{"id":748342,"date":"2026-09-28T20:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-opener-clyde-crookss-haunting-pop-cuts-deep\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:50:23","slug":"the-opener-clyde-crookss-haunting-pop-cuts-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-opener-clyde-crookss-haunting-pop-cuts-deep\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opener: Clyde Crooks\u2019s haunting pop cuts deep"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aeebc0e2a770\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-opener-clyde-crookss-haunting-pop-cuts-deep\/#The_LA_producer_and_singer_chats_Bach_Nate_Sib_and_getting_over_his_edgelord_tendencies\" >The LA producer and singer chats Bach, Nate Sib, and getting over his edgelord tendencies.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-opener-clyde-crookss-haunting-pop-cuts-deep\/#Show_us_the_last_meme_you_saved_to_your_phone\" >Show us the last meme you saved to your phone?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_LA_producer_and_singer_chats_Bach_Nate_Sib_and_getting_over_his_edgelord_tendencies\"><\/span>The LA producer and singer chats Bach, Nate Sib, and getting over his edgelord tendencies.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284665\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-092_c0vcar\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"The Opener: Clyde Crooks\u2019s haunting pop cuts deep\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Clyde Crooks by Korynn Washington.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284663\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <i>The Opener is The FADER\u2019s mini-interview <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> with exciting new artists we think you should know.<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/clydecrooks\/?hl=en\">Clyde Crooks<\/a> is a creature of Los Angeles. The L.A. born-and-raised songwriter and producer\u2019s music boasts the pristine commerciality of his Hollywood milieu. But like California itself, his surrealist sonics are haunted by a strange, at times dark, magic.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Crooks\u2019s Lynchian pop floats like a ghost on his new EP <i>Hark<\/i>, which features standouts like \u201cMaybe Selena,\u201d a smooth bit of rock that is as spiritually tied late aughts indie as is to the melodious flows of Bieber. EP closer \u201cColdest Day of the Year\u201d has the sumptuous atmosphere of a crooner by The 1975, but is punctuated by Crooks\u2019s sharp-edged lyricism and is threatened by a rising tide of distorted synth.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284664\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clyde Crooks - Coldest Day of the Year {Official Music Video}\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JeHLZuff654?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284666\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <i>Hark<\/i> came out amidst a major moment for Crooks, who opened for The FADER&#8217;s 2025 GEN F star Nate Sib on his recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefader\/video\/7686158492503149855\">North American Reborn Tour.<\/a> It marked an enlivening spotlight on an artist who has been the author of his vision since 2022, doing everything from writing, producing, and creating his simple yet austere visual world.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284676\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1KSrwbIu0Fo6cqKW99dM1p?utm_source=generator&amp;si=41307b51fda04b59\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *;\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/hark-ep\/6806280512\"><\/iframe>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284677\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Following the release of <i>Hark<\/i>, The FADER Caught up with Crooks to chat about walking through Los Angeles, queerbaiting allegations, and the perpetual inspiration of Death Grips.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284667\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-102_jkvvb8\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"The Opener: Clyde Crooks\u2019s haunting pop cuts deep\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Clyde Crooks by Korynn Washington.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284668\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>What\u2019s the coolest thing to do in your hometown?<\/b><br \/>Walk. LA is a walking city if you believe it in your heart to be. I used to work at an abysmal restaurant in k-town. Some nights, I would walk all the way home to east Hollywood through Koreatown on Western. If you know L.A. you know what goes down on Western between Wilshire and Santa Monica at night. L.A.\u2019s inexplicable beauty lives in an interstitial world that is best observed on foot.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>Tell us about the first album you bought and why.<\/b><br \/>D\u2019Angelo\u2019s <i>Black Messiah<\/i>. No idea why I grabbed it. Still an all time fav to this day.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>What was the last movie you watched, and give a short review.<\/b><br \/>The second <i>Hunger <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s.<\/i> Fucking timeless fucking classic. I love that shit a lot.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>When you\u2019re not making music, how do you spend your free time?<\/b><br \/>Meditating, journaling, exercising, watching movies. Making weird little videos and shit. Reading wikipedia. N<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing. Going to parties for six minutes and leaving.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284669\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clyde Crooks - Maybe Selena {Official Music Video}\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ko9waDuURNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284670\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>What\u2019s a motto you think everyone should live by?<\/b><br \/>Man plans, god laughs. Man laughs, god plans.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>Explain a lyric of yours that people misunderstand.<\/b><br \/>I say the F word on some songs. I was on my edgelord shit. I regret it, but I ain\u2019t queer baiting honey, CC swings both ways.<\/p>\n<p><b>What\u2019s a song you\u2019d want to remix and why?<\/b><br \/>I\u2019ve been trying to figure out a way to flip \u201cAir on the G String\u201d by Bach for like 10 years. Point counterpoint baby, that shit is the juice fr.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284671\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Show_us_the_last_meme_you_saved_to_your_phone\"><\/span>\n        <b>Show us the last meme you saved to your phone?<\/b><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screenshot_2026-09-28_at_12.34.57_PM_amr2ha\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"The Opener: Clyde Crooks\u2019s haunting pop cuts deep\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper\" style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p>This isn\u2019t really a meme but I saw this fried ass Fridah Kahlo mural in Philly. I mean truly what the fuck.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284672\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>What\u2019s the best thing you\u2019ve bought for $100 or less?<\/b><br \/>Massage gun: $35 bucks. For strictly non sexual purposes (so far).\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <b>Tell us about your favorite tattoo OR your favorite accessory.<\/b><br \/>My rings. Worn everyday for over 4 years. Made by me and my brother, master maker Benji Samuels.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>Best advice you\u2019ve gotten?<\/b><br \/>Doing what feels right to you is okay.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>Worst advice you\u2019ve gotten?<\/b><br \/>Doing what feels right to you is not okay.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>What\u2019s the ideal level of fame and why?<\/b><br \/>A major international peak moment followed by a lifetime of stable, massive, fandom independent of \u201cwhatever\u2019s happening now.\u201d Examples: Pearl Jam, Rufus du Sol, Outkast, System of a Down, Motley Crue, Radiohead, etc.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I want to be a lifelong, interdisciplinary artist with the credibility to operate across mediums at a high level without being totally beholden to trends or inevitable changes in tech and how they influence the distribution and digestion of art. The mountain top is a place you go to be seen from miles around, not somewhere you live; there\u2019s no oxygen up there. \n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284673\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-098_np5f0o\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"The Opener: Clyde Crooks\u2019s haunting pop cuts deep\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Clyde Crooks by Korynn Washington.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284674\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>Describe your perfect afternoon.<\/b><br \/>Producing or recording without any specific deadline. Spontaneously seeing people I love. Eating a very good meal somewhere. Learning something. Doing some shameless preening.  Having a really, really good idea.  Suddenly developing the ability to fly.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>What\u2019s something you\u2019re looking forward to?<\/b><br \/>Going to the Aldi that I see out of the window of the tour bus in Richmond, VA to buy grapes and a gallon of water and some horseshit like that.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>Describe the best concert you\u2019ve attended.<\/b><br \/>Death Grips at the Palladium 2023. Doors at 7:30. The clock strikes 8:30 and they walk out. Zach Hill counts off and it\u2019s just song, song, song, song until Stefan says a quiet \u201cthank you\u201d and they walk off. 100% energy. 100% enthusiasm. Touring with Nate [Sib] has taught me that there are many reasons people go to shows and enjoying the music is just one of them. The Death Grips show was as much about the music as it can get. Love was truly in the air. It was so simple and so transcendent.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>What\u2019s the last thing you wrote in your notes app?<br \/><\/b>To Do: Fader Interview answers. \n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-284675\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Clyde_Crooks_Digitals_2023-107_b4a4pq\/the-opener-clyde-crooks-hark-ep.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"The Opener: Clyde Crooks\u2019s haunting pop cuts deep\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Clyde Crooks by Korynn Washington.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tobias Hess<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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