On Apr. 7, The Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Caesar went above and beyond with his newest album ‘NEVER ENOUGH’ which includes 15 songs, surpassing his usual 10 songs per album, These are great additions to Caesar’s discography, and they’re enough to break your heart, because I know they definitely broke mine. 

‘NEVER ENOUGH’ marks the Grammy winner’s third studio album, coming a long way from his first debut EP, ‘Freudian’ which includes popular songs such as ‘Get You’ and ‘Best Part’. Caesar traditionally sticks to soulful R&B and this album was no different, starting off strong with ‘Ocho Rios’ which is named after a town in Jamaica, paying homage to Caesar’s Jamaican descent

In terms of this album, speaking about his true feelings is no issue for Caesar. Ideas of love with hints of jealousy are shown all throughout the album, especially in songs like ‘Valentina’, a single that was dropped a week before the entire album was released. ‘Valentina’ describes his attempt at manipulating a girl, Valentina, to leave her current partner in order to stay with him. 

Though through much of this album, Caesar sounds confident in his relationship(s),  he changes it up a bit with the fourth track ‘Let Me Go’, a song that shows Daniel running out of patience with his partner, realizing that he needs to let her go and vice versa. In this relationship, it’s suggested that his partner is the one manipulating him with the lyrics ‘I’m tryna breathe, why won’t you let me?/I’m tryna leave, please just forget me/And honestly, our sun is setting/Can hardly believe, this got so messy’. Caesar is indicating that his relationship with this girl is coming to an end and he needs to accept it and move on, as does she. 

A memorable track that caught my attention when I first listened was ‘Vince Van Gogh’, which expresses Caesar’s feelings that he failed as a man, and much like Vincent Van Gogh, would never live up to the expectations that were set by himself. This could be found in the letters that Van Gogh wrote before his death, which is similar to how Caesar writes songs to talk about how he truly feels. 

My favorite song off of this album has to be ‘Always’, which features fellow R&B singer Summer Walker. In ‘Always’ we see Caesar reflecting on his past relationship, where his former partner has moved on, though he’s still holding onto the way things were, wishing they could go back. The contrast on the views of relationships all throughout this album is what makes it so easy to sympathize and relate to, which allows the listener to understand the music better. 

Overall, ‘NEVER ENOUGH’ is easily some of Daniel Caesar’s best work, Caesar’s ability to give different viewpoints on any aspect of a relationship is like no other, which can give anyone a surreal listening experience.