Nashville-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist corook has released their eagerly awaited new EP, serious person (part 1). The first installment of their two-part project includes the new track, “tiny little titties” as well as recently released title track, “serious person,” co-written with 2x Latin Grammy Award-winner Dan Fernandez. It also includes the viral smash, “if i were a fish (ft. olivia barton).” Co-written with their girlfriend Olivia as a response to internet hate whilst feeling emotional, insecure, and out of place, the heartwarming track came together in ten minutes and was then posted to TikTok where it received an incredible response, earning 18.1M views, 2.9M likes and 380.8K shares and counting. Listen to the EP now below.
“‘serious person part 1’ is the first of a two-part series of music,” shared corook. “This project is a collection of feelings and stories that have made me the weird, queer, funny, sensitive, serious person I am. I chose to call the album ‘serious person’ to comment on the humor I use in my songs. I have used humor to mask a lot of insecurities and hardships in my life and while humor will always be a part of my writing style and my life in general, I wanted to show all the other parts of myself too. It’s sprinkled with upbeat pop tunes but at its core it is my story accompanied by whatever instrument I chose that day. Part 2 is coming soon.”
corook – pronounced ‘co-rook’ – kicked off their latest, more vulnerable musical era with recent releases, “i’m not doing well” and “CGI,” the latter of which was included within Billboard’s “10 Cool New Pop Songs” and “Queer Jams of the Week” roundups. Earlier this year, they celebrated their 28th birthday with their first single of 2023, “the dog” and its heartbreaking music video (co-starring corook and their actual girlfriend).
Having spent much of their last year on the road, including tours with K.Flay, Jukebox the Ghost, and Maddie Zahm, as well as their debut festival performance at Bonnaroo (featured in Rolling Stone), corook will celebrate serious person (part 1) and much more with two SOLD-OUT headline shows set for Brooklyn, NY’s Baby’s All Right (June 3) and Los Angeles, CA’s The Echo (June 11), followed later that month with an eagerly awaited performance at Nashville PRIDE on Sunday, June 25. In addition, corook will perform at Weekend 2 of Austin, TX’s upcoming Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 15 and at Raleigh, NC’s Hopscotch Music Festival, set for September 7-9.