“Right at the same time Radiohead came out with a song called Creep. To me, it felt like its moment had already passed": Beck says that he was "a little embarrassed" by his debut hit, which had “the most simple slide guitar riff you could possibly play”

Beck Loser.

Released in 1993, Beck’s Loser ended up being the ‘slacker anthem’ that Gen-X had been casually waiting for. But, perhaps appropriately, its creation was a long, drawn-out process that drew on failure, self-doubt, and a stubborn streak that ultimately paid dividends.

Beck has now been telling the story of “the first real song I’d ever recorded” to Mix With The Masters, and he says that it starts in or around 1991.