Corook

Early life and education Corook was born January 24, 1995, and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their musical interest began in middle school, when their mother overheard them singing Sara Bareilles's "Love Song" and encouraged them to audition for the school talent show.

Corook attended Berklee College of Music, where they studied songwriting and contemporary writing and production, and played in the alt-pop band, luhx. They graduated in 2017 with a dual degree. Their parents are divorced. Their first tour as Corook was in early 2022, supporting K.Flay, followed by touring with JP Saxe. On April 1, 2022, Corook released their debut EP, achoo! through Atlantic Records, which they produced largely by themself. In June 2022, Corook performed at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, the same year they released their first single. They appeared at South by Southwest in 2022 and 2023 and were announced to play at the 2023 Nashville Pride in June.

"If I Were a Fish" In April 2023, Corook posted a TikTok video of them and Barton performing a song titled "If I Were a Fish". The video subsequently went viral on the platform, receiving reaching 1 million views in two hours Various users made duet videos adding harmonies, dancing, and additional instruments to the song; among these were musician Chloe Moriondo, Broadway star Kevin Chamberlin, and the Texas Girls' Choir, all of whom posted cover versions. Illustrator and Robby Novak collaborator Brad Montague created a hand-illustrated mini music video for the song,

Corook and Barton released a full version of the song on April 21 via Atlantic. Upon release, the song became a BBC Radio 1 Top Pop Pick The song also marked both Corook and Barton's debut on the Billboard charts, premiering at No. 16 on Hot Alternative Songs, No. 19 on Hot Rock Songs, No. 22 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, No. 6 on Alternative Digital Song Sales, No.7 on Rock Digital Song Sales, and No. 36 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales, and reaching 1.9 million official US streams and 3,000 downloads in the April 21–27 tracking week according to Luminate.

A second EP, Serious Person (Part 1), which featured "If I Were a Fish", was released by Atlantic on June 2, 2023.

Artistry Corook's music has been primarily identified as alternative pop, as well as indie pop and has drawn comparisons to the songwriting of Phoebe Bridgers and Stephen Sondheim. Corook has self-described their sound as "2000's Gwen Stefani does acid and decides to write a Broadway musical about the Beatles starring Timbaland", They are a multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, and synthesizer. They told ABC News in May 2023, "I just write about my experience as a queer, non-binary, twenty-something year old trying to stay positive in this really really scary, difficult world."

Discography

Extended plays +Extended play, with selected detailsTitleEP detailsAchoo!Released: April 1, 2022 Label: AtlanticSerious Person (Part 1) Released: June 2, 2023 Label: AtlanticSerious Person (Part 2) Released: September 22, 2023 Label: Atlantic

Singles +List of singles, with selected chart positionsYearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbumUSDigitalUSHot Alt.US Hot RockUS Hot Rock& Alt.2021"Sims" Achoo!2022"Bad Friend" "Degree" "IDK God" "BDSM" "Hell Yeah" "Your Mom" "Smoothie" "Realistic" 2023"The Dog" Serious Person (Part 1)"CGI" "If I Were a Fish" (featuring Olivia Barton) "Serious Person"

Music videos