Clyde Crooks

Clyde Crooks makes self-directed pop with Los Angeles in the frame

Clyde Crooks is an L.A. born-and-raised songwriter and producer whose work has been described as shaped by the city’s commercial polish and a darker, surreal undercurrent. The supplied sources place him in a self-produced lane: he has been writing, producing, and shaping his visual world since 2022, and later worked with more collaborators on Hark. Bandcamp lists Hear the Room as a digital album recorded from October 2018 to January 2019. These sources also connect him to songs like “Maybe Selena” and “Coldest Day of the Year,” which were discussed in coverage around Hark. Together they present an artist building a long-running, hands-on pop project from Los Angeles.