Crooked (song)

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"Crooked"
Pop punk
  • Rap rock
    • Length3:42
    LabelYG
    Songwriter(s)
    Producer(s)
    • Teddy
    • G-Dragon
    G-Dragon singles chronology
    "Coup d'Etat"
    (2013)     		"Crooked"
    (2013)     		"
    Who You?
    "
    (2013)
    Music video
    "Crooked" on
    YouTube

    "Crooked" (삐딱하게; ppittaghage) is a song recorded by South Korean rapper

    Gaon Digital Chart and became one of his most successful singles.[1]

    Writing and composition

    "Crooked" was described as a "synthed-up, deliriously catchy

    bass line and fully amplified sound at the chorus."[4] In the track, G-Dragon mixes rap with singing.[3] Lyrically, the single describes a man "full of angst and despair" that demands to be left alone as he spends the night "like a 'crooked-minded person,' because in the end, he's alone and doesn't need anyone's 'sugarcoated sympathy.'"[3]

    The song's producer, Teddy Park, commented about the song's placement in the album, stating that "[W]e felt like the album had a lot of

    R&B records, and some club tracks. But GD's like a punk rocker at the same time. He raps and shit, but he really loves that whole punk attitude. So we needed a track that could express that."[5] Additionally, G-Dragon revealed that "Crooked" was "intended to make the audience go crazy during live shows", so the raps and chorus were made "to sound extra catchy so people could easily sing and dance to it."[5]

    Critical reception

    "Crooked" received positive reviews. Corban Goble of

    Pitchfork wrote that it "might just be a song you'll play 30 times in a row and never play again, but those 30 listens are pure serotonin-fueled bliss."[6] In a review of the album for MTV, Alexis Stephens stated that G-Dragon's songs like "Crooked" "exude opulence in a way that's increasingly rare outside of Korea."[7] "Crooked" was voted as MTV Iggy's Song of the Year, with the website commenting that "G-Dragon made a big splash in the world of K-pop and beyond with his solo album Coup d'Etat. 'Crooked' from that album was the endlessly playable sound of him breaking big."[8]

    Commercial performance

    With only three days since its release, "Crooked" debuted at number seven on Gaon's Digital and Download charts, charting behind four of his songs that topped the chart, and selling 160,893 digital downloads.[9][10] On the second week, the song rose to number three in Digital chart and number two in Download chart, selling 162,815 copies.[11][12] "Crooked" became one of the best performing singles of the year, with 1,106,269 downloads and 29.6 million streams by the end of 2013.[13][14]

    "Crooked" debuted on Billboard's

    K-Pop Hot 100 at number two, becoming his highest-peaking entry on the chart.[15] The song also peaked at number five on Billboard's World Digital Songs.[16]

    "Crooked" won a total on four music program awards. The single competed with G-Dragon's others songs from the same album, "Black", "Who You" and "Coup d'Etat". As all the songs have won at least one time, the artist became the first act ever to win multiple music shows with four different songs from a single album.[17][18]

    Music video

    The music video for "Crooked" was released on September 4, 2013.[2] The video was filmed in England, in a grand-scale approach that required a budget of about three to four times larger than the record company's usual music videos. G-Dragon puts on 16 different outfits in total,[19][20] including T-shirts honoring the punk bands Black Flag and Sex Pistols.[2] In the video, the rapper runs through the London underground while causing fights and destruction at clubs.[4] Spin commented that "Crooked" is "no less visually dazzling" that the other music videos from the album, describing it as a "rapid-paced clip" toying with "first-generation punk iconography."[2] Fuse named it one of G-Dragon "must-see videos".[21] It became his first solo music video to hit 100 million views on YouTube in January 2017.[22]

    Live performances

    G-Dragon performed the song for the first time on the final shows of his

    Sober" was used as a prelude to the performance two years before its release. The rapper also performed "Crooked" at his second world tour, Act III: M.O.T.T.E.[1]

    Awards

    Awards and nominations for "Crooked"
    Year Organization Award Result Ref.
    2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards
    Best Dance Performance – Male Solo
    		 Won [24]
    Song of the Year
    		 Nominated
    MTV Iggy Song of the Year Won [25]
    2014 Golden Disc Awards Digital Bonsang Nominated [26]
    Popularity Award Nominated
    Korean Music Awards Best Dance & Electronic Song Nominated [27]
    Singapore Entertainment Awards Most Popular K-pop Music Video Nominated [28]
    Music program wins
    Program Date Ref.
    Inkigayo
         		September 22, 2013 [29]
    September 29, 2013 [30]
    M! Countdown
         		September 26, 2013 [31]
    Music Bank
         		September 27, 2013 [32]

    Charts and sales

    Sales

    Country Sales
    China 910,600[35]
    South Korea 1,814,075[36]

    References

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