Daniel Caesar Talks Working With ‘Genius’ Tyler, the Creator, Says Justin Bieber ‘Can Sing His A– Off’

Daniel Caesar has an impressive list of collaborators on his resumé, from Tyler, the Creator to Justin Bieber. And in his Billboard cover story published Thursday (July 24), the R&B singer-songwriter opened up about what it’s like to work with both superstars.

Starting with his fellow Canadian, Caesar had only kind things to say about the Biebs. After they scored a No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with collaboration “Peaches” in 2021, the pair reunited on the pop star’s “Devotion” off new album Swag.

“He can sing his a– off,” Caesar tells Billboard Canada‘s Richard Trapunski of Bieber. “He’s also so open and kind and generous. I can spot a fellow Canadian when I see one.”

On working with Tyler on Chromakopia, for which the rapper entrusted Caesar with giving notes on production, the latter said, “I felt like, ‘Who am I to tell you what you should do?'”

“He’s a genius,” Caesar added of Tyler. “He’s such an important voice for our generation.”

The love goes both ways. “I think he knows he’s so f–king ill now,” Tyler told Billboard of the singer, who is credited on several Chromakopia tracks. “I think he kind of knew it … but now he’s walking around like, ‘Yes, my d–k is 15 inches.’ That’s that energy.”

Caesar’s cover story comes one day ahead of new song “Have a Baby (With Me),” which will serve as the lead single to upcoming album Son of Spergy. The Oshawa native hasn’t dropped an LP since 2023’s Never Enough, which reached No. 14 on the Billboard 200 — Caesar’s highest peak on the chart to date.

On Son of Spergy, Caesar told Billboard that his next full-length is “about religion, but more importantly, it’s about my father.”

“In your childhood, your father is a lot like God,” he added. “He’s the person you fear the most on earth and also the person whose love and respect you desire more than anyone else on earth. It’s the source from where all your blessings come.”

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.