Omar Apollo on Catholic guilt, body image and crying after concerts

Omar Apollo makes dreamy bilingual soul music about his life as a gay man, as a son of Mexican immigrants and as a kid who grew up in small-town Indiana before moving to Los Angeles to pursue his career.

He also posts A+ tweets.

Last month, Apollo went viral on Twitter after a fellow user asked whether he was "another queerbaiting singer" — the type, as the user went on, who might say "i don't label myself let me wear cropped and paint my nails and say i find another guy hot."

Apollo's priceless reply isn't publishable here, but suffice it to say it made his sexual identity clear.

Of course, the NSFW tweet wouldn't have traveled as widely as it did if Apollo, 25, weren't already known as a singer and songwriter of uncommon style and sensitivity. His talents are on display throughout his excellent major-label debut, "Ivory," which spun off a TikTok hit in the Motown-ish "Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me at All)" and which led to a new artist nomination at the 65th Grammy Awards, set for