We would have loved to see the audition process for this one: Are you a hot girl? Can you act drunk? Can you act drunk and still be hot at the same time?
Katie Hasty
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We would have loved to see the audition process for this one:</p>
<p>"Are you a hot girl?"</p>
<p>"Can you act drunk?"</p>
<p>"Can you act drunk and still be hot at the same time?"</p>
<p>That particular demographic is the vodka-flavored center to Cobra Starship's "Hot Mess," which extols the many virtues of inebriated women. It's a natural follow-up to the rock band's last single "<a href="http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-the-beat-goes-on/posts/2009-6-29-review-cobra-starship-video-for-good-girls-go-bad-with-leighton-meister">Good Girls Go Bad</a>": Maybe it's the same actresses. It's like a sequel.</p>
<p>The premise of the clip has the worksuited group going around "exterminating" hot messes by throwing them into the back of their vehicle like 'tang-seeking Ghostbusters. The implications are fascinating, as it's not the BAND having their way with the ladies but the LADIES having their way with the men! This is a cinematic breakthrough, a new world order!</p>
<p>Just kidding, it's disturbing. Please find a buddy to walk home with after a long night out, otherwise you might end up in the back of Cobra Starship's van.</p>
<p>The "Hot Mess" video also offers similar product placement elements as All-American Rejects' "<a href="http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-10-13-watch-all-american-rejects-video-for-i-wanna">I Wanna</a>," with the utilization of a particular mobile phone brand helping the narrative along. Also, wait for a cameo by the East Village's late-night taco refuge San Loco.</p>
<p>The track -- which has the same romping, thudding rock sound as "Good Girls" without the Leighton Meester -- contains, too, the limitlessly idiotic lyric "I'm like, hot damn/ let me make you my boo." Don't say we didn't warn you.</p>
<p>"Hot Mess" is the title track from the band's third full-length, released this summer. Cobra Starship is on tour now through mid-December.</p>
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