God Said No

God Said No is the second studio album by American singer Omar Apollo, released on June 28, 2024, through Warner Records. It includes contributions from Mustafa and actor Pedro Pascal, and was preceded by the singles "Spite", "Dispose of Me" and "Less of You".

Background and recording

God Said No was partially recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, and produced alongside Teo Halm, Carter Lang and Blake Slatkin.

Apollo stated that the album is a "reflection of [his] life for the past 2 years" and "doesn't feel like it's a bunch of songs put together", calling it "a sequence that is made to be listened to front to back". It was called a "survey of the emotional wreckage that followed the end of a torrid love affair" in a press release. Apollo titled the album after a remark of his own when the relationship ended, which is also intended as a play on the Spanish phrase "lo que será, será" (English for "whatever will be, will be").

Critical reception

God Said No received a score of 84 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on four critics' reviews, which the website categorized as "universal acclaim". Larisha Paul of Rolling Stone praised the album as being "an emotionally harrowing look inside the psyche of a musician wringing every drop of meaning from the old adage that great art comes from great pain".

NME reviewer Laura Molloy described the album as "Apollo's most atmospheric offering to date" and praised the "eclectic, expansive sonic palette that constantly drifts between genres yet is anchored in his diaristic musings on finite romance". In The New York Times, God Said No was selected as a NYT Critic's Pick. Reviewer Jon Pareles praised the "enduring break-up songs". He noted that the lo-fi tone of the album "suggests troubled thoughts and uncomfortable conversations, small-scale and introspective—seemingly private, not overtly theatrical".

Tour

The album will be supported by the God Said No World Tour, which includes dates in the United States, Canada, Japan, Indonesia and Australia. The tour begins in Melbourne, Australia at the Festival Hall on July 15, 2024, and concludes in San Diego, California at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park on October 11, 2024.

Track listing

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Personnel

Charts

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