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Daniel Caesar Shows The Ugly Side Of Love In His Heated ‘Do You Like Me?’ Video

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Sometimes, loving someone is easier than liking them. Daniel Caesar addresses that complicated conundrum in his new single “Do You Like Me?” The 2023 Juno Awards nominee produced the romantic, slow-burning track with Raphael Saadiq and Dylan Wiggins, and the Machine Operated-directed video arrived today, February 1 — just in time to soundtrack myriad messy Valentine’s Day situations.

In the video, Caesar walks into an apartment as a woman is burning a photo of them together. They immediately launch into a heated argument, subtitled in Portuguese. She questions Caesar over where he’s been and demands an explanation. Caesar doesn’t understand why she’s so upset because he was just working, but she isn’t buying it.

Based on the song’s lyrics, the couple has questions looming larger than Caesar’s whereabouts. “Do you like the way I talk to you?” Caesar sings in his signature smooth high register. “Do I titillate your mind?”

By the time the woman storms upstairs, Caesar gets straight to the point: “Do you really like me? / Yeah, we’re still young, but for how many moons?” He wants to find true love despite the risk, and he owns up to his past shortcomings (“At first I was f*cking your friend / But I wanted you”) with hope that he can still have it all in the future (“Will you have my kids? You better / I wanna be in love again”).

The video progresses to the bedroom, where Caesar is still pleading his case. The couple seems to be at an impasse, and Caesar is left alone — looking very tortured by whatever is running through his mind — while she’s in the shower.

“Do You Like Me?” follows “Please Do Not Lean” featuring Badbadnotgood from last April. It marked his first solo release since 2019’s CASE STUDY 01. “Please Do Not Lean” is nominated for Traditional R&B/Soul Recording Of The Year at March’s Junos. All in all, momentum is (hopefully) building toward Caesar’s highly anticipated third studio album.

Watch the video for “Do You Like Me?” above.

Daniel Caesar Preps For Upcoming Album With Groovy “Do You Like Me?” Single

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For Daniel Caesar, 2022 was a surprisingly quiet year musically. In the first few weeks, he made an appearance on FKA Twigs’ ethereal CAPRISONGS tape. After that, we didn’t hear from him again until April. In the spring, he teamed up with BADBADNOTGOOD for his emotional “Please Do Not Lean” single.

“This is an introduction to the sound and tone of the next chapter in my career,” he previously said of the track. Additionally, he teased that his third studio album was in the works, and joined Justin Bieber on stage at Coachella to perform their hit “Peaches” collaboration.

Daniel Caesar performs on the Coachella stage during the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 22, 2022 in Indio, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Coachella)

As January comes to an end, Caesar is finally ready to share more of his creations with the world. On Friday, the 27th, he delivered his “Do You Like Me?” single, along with the teaser for a music video that’s due out later.

For now, fans have been treated to a DSP release and lyric video, leaving many listeners with the words stuck in their heads all weekend long.

As Complex notes, the funky tune is dedicated to a special person in the singer’s life. “[It’s] a song about a woman I respect deeply,” Caesar said, later describing it as “90 degrees of a love triangle.”

The vocalist’s next project will be his first since 2019’s CASE STUDY 01. On that, he connected with several noteworthy artists, including John Mayer, Brandy, and Pharrell Williams.

Stream Daniel Caesar’s “Do You Like Me?” single on Spotify or Apple Music below. Afterward, tell us if you’re excited about the Canadian crooner’s forthcoming project in the comments.

Quotable Lyrics:

Are we wrong? I guess that depends
Will we end up together?
Will you have my kids? You better
I wanna be in love again

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Daniel Caesar Asks ‘Do You Like Me’ On His Seductive New Single

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Daniel Caesar is back with a seductive new song. On his latest, “Do You Like Me,” Caesar woos a lady, over a Raphael Saadiq-produced track, asking if she shares the same affections for him.

“Do you like the way I talk to you? / Do I titillate your mind? / Gotta say I like your attitude / And I’d love to make you mine / But I gotta know,” he sings on the song’s chorus.

In a statement accompanied by the song’s release, Caesar described “Do You Like Me” as “A song about a woman I respect deeply.. 90 degrees of a love triangle.”

Caesar discussed his upcoming album a year ago in an interview with Complex. During the interview, he revealed that the upcoming album will be mostly comprised of him, and feature very few collaborations.

“I’m not much of a ‘go outside and be social’ type of person and that was before the quarantine,” Caesar said. “So working on the album post-quarantine, you’re not really interacting with anybody else…But I have met a few people who have made me excited about making things again.”

We don’t know much else about Caesar’s upcoming album, but in the meantime, you can check out “Do You Like Me” above.