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Hypebeast
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Daniel Caesar Offers a First Glimpse of 'Son of Spergy' With Tender New Single 'Have a Baby (with me)'
Summary Daniel Caesarhas just released his aching new single, 'Have a Baby (with me),' the lead offering from his forthcoming fourth studio album,Son of Spergy. A tender, slow-burning ballad, the track wrestles with the quiet death of a relationship and the desperate hope to preserve something meaningful from its wreckage. Known for weaving intimacy and vulnerability into every note, Caesar takes a quieter but no less devastating route here — one that explores emotional detachment, time lost and the lingering ache of what could've been. Lyrically, the song unfolds like a final conversation at the edge of goodbye. The lines are raw, unfiltered – 'You hold my hand, but in your head, you've already left' – painting the picture of a partner who's emotionally distant, even as they remain physically present. And yet, amidst the unraveling, Caesar makes a last, aching plea: 'Have a baby with me.' With the added bracketed '(with me),' the title carries layered meaning, as if the speaker understands that desire alone isn't enough. The baby becomes a symbol, not of romance or reconciliation, but of permanence — a final tether to a love that's slipping away. In many ways, the track feels like a culmination of the emotional worlds Caesar has built across his discography. WhereFreudianwas a confessional study in love and spiritual reckoning, andCASE STUDY 01explored existentialism and self-awareness,Never Enoughleaned into raw vulnerability and messier, more unresolved emotional spaces. 'Have a Baby (with me)' feels even more stripped back — not just sonically, but spiritually. It's the sound of someone no longer fighting for the dream, but trying to salvage a piece of it. That sense of reckoning runs deeper when viewed through the lens ofSon of Spergy. In a recent poetic teaser, Caesar shared the album's origin story — a reflection on the cautionary tales and origin myths passed down by his father. Stories of singing in Jamaica's tourism circuit, of divine interventions that led to Canada and of warnings that felt irrelevant at the time. As a child, he dismissed them; as an artist, he's now revisiting them with of Spergyfeels like Caesar's attempt to finally confront the legacy he once tuned out. Those same stories now form the emotional and spiritual bedrock of what may be his most personal body of work to date. 'Have a Baby (with me)' isn't a love song. It's a farewell — a quiet attempt to leave something behind when everything else is already gone. And withSon of Spergyon the horizon, Caesar opens this new chapter not with spectacle, but with heartbreak. The single is now available on streaming platforms below. Stay tuned for more updates onSon of Spergyas the album rollout unfolds.
Hypebeast
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Is Daniel Caesar Teasing a New Album?
Summary Daniel Caesarseems to be cooking something up. After recently contributing toBlood Orange's 'The Field' comeback track, Caesar appears to be plotting a grand return of his own; aside from a two-pack withRex Orange Countythat dropped this past Valentine's Day, Caesar has been quiet in terms of solo music since his most recent album,NEVER ENOUGH,in April of 2023. But that's about to change … Caesar's new project is presumably titledSon of Spergy,the name used throughout Caesar's recent social media trailer and the URL of the album'sofficial website, which currently houses an embedded video of the trailer below as well as pre-save links to the project. In the trailer, he also tagsBon Iver,Clairo,Dev Hynes,Sampha, Rex Orange County, and 646yf4t. He first shared a 'trailer' of sorts on his Instagram feed (after clearing everything else from his grid), which also comes overlain with a lengthy message. 'I'm trying to write a letter announcing the album, but I want it to be profound and clever. I have this secret desire to think and express a thought that's never been thought before. But alas,' it begins. 'When I was little, any time my dad was disappointed in me or felt as though I needed motivation (or he wanted me to understand him, which I didn't at the time), he would tell me his carefully curated but true origin story. He would tell me of the glory days of the Jamaica tourism industry and how he would sing dinner music at Doctor's Cave Beach to foreigners from all over the world. He told me how a friendly couple from Canada heard him sing and brought him to Canada to sing on 3ABN (an Adventist TV station). This would spark his love for the country, and later, he would go on to move there and meet my mother. He would tell me these stories and I would listen uninterestedly due to having heard them 1000 times. He would warn me of the dangers this world had to offer, seemingly pleasant but in fact fleeting, and would encourage me to center God in my life.' It closes out with: 'Everything is vanity. Family is everything. Be truthful and forthright in your dealings. Never forget that god is the only eternal measuring stick for morality. I am nothing, but in my flesh I am Spergy's Son, and in my spirit I am God's.' Stay tuned as more information on the new album arises.
