I was at the attic where I used to live with six other people and where I used to record all of my early music," recalls Apollo. "I was with my bassist Manny and my homie Tony and we just started making beats like we did back in the day. I got the verse and hook and then we stopped. Once I was back in L.A. I brought it to my homie Kenny Beats. The song is about not wanting to repeat the same cycle of emotions—but also about being stuck in that cycle too. Coming in and out of the cycle of a relationship."
Hear "Frío" below.
Omar Apollo's live schedule:
11/1 — Las Vegas, NV — Day N Vegas Festival
11/2 — Oakland, CA — The New Parish*^
11/3 — Oakland, CA — The New Parish*^
11/5 — Los Angeles, CA — The Fonda Theatre*^
11/6 — Los Angeles, CA — The Fonda Theatre*^
11/7 — San Diego, CA — The Observatory North Park*^
11/9 — Los Angeles, CA — Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival
11/10 — Pico Rivera, CA — Tropicalia Festival
11/12 — El Paso, TX — The Lowbrow Palace*^
11/14 — Dallas, TX — Canton Hall*^
11/15 — Austin, TX — The Mohawk*^
11/16 — Houston, TX — White Oak Music Hall*^
11/19 — Paris, France — Badaboum<
11/21 — Glasgow, UK — The Blue Arrow Club<
11/22 — Manchester, UK — Night People<
11/23 — Leeds, UK — Belgrave Music Hall<
11/25 — Bristol, UK — Exchange<
11/26 — Brighton, UK — Green Door Store<
11/27 — London, UK — Heaven<
12/5 — Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall*^
12/6 — Hobart, IN — Art Theater*^
12/7 — Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall*^
12/10 — Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club^+
12/12 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Steel^+
12/13 — Washington, DC — 9:30 Club^+
12/15 — Atlanta, GA — Terminal West^+
* with Dijon
^ with Silver Sphere
+ with Alexander
< with Shay Lia
