Crooked (song)

"Crooked"
SinglebyG-Dragon
from the albumCoup d'Etat
Released	September 5, 2013(2013-09-05)
Genre	Pop punk Rap rock
Length	3:42
Label	YG
Songwriter(s)	Teddy G-Dragon
Producer(s)	Teddy G-Dragon
G-Dragonsingles chronology
"Coup d'Etat" (2013) "Crooked" (2013) "Who You?" (2013)
Music video
"Crooked"onYouTube

"Crooked"(삐딱하게;ppittaghage) is a song recorded by South Korean rapperG-Dragon,serving as the third single for his second studio albumCoup d'Etat(2013). It was written and produced byTeddyand G-Dragon. A pop-punk song, "Crooked" peaked at number three at theGaon Digital Chartand became one of his most successful singles.

Writing and composition

"Crooked" was described as a "synthed-up, deliriously catchypop-punk"with a" neon-bright "sound.The track fuses "heavy drumbeats andmetal guitarriffs ",besides featuring a "heavybass lineand fully amplified sound at the chorus. "In the track, G-Dragon mixes rap with singing.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.'"

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 oftrap music,someR&Brecords, and some club tracks. But GD's like a punk rocker at the same time. He raps and shit, but he really loves that wholepunk attitude.So we needed a track that could express that. "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."

Critical reception

"Crooked" received positive reviews. Corban Goble ofPitchforkwrote that it "might just be a song you'll play 30 times in a row and never play again, but those 30 listens are pureserotonin-fueled bliss. "In a review of the album forMTV,Alexis Stephens stated that G-Dragon's songs like "Crooked" "exude opulence in a way that's increasingly rare outside of Korea.""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 albumCoup d'Etat.'Crooked' from that album was the endlessly playable sound of him breaking big. "

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.On the second week, the song rose to number three in Digital chart and number two in Download chart, selling 162,815 copies."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.

"Crooked" debuted onBillboard'sK-Pop Hot 100at number two, becoming his highest-peaking entry on the chart.The song also peaked at number five onBillboard's World Digital Songs.

"Crooked" won a total on fourmusic 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.

Music video

The music video for "Crooked" was released on September 4, 2013.The video was filmed inEngland,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,including T-shirts honoring the punk bandsBlack FlagandSex Pistols.In the video, the rapper runs through theLondonunderground while causing fights and destruction at clubs.Spincommented 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."Fusenamed it one of G-Dragon "must-see videos".It became his first solo music video to hit 100 million views onYouTubein January 2017.

Live performances

G-Dragon performed the song for the first time on the final shows of hisOne of a Kind World Tourin Seoul on August 31 and September 1. Later, the first televised performance was held on the talk showYou Hee-yeol's Sketchbookon September 6. The first performance at amusic showtook place onSBS'sInkigayoon September 8, 2013. OnM Countdownthe single was performed with the then YG trainees,iKonandWinner,who were at the time appearing in the survival audition program,WIN: Who Is Next,acting as backup dancers."Crooked" was performed at the2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards.Big Bang's single "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.

Awards

Awards and nominations for "Crooked"

Year	Organization	Award	Result	Ref.
2013	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Dance Performance – Male Solo	Won
		Song of the Year	Nominated
	MTVIggy	Song of the Year	Won
2014	Golden Disc Awards	Digital Bonsang	Nominated
		Popularity Award	Nominated
	Korean Music Awards	Best Dance & Electronic Song	Nominated
	Singapore Entertainment Awards	Most Popular K-pop Music Video	Nominated

Music program wins

Program	Date	Ref.
Inkigayo	September 22, 2013
	September 29, 2013
M! Countdown	September 26, 2013
Music Bank	September 27, 2013

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon)	3
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)	2
USWorld Digital Songs(Billboard)	5

Year-end charts

Chart	Peak position
South Korea (Gaon)	72
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)	44

Sales

Country	Sales
China	910,600
South Korea	1,814,075

Certifications

Certifications for "Crooked"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Streaming
Japan (RIAJ) Japanese version	Gold	50,000,000†
†Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.