Crooked (song)

"Crooked" was described as a "synthed-up, deliriously catchy pop-punk" with a "neon-bright" sound. besides featuring a "heavy bass line and fully amplified sound at the chorus." 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 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." 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." "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." ==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 on Billboards K-pop Hot 100 at number two, becoming his highest-peaking entry on the chart. The song also peaked at number five on Billboards World Digital Songs. == Music video==

The music video for "Crooked" was released on September 4, 2013. 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, including T-shirts honoring the punk bands Black Flag and Sex Pistols. 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." It became his first solo music video to hit 100 million views on YouTube in January 2017. ==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. The first performance at a music show took place on SBS's Inkigayo on September 8, 2013. 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. "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. The rapper also performed "Crooked" at his second world tour, Act III: M.O.T.T.E. ==Awards==

In 2024, during protests in Seoul following the 2024 South Korean martial law and calling for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, demonstrators sung "Crooked" in the streets of the city along with other K-pop songs including Aespa's "Whiplash", 2NE1's "I Am the Best", and Girls' Generation's "Into the New World". == Charts ==

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