“Had It” evokes the Kafkaesque inertia of a protagonist aware of his own stagnation but unable to postpone the inevitable.
“I think it says a lot about how bad things are getting that the song came completely naturally as a very thinly veiled commentary on my own life,” says Dumb Crush frontman Owen Hooper. “The fact that it aligns so naturally with the themes of Kafka was an easy way to describe the intangible feeling of confusion, alienation and constant panic.”
“Had It” is the first new music from the Toronto-based trio since its 2025 EP, Get Up And Go. Thus far, 2026 has been marked by a tour with Canadian sensation Grandson and an appearance at Junofest, placing Dumb Crush alongside the country’s most promising talent. Deeper meanings aside, “Had It” channels the spirit of early-aughts alt-rock with an effortless pizzazz and a timely millennial angst.
“When I was younger, I thought being an artist freed me from the monotonous repetition of life,” Hooper says. “I didn’t talk about baseball every night. I had what I believed were complex conversations about ‘the process’ of writing and debates about the emotional well-being of famous bands. But if you do the same thing all the time, it doesn’t matter how stimulating you think it might be. It’s still repetitive, naturally.”
We’re proud to premiere Dumb Crush’s “Had It.”
—Hobart Rowland
