Daniel Caesar interview: Issues w/ Music Industry, Free Park Concerts, Son of Spergy, Jim Legxacy

Get your music into stores & streaming platforms like YouTube, Spotify & TikTok with DistroKid. Release unlimited tracks & always keep 100% of your earnings. Plus — access to more features than any other music distributor. Follow DistroKid Site: https://distrokid.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/distrokid Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/distrokid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/distrokid X: https://x.com/distrokid FOLLOW US https://www.instagram.com/kidstakeover/ Host & Producer https://www.instagram.com/ktoarshan/ Filming https://www.instagram.com/jack.kissane/ https://www.instagram.com/wav3_visuals/ Editing https://www.instagram.com/wav3_visuals/ Extra Production + Research https://www.instagram.com/jack.kissane/ https://www.instagram.com/antoniojohri/ In this interview, Arshan linked up with Daniel Caesar in New York City following the release of ‘Son of Spergy’ – his highest charting album to date – to discuss his 10+ years in music and how things have notably changed for Daniel since the release of ‘Freudian.’ Daniel goes on to describe his journey from growing up in Oshawa, Ontario to making the move to Toronto where he overcame homelessness, sleeping in Trinitiy Bellwoods the very park where he played one of his packed out free shows during the rollout of ‘Son of Spergy.’ In their conversation, they discuss everything from Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR leading Toronto’s golden era and the influence that they had on Daniel early on, how ‘Freudian’ has aged, religion and how it mischarecterizes creatives, the meaning of ‘Son of Spergy’, relationship with his father and God, refusing to chase hits and sell out, the series of free shows he played in parks, Rex Orange County putting him onto Jim Legxacy and listening to Geese and Nourished by Time, what he’s learned from his friendship and working on ‘CHROMAKOPIA’ with Tyler, the Creator, wanting to rap and recording with Playboi Carti during the ‘Whole Lotta Red’ era, and also working with Justin Bieber on “Peaches” and ‘SWAG.’ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Gym routine 1:33 - Being Canadian 2:11 - Longevity 3:04 - Growing up in Oshawa 4:06 - Toronto: Drake & PND 5:35 - Industry & dealing with labels 7:42 - Freudian: being vulnerable 9:19 - Son of Spergy 10:41 - Relationship with religion & his father 13:02 - Religion misunderstanding creativity 15:13 - Art becoming a job 16:09 - Overcoming homelessness with music 18:10 - Never selling out 20:14 - Recording “Moon” 21:29 - Breaking promises 22:53 - Making impactful music 24:03 - Playing free shows in parks 27:26 - Shows getting shut down 29:12 - Trinity Bellwoods Park show 31:48 - Jim Legxacy, Geese, & Dylan Sinclair 33:27 - Tapping in with Nourished by Time 33:55 - Wanting to rap like Tyler, the Creator 34:56 - His rap songs leaking 35:11 - Recording with Carti during WLR 36:39 - Working with Justin Bieber & Tyler 38:40 - Moving to NYC 39:46 - Being “jazz famous” 40:15 - Learning from Tyler, the Creator Tags: (ignore) son of spergy son of spergy tyler, the creator tyler, the creator drake drake partynextdoor partynextdoor justin bieber justin bieber rex orange county rex orange county mustafa the poet mustafa the poet nourished by time nourished by time playboi carti playboi carti toronto toronto jim legxacy jim legxacy geese geese cameron winter cameron winter kali uchis kali uchis freudian freudian canada canada #kidstakeover #danielcaesar #kto