Final month Daniel Caesar was considered one of many friends on the sprawling Blood Orange single “The Area,” and extra not too long ago he had manufacturing credit on Justin Bieber’s SWAG. Now the Toronto R&B singer-songwriter is teasing his personal new album known as Son Of Spergy, which options Bon Iver, Clairo, Dev Hynes, Sampha, and extra.
The announcement got here with a video on Instagram with overlain textual content that reads:
I’m presently sitting, sweating like a pig, in 98 diploma warmth inside my NYC condominium making an attempt to control my emotional state(my A/C is fried). In each warmth, God has been good. I’m making an attempt to write down a letter saying the album, however I would like it to be profound and intelligent. I’ve this secret need to assume and categorical a thought that’s by no means been thought earlier than. However alas.
Once I was little any time my dad was dissatisfied in me or felt as if I wanted motivation (or he wished me to grasp him, which I didn’t on the time) he would inform me his fastidiously curated however true origin story. He would inform me of the glory days of the Jamaica tourism business and the way he would sing dinner music at Physician’s Cave Seaside to foreigners from all around the world. How he made sufficient cash to assist his father, a lowly orphan who turned a taxi driver, pay to complete the development of their household house in Saltspring, Jamaica. Together with a Fender Stratocaster and a contemporary pair of Clarks Wallabies. He advised me how a pleasant couple from Canada heard him sing and introduced him to Canada to sing on 3ABN (an Adventist TV station). This may spark his love for the nation and later he would go on to maneuver there and meet my mom. He would inform me these tales and I might pay attention uninterestedly attributable to having heard them 1000 instances. He would warn me of the risks this world needed to supply, seemingly nice however the truth is fleeting, and would encourage me to heart God in my life.
Being younger is so fascinating as a result of what number of instances does an individual have to listen to good recommendation earlier than it turns into cliche? We resent the cliches of our dad and mom till we grow to be them. I’m now the herald all I refused to consider in.
I’m now the identical age my dad was when he had me, and I can’t assist however be embarrassed by how a lot smarter than him I assumed I used to be; as a result of I went to highschool in Canada and I may assemble sentences extra eloquently than he may. That’s the factor concerning the tradition right here (one other cliche), we regularly conflate the sounding good with knowledge. Currently I’ve come to a spot the place I understand nobody will ever assume a thought that hasn’t been thought earlier than, nor will anybody strive a factor that hasn’t been tried earlier than. All the things is vainness. Household is all the things. Be truthful and forthright in your dealings. Always remember that god is the one everlasting measuring stick for morality. I’m nothing, however in my flesh I’m Spergy’s Son, and in my spirit I’m God’s.
Within the clip, Caesar tags Bon Iver, Clairo, Dev Hynes, Sampha, Rex Orange County, and 646yf4t. Caesar’s newest album was 2023’s By no means Sufficient (to not be confused with the latest Turnstile LP).