Daniel Caesar is back today with a new project called CASE STUDY 01. Stream it in full below via Apple Music or Spotify.
The new effort collects 10 songs, including a handful of noteworthy collaborations. Pharrell Williams joins the 24-year-old R&B crooner on a track titled “FRONTAL LOBE MUZIK”, while John Mayer appears on “SUPERPOSITION”. Singer Brandy also drops in to contribute to “LOVE AGAIN”.
CASE STUDY 01 is Caesar’s first big release since his 2017 breakout debut, Freudian. That album earned Caesar multiple Grammy nominations, with his H.E.R. collaboration “Best Part” ultimately taking home an award for Best R&B Performance.
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According to a statement to Apple Music, today’s project followed a period of deep depression which led him to examine his own mortality. “Everything dies, everything changes— I had to embrace that,” he explained. “To not be so scared of failure.”
CASE STUDY 01 sees him finally embracing these headier subjects — spirituality, life and death — openly and honestly,
“I’m drawn to touchy subjects,” he says. “They’re my favourite.” He found he kept circling back to themes of death and spirituality. “I’d been reading a lot about Judaism and Kabbalah and meditation. And I was raised religious, so it’s like my operating system,” he says. “But I also needed to free myself from that—to live.”
Update: Caesar has announced part one of his massive “CASE STUDY 01 Tour”. Check out the itinerary down below, and grab tickets to all of his upcoming shows here.
CASE STUDY 01 Artwork:
CASE STUDY 01 Tracklist:
01. ENTROPY
02. CYANIDE
03. LOVE AGAIN
04. FRONTAL LOBE MUZIK (feat. Pharrell Williams)
05. OPEN UP
06. RESTORE THE FEELING (feat. Sean Leon & Jacob Collier)
07. SUPERPOSITION (feat. John Mayer)
08. TOO DEEP TO TURN BACK
09. COMPLEXITIES
10. ARE YOU OK?
Daniel Caesar 2019 Tour Dates:
07/11 – Quebec, QC @ Festival d’ete de Quebec
07/20 – Jakarta, IN @ We the Festival
07/21 – Kuala Lumpur, MY @ Good Vibes Festival
07/25 – Bangkok, TH @ Thunder Dome
07/27 – Niigata, JP @ Fuji Rock Festival
07/28 – Incheon, KR @ Holiday Land Festival
08/11 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
08/12 – Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
08/14 – Denver, CO @ Summit
08/17 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
08/21 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
08/23 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
08/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
08/29 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
08/30 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
09/01 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
09/04 – Houston, TX @ Revention Center
09/05 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live
09/06 – New Orleans, LA @ Fillmore
09/08 – Miami, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach
09/10 – Atlanta, GA @ The Fox Theatre
09/12 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
09/18 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
09/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
09/23 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
09/24 – Washington, DC @ Echostage
09/25 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
09/28 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
11/12 – Montreal, QC @ Place Bell
11/14 – Halifax, NS @ Scotiabank Centre
11/20 – Winnipeg, MB @ Bell MTS Place
11/22 – Saskatoon, SK @ TCU Place
11/23 – Edmonton, AB @ Nothern Jubilee Auditorium
11/25 – Calgary, AB @ Southern Jubilee Auditorium
11/28 – Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports CEntre
