“ freaked out and he went downstairs and got everyone and brought them upstairs. Keeping a game-face on despite any internal excitement, however, Omar arrived at Pharrell’s studio dressed to impress (“When you dress nice, you don’t really have to say much”) and penned a pair of tracks: not only Tyler’s fave ‘Tamagotchi’ but also an as-yet-unreleased banger that had the famed rapper-producer rounding up people to listen. That was the first time I’ve ever felt like that, really I was like, ‘Oh, THIS is what they’re talking about’.” People are like, ‘Oh, you’ve come so far, does it hit you?’ And I just don’t think like that. “The first night, I didn’t sleep,” he recalls of working with the Neptunes and N.E.R.D legend. But when you find yourself in the studio with a figure like Pharrell, it’s hard even for someone as relaxed as Omar to keep their composure. Dialling in having just landed in Vancouver, even as he ticks off the milestones in his budding career - from scoring two Latin Grammy nominations for his collab with C Tangana on last year’s ‘Te Olvidaste’ to receiving personalised voice notes from Tyler, the Creator about his “fucking banger” ‘Tamagotchi’ - the 24-year-old rising star maintains his chill throughout. Omar Apollo has never been one to be phased by his own achievements.
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