Omar Apollo Reveals Emotional Coming-Out Journey In Music Vid For “Ice Slippin”
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Singer Omar Apollo released a new single called Ice Slippin on August 25 with an accompanying music video. The track is a heartfelt homage to Omar’s coming-out journey and an examination of the worst things we can say to one another.
“Sorrow you’ve taken the form of my skin, can I leave my body behind?”
Omar speaks frankly about what it felt like to grow up queer and not feel seen. In Ice Slippin, his lyrics reveal the pain caused by heated arguments with loved ones. The music video opens with the line: “Sorrow you’ve taken the form of my skin, can I leave my body behind?”
For many LGBTQIA+ folks, this feeling of isolation that comes from your family failing to accept you is resonant. Ice Slippin was Omar’s way of revisiting that part of his life and channeling the residual emotion into art. “Ice Slippin is about reliving the thoughts I had passing through my mind the winter I came out to my family. Receiving cold judgment as opposed to the acceptance I felt I deserved,” he says.
“This song is a reflection and reaction of all the emotions I had to face before and after I decided to leave the icy streets of Indiana.”
His lyrics read like a reflective journal entry but also like a form of catharsis. A lyrical release of the pent up resentments and unspoken traumas:
And I hate me too much, could’ve just lied to me that night, could’ve just said nothin’
I wish you would’ve just said nothin’
…………
And you thought what you said
Would be for the best
Instead, you broke me down
Never thought that I’d leave
But I still believe
I can make you proud
Ice Slippin is available on all major streaming platforms. Find it here.
