"Crooked" () 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. Writing and composition "Crooked" was described as a "synthed-up, deliriously catchy pop-punk" with a "neon-bright" sound. The track fuses "heavy drumbeats and metal guitar riffs", besides featuring a "heavy bass line and 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 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." 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