CASE STUDY 01 Tracklist
Nearly two years on from delivering his celebrated studio debut Freudian, Daniel Caesar returned with his second studio album, CASE STUDY 01.
The arrival of the album was first teased on social media, sharing a cryptic video of a figure walking through a barren desert, set to the opening track ENTROPY. A listening party was held on the 4 days prior to its release for 200 guests and industry figures.
“CASE STUDY 01” Q&A
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What has the artist said about the album?
Regarding the period that follows the release of his debut album:
- “I got pretty depressed. For a while, I didn’t want to leave my house”
- “Everything dies, everything changes—I had to embrace that. To not be so scared of failure.”Regarding the themes and subjects addressed by the album:
- “I’m drawn to touchy subjects. They’re my favorite.”
- “I’d been reading a lot about Judaism and Kabbalah and meditation. And I was raised religious, so it’s like my operating system. But I also needed to free myself from that—to live.”Regarding the collaborators on the album:
- “These are my heroes. People who I never thought I’d ever collaborate with, until the opportunity came up and it was like, ‘Is this really real?’”
- “There were obviously things I admired about these artists, but I realized there were also things they admired about me.”- Daniel Caesar via Apple Music
