Crooked (song)

"Crooked"
Single by G-Dragon
from the album Coup d'Etat
Released September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:42
Label YG Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Teddy
  • G-Dragon
G-Dragon singles chronology
"Coup d'Etat"
(2013)		 "Crooked"
(2013)		 "Who You?"
(2013)

"Coup d'Etat"
(2013)		 "Crooked"
(2013)		 "Who You?"
(2013)
Music video
"Crooked" on YouTube

"Crooked" (삐딱하게; ppiddakhage) is a song recorded by South Korean singer-rapper G-Dragon, serving as the third single for his second studio album Coup d'Etat (2013). It was written and produced by Teddy and G-Dragon. A pop-punk song, "Crooked" peaked at number three at the Gaon Digital Chart and became one of his most successful singles.[1]

Writing and composition

"Crooked" was described as a "synthed-up, deliriously catchy pop-punk" with a "neon-bright" sound.[2] The track fuses "heavy drumbeats and metal guitar riffs",[3] besides featuring a "heavy 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 trap music, some 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 revelead 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] KpopStarz felt that the single "stands as an anthem for 20-somethings who don't know what the heck they are doing with their lives."[8] "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."[9]

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.[10][11] On the second week, the song rose to number three in Digital chart and number two in Download chart, selling 162,815 copies.[12][13] "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.[14][15]

"Crooked" debuted on Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100 at number two, becoming his highest-peaking entry on the chart.[16] The song also peaked at number five on Billboard's World Digital Songs.[17]

"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.[18][19]

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,[20][21] 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 an "rapid-paced clip" toying with "first-generation punk iconography."[2] Fuse named it one of G-Dragon "must-see videos".[22] It became his first solo music video to hit 100 million views on YouTube on January, 2017.[23]

Live performances

G-Dragon performed the song for the first time on the final shows of his One of a Kind World Tour in Seoul on August 31 and September 1. Later, the first televised performance was held on the talk show You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook on September 6.[24] The first performance at a music show took place on SBS's Inkigayo on September 8, 2013.[25][26] On M Countdown the single was performed with the then YG trainees, iKon and Winner, who were at the time appearing in the survival audition program, WIN: Who Is Next, acting as backup dancers.[27] "Crooked" was performed at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards. Big Bang's single "Sober" was used as a prelude to the performance two years before its release.[28] The rapper also performed "Crooked" at his second world tour, Act III: M.O.T.T.E.[1]

Charts

Chart Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart)[12] 3
US Billboard K-Pop Hot 100[16] 2
US Billboard World Digital Chart[17] 5

Sales

Country Sales
China 910,600[29]
South Korea 1,814,075[30]

Awards

Year Award-Giving Body Category Result Ref
2013 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Dance Performance - Male Solo Won [31]
Song of the Year Nominated
2014 Golden Disc Awards Digital Bonsang Nominated [32]
Popularity Award Nominated
Korean Music Awards Best Dance/Electronic Song Nominated [33][34]
World Music Awards World's Best Video Nominated [35]
Singapore Entertainment Awards Most Popular K-pop Music Video Nominated [36]

Music program awards

Song Program Date
"Crooked" Inkigayo (SBS) September 22, 2013[37]
September 29, 2013[38]
M! Countdown (Mnet) September 26, 2013[39]
Music Bank (KBS) September 27, 2013[40]

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  6. ↑ Goble, Corban (20 September 2013). "G-Dragon: Coup D'Etat Album Review". Pitchfork Media. Pitchfork Media Inc. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  7. ↑ Stephens, Alexis (19 September 2013). "Reviewed: G-Dragon's Coup D'etat". MTV Iggy. MTV Networks. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
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  10. ↑ "2013 Gaon Digital Chart - Week 37". Gaon Chart. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  11. ↑ "2013 Gaon Download Chart - Week 37". Gaon Chart. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  12. 1 2 "2013 Gaon Digital Chart - Week 38". Gaon Chart. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
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  15. ↑ "2013 Gaon Streaming Chart". Gaon Chart. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  16. 1 2 "Yoon Mi Rae Holds Off 12 G-Dragon Tracks for Second Week Atop K-Pop Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  17. 1 2 "World Digital Singles – Coup D'etat + crooked". (Subscription required (help)).
  18. ↑ "G-DRAGON sets a new record by sweeping chart with 3 songs from 1 album". YG Life. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  19. ↑ "[단독]지드래곤, '뮤직뱅크' 4년만에 출연..2주 연속 1위할까". Joins News. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
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  23. ↑ "'Crooked' music video by BIGBANG's G-Dragon hits 100 million YouTube views; Singer throws a party at Paris fashion week". Yibada. January 28, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
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  25. ↑ "YG Entertainment trainee Jennie Kim to feature on G-Dragon's 'Inkigayo' comeback stage". Allkpop. 6Theory Media. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  26. ↑ "TEEN TOP wins #1 + Performances from the September 8th episode of SBS' 'Inkigayo'". Allkpop. 6Theory Media. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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    • "Online Download – Week 03 of 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
    • "Online Download – Week 04 of 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
    • "Online Download – Week 05 of 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
    • "Online Download – Week 06 of 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
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    • "Online Download – Week 08 of 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
    • "Online Download – Week 09 of 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
    • "Online Download – Week 10 of 2016". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
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  35. ↑ http://www.worldmusicawards.com/index.php/photos1/world-music-awards-2014/
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