They moved through their collection of cover songs at a quick pace, playing remixes of radio hits including Post Malone’s “I Fall Apart” and Drake’s “God’s Plan.” The highlight of their stage-time came when the group paid homage to the late Avicii, blasting a snippet of his hit song “Levels” through the speakers, earning claps and cheers of recognition and respect. The pair began their set with a short remix of their smash hit “Body” which has amassed over 200 million streams on Spotify, hyping up the crowd and earning them a lively welcome despite the quickly accelerating temperature. Immediately following Apollo was Loud Luxury, a DJ duo from Canada who met in college. Apollo, who is multilingual, sang a few songs in Spanish and addressed the crowd, asking, “How many Mexicans we got in here?” When one female student yelled back, he laughed and replied: “Just one? That’s enough!” This didn’t stop the 20-year-old from bouncing to the beat and playfully howling into his mic, and by his third song, “Ignorin,” the crowd had thickened to nearly 100. Unfortunately, when Apollo began his set at 12:45, there were only three students standing in front of him. The day kicked off with Omar Apollo, a Mexican-American singer whose R&B-soul-pop blend of sounds, crystal clear vocals and accompanying dance moves filled the smaller of the two Juice Jam stages with life. Despite being drenched in sweat, the majority of the five artists booked put on lively and entertaining performances, with the exception of Playboi Carti, who struggled in the heat and cut his set short. But so did the 90-degree Syracuse sun, which loomed overhead and threatened to kill the concert’s spirit throughout the day. The hype around this year’s Juice Jam lineup of high-energy pop stars and rappers started off high.
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