Gud (music producer)

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Gud
Gud is wearing a black shirt with Yung Lean in the background.
Gud in 2014
Background information
Birth nameCarl-Mikael Göran Berlander
Also known as
  • Yung Gud
  • Aamu Kuu
  • Rooster
Born (1995-08-29) August 29, 1995 (age 28)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Years active2008–present
Labels
  • Sky Team
  • YEAR0001
Member of
  • Sad Boys
  • Död Mark

Carl-Mikael Göran "Micke" Berlander (born 29 August 1995), known professionally as Gud (formerly known as Yung Gud), is a Swedish DJ, music producer and rapper best known as a member of rapper Yung Lean's Stockholm-based group Sad Boys. He began producing at the age of twelve, making psychedelic trance music, which heavily influenced his sonic palette. His production as a part of Sad Boys has been well received.[1][2]

Outside of his role in Sad Boys, he has released an EP, named Beautiful, Wonderful, and a collaborative album, Foreign Exchange, with American rapper Rx Papi. Under his alternate persona/alias Rooster he has released one EP, Rooster Debut. He has acted as a producer for several acts including

Pigeons & Planes and The Fader
.

Personal life

Berlander was born in Stockholm in 1995. Following his parents' divorce when he was ten, his dad and his older sister moved to a Stockholm suburb different to where he was living at the time.

Swede, in London.[1] He said that his identity of his mixed race made him feel like he was "on this little island".[3]

He did not do well in school, dropping out to pursue a career in music, and his father has always been mixed on this decision; he had always encouraged him to "just go to school and be a good person", saying that "You can't make music without a guitar.[2] However, Berlander said in a 2014 interview that his dad had been getting a little more supportive and into what he had been doing so far.[2] He also claimed in that same interview that he is sober, although, he said that he was wanting to try promethazine "because it's medicine. But the weeds and the speeds – no, not that."[2]

Sad Boys

Main article: Yung Lean
Yung Lean in Stockholm in 2013

As Yung Gud described in how he first met Yung Lean, "My friend was fucking his friend at the moment. And she introduced him to my friend and me and basically that's how I met him. We'd drank some beer in a park and were like, "We like the same music, we should do something sometime.""[2] The two had always thought of creating material together, but the two didn't start doing so until around October 2012 with the track "Oreomilkshake": "I think we were drunk in his basement and we made "Oreomilkshake." Then I just made some beats when I had the time."[2] He explained how the name of Sad Boys came about: "I was going to buy some clothes at a store with Yung Sherman, and it was closed, and I got sad, and basically that's that."[4] As for the stage name Yung Gud, Berlander came up with simply the word Gud, then decided to change it into Yung Gud to make it funnier, which he described as "a stupid decision."[4] While he does hope to collaborate with other artists, he said in 2014 that he has been very much focused with his work for Sad Boys and his solo material.[2] Yung Gud's production for Yung Lean's works has garnered favorable responses from critics, with some spotlighting how it complements Lean's rapping,[5][6][7][8][9][10] and according to a journalist, his "lush" and "melodic" beats were a major part of the listeners' appeal towards Lean.[3]

Yung Gud has admitted to liking Yung Lean, and that he has gotten more "secure" as a rapper as time goes on. He thinks that "He makes people feel some type of way".[2] He disagrees with Lean's common comparison to Lil B, although he does comprehend why this comparison is made.[2] However, he has also said that "there is always something wrong about him. It's like something wrong about the whole Sad Boys thing. People get really, really angry or really happy when they hear it. That's his main attraction. He's going to make people feel some type of way."[2]

While touring with the Sad Boys during the popularity of Yung Lean's album

xanax as other members of the group did. This led to him not able to "recognize [himself] anymore".[3] As a result, he decided to return to Sweden to spend time with his family.[3]

Solo career

A

Complex magazine critic made note of the lack of popularity of Yung Gud's career outside of Sad Boys, writing that "There's no reason this should be on the low, though, because the works are fire."[11]

Yung Gud made a track called "Crushed", a song that's part of a genre he made up called "crushcore". This was "So people won't call it post-witchhouse-chill-step or dub-core with emo influences. Or they won't say, "This track is cool, but can you make it more based?" It's like, "This is crushcore. Fuck off.""[2] On 5 June 2014, Yung Gud announced that he had finished his debut extended play the past week, and had been looking for a label to release it: "I don't want to keep people waiting anymore. I don't want to keep myself waiting."[2] He had also stated he was thinking of naming the record either Wonderful or Beautiful.[2] The now-titled four-track Beautiful, Wonderful was available for streaming worldwide via The Fader on 24 November 2014. The Sky Team label released it in European stores that same day, and to markets in the United States on 25 November.[12] As Yung Gud described, "I've always wanted to make a product of some sort. So with this EP, I'm finally selling a specific sound and look to the people that have been supporting my music for the past year and a half."[12] Beautiful, Wonderful received a positive review from Andrew Ryce of Resident Advisor, who scored the release a 3.5 out of five: "His solo tracks have a stargazing majesty to them, but the melodies are nailed down with grandiose percussion that makes it feel almost symphonic."[13] The EP was promoted with a ten-day European tour lasting from 12–22 November.[14]

On 22 June 2016, Vice Media's electronic music channel Thump premiered "Body Horror," Yung Gud's first original track in two years. It, according to Thump, is an "obfuscated, hazy R&B through a grab bag of blemishing distortion techniques, decorating it with light discordance and snippets of ravey synth patches for texture. Fittingly, it shares its name with a style of fiction known for its gut-churning corporeal thrills."[15] Berlander also changed his stage name from Yung Gud to simply Gud, "a symbol of his development and growth as an artist" according to Hypetrak.[16]

Collaborations

Yung Gud has done production work for acts including Halsey.

Yung Gud collaborated with S-Type of the LuckyMe record label for the song "Fire", which was released on The Fader on 9 February 2015 as a single off S-Type's EP SV8.[17] "Fire" was also the opener for Astrid Anderson's FW15 show, which S-Type soundtracked for.[17] The two talked about making a track together when they first met each other at one of the Sad Boys concerts, and Gud made some drum parts and sent them to S-Type for him to "do my thing with" two weeks later.[17] Production credits have included rapper Deniro Farrar's single "World On My Shoulders 3.0", which premiered on 27 April 2015,[18] "Blue Prada" by Prada Mane[19] and additional production on "Strange Love", a track by singer Halsey off the deluxe edition of her debut album Badlands.[20]

Remixes

Gud has done remix work for songs by artists including Tinashe.

In 2014, Yung Gud released two remixes of "No Excuse", a track by Canadian producer

Pigeons & Planes, said that with this remix, Yung Gud had "proven once again that he has legs beyond what many coin as "meme rap.""[22] Later on, Yung Gud did a much more harsh-sounding "VIP" remix of the track, which starts off alike to Yung Gud's first remix, and then it dives "into a deep chasm of rumbling bass complete with a hammering rhythm that rarely lets up", Price wrote.[23] It was issued on 20 December,[23] garnering 800,000 plays in eighteen days on SoundCloud.[24] Yung Gud's "spacey and dreamy" re-edit for "2 On" by Tinashe, which came out on 6 September 2014, was reviewed by a Complex magazine critic who highlighted its "interesting drum work" and Tinashe's vocal performance fitting with the beat.[11]

In 2015, Yung Gud released two remixes. On 28 June, Yung Gud did a remix of rapper

Stuff.co.nz critic compared his Foreign Fields remix to Katy Perry's track "Dark Horse" due to "some nature sounds and a marching band drum beat".[28]

Artistry and influences

Berlander has described his influences of music as generally "left-field".

FKA twigs in the future.[2] Clams Casino has been a common comparison with Yung Gud's works, which he addressed in that, like Yung Lean's frequent juxtaposition with Lil B, "It's their only reference because everything else they listen to is straight hip hop. They don't know all the shit that I hear in Clams Casino. They don't hear what he's influenced by. For me, it's like he's just one of them all."[2]
He has explained how often he makes his music:

"Sometimes I don't do it for months; sometimes I do it all day every day. But it's been the only thing I can think about for six years. I don't care about anything else. [...] I care about a lot of things, but I wouldn't care about all of the other things if I didn't make music. All of the other things are based on me doing music in some shape or form. Everything else in life becomes okay or fun if I can do this. If I couldn't do this I'd lay down forever, put a pillow over my head and just lay there. I'd eat and shower maybe once a week, but I'd be posted in one spot forever."[2]

Discography

Albums

  • Foreign Exchange (with Rx Papi) (2021)[29]

EPs

  • Beautiful, Wonderful (2014)[30]
  • Frutta e Verdura (with
    Whitearmor
    )     (2020)
  • Rooster Debut (as Rooster) (2022)

Singles

  • Body Horror (2016)[31]
  • Vive La France / AAA (as Aamu Kuu) (2021)[32]
  • Ssstupid / The End of the World (as Rooster) (2023)

Production credits

Yung Lean - Stranger (2017)

Source:[33]

  • 02. "Red Bottom Sky"
  • 03. "Skimask"
  • 04. "Silver Arrows" (co-produced with
    Whitearmor
    )
  • 05. "Metallic Intuition"
  • 06. "Push / Lost Weekend"
  • 08. "Drop It / Scooter" (co-produced with
    Whitearmor
    )
  • 09. "Hunting My Own Skin" (co-produced with
    Whitearmor
    )
  • 11. "Snakeskin / Bullets"
  • 13. "Agony"
  • 14. "Yellowman" (co-produced with Yung Sherman)

Huncho Jack - Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho (2017)

Thaiboy Digital - Legendary Member (2019)

  • 02. "Nervous"
  • 03. "Can't Tell" (co-produced with Woesum)
  • 04. "Kiss Me Through the Scope"
  • 05. "IDGAF" (co-produced with
    Whitearmor
    )
  • 07. "Kit Kat"
  • 08. "Lip Service"
  • 09. "Beijing" (co-produced with
    Whitearmor
    )
  • 10. "Spinnin" (co-produced with
    Whitearmor
    )
  • 11. "Baby (Legendary Member)" (produced with Woesum and
    Whitearmor
    )

Ecco2K - E (2019)

Source:[35]

  • 02. "Peroxide"
  • 03. "Fragile"
  • 04. "Bliss Fields"
  • 06. "Cc" (co-produced with
    Whitearmor
    )
  • 10. "Security!" (co-produced with Mechatok)
  • 11. "Time"
  • 12. "Blue Eyes"

Exeter
 (2020)

Source:[36]

  • 01. "Mirror (Hymn) (Intro)"
  • 02. "Wonderland"
  • 03. "Merry-Go-Round"
  • 04. "Rain3ow Star (Love Is All)"
  • 05. "Every Moment Special"
  • 06. "DNA Rain"
  • 07. "Open Symbols (Play) Be in Your Mind"
  • 08. "Lovestory"
  • 09. "Imaginary"

RealYungPhil - Victory Music (2023)

  • 01. "I'm Not Them"
  • 02. "I Had Enough"
  • 05. "Opening Doors"
  • 06. "Talk of the Town"
  • 09. "Winners Circle"
  • 10. "Victory Music"

References

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  15. ^ Iadarola, Alexander (22 June 2016). "Sad Boys Producer Gud FKA Yung Gud Returns with Obfuscated R&B Single". Thump. Vice Media. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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  19. ^ Lester, Paul (24 December 2014). "The playlist: the best new bands of 2014, with Shamir and Prada Mane". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  20. ^ Badlands (Media notes). Halsey. Astralwerks . 2015. 2547360359.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  21. ^ a b Friedlander, Emilie (30 May 2014). "Jacques Greene Announces Phantom Vibrate Remixes EP, Has Yung Gud Mess with "No Excuse"". The Fader. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  22. Pigeons & Planes
    . Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  23. ^ a b Price, Joe (20 December 2014). "Jacques Greene – "No Excuse (Yung Gud VIP RMX)". Pigeons & Planes. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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  25. ^ a b Gardner, Constant (28 June 2015). "Listen to Yung Gud's Icy Remix of Meek Mill's "Monster"". Pigeons & Planes. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  26. ^ Brewer, Dylan (30 September 2015). "Listen To Kacy Hill's Foreign Fields (Yung Gud remix) Now!". Def Jam Recordings. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  27. ^ Black, Adrienne (30 September 2015). "Kacy Hill – "Foreign Fields (Yung Gud Remix)"". Pigeons & Planes. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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  29. ^ "RX Papi, Gud - Foreign Exchange | YEAR0001". year0001.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  30. ^ "Gud - Beautiful, Wonderful". year0001.com. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  31. ^ "Gud - Body Horror". year0001.com. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  32. ^ "Aamu Kuu - Vive La France / AAA". year0001.com. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  33. ^ "Yung Lean - Stranger". year0001.com. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  34. ^ "Credits / Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho / Huncho Jack". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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  36. ^ "Bladee - Exeter". year0001.com. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

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