Daniel Caesar has discussed appearing on Justin Bieber‘s smash hit “Peaches,” revealing that despite its success, he doesn’t feel the need to recreate it.
In 2021, Justin Bieber tapped fellow Canadian native Caesar and Giveon for the track which appeared on Bieber’s sixth studio album, Justice.
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Following its release, the song debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Bieber his seventh No. 1 hit, while Daniel Caesar and Giveon earned their first. In contrast, when it came time to craft his latest album, Never Enough, Caesar said he had no plans on making “12 ‘Peaches'” just to “keep up.”
“’Peaches was a great experience in stepping out of my comfort zone,” Caesar told ComplexCanada’s Alex Narvaez in a recent interview.
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He continued: “But it’s not like I gotta make 12 ‘Peaches’ now in order to keep up. That was a sick moment and I’m going to continue to do stuff like that, but I think in my core I’m obsessed with a common throughline in my creation.”
He added: “I just do what I enjoy. I don’t even know if that’s necessarily a thing to do, but if I’m not obsessed with whatever I’m doing then it’s not good. I can’t even finish it. I had a specific sound, a specific thing I was going for with this project, which isn’t ‘Peaches.’”
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Never Enough may not achieve the same level of success as his work with Bieber, but Caesar does not mind, he said.
“Who knows what it’ll do, but if it achieves the same level of air wave takeover, then that’s amazing, but I do it for self-actualization.”
Elsewhere, the singer-songwriter recently discussed the backlash he faced for supporting YesJulz (real name Julieanna Goddard) after disrespectful comments she made about Scottie Beam and Karen Civil.
In addition to her remarks about Black influencers — who called her out for exploiting Black culture — YesJulz also came under fire for tweeting a picture of a t-shirt with the slogan “N-ggas lie a lot” across the front, and asking her followers if she could wear it at a festival.
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However, speaking to Apple Music 1‘s Nadeska, Caesar explained that he has learned about himself since the incident, and he’s incorporating those lessons into his music.
“I completely understand the response,” he told Nadeska. “And in time, after taking time to get over myself and to really honestly look at myself and everything that was happening, I was wrong. I was wrong, and I’m sorry about that. For a long time, I was like, ‘You can’t do anything, you can’t say anything without whatever.'”
