Hot Sugar's Cold World

Nov 6 2015 Not Rated 1h 27m
Documentary, Music

Nick Koenig, aka Hot Sugar, is in a hot mess. Considered a modern-day Mozart, the young electronic musician/producer records sounds from everyday life—from hanging up payphone receivers to Hurricane Sandy rain—and chops, loops and samples them into Grammy Award–nominated beats. He’s living the life every musician dreams of, complete with an internet-phenom girlfriend, rapper/singer “Kitty.” But when she dumps him, Hot Sugar is set adrift. Fleeing to Paris, he tries to regroup, searching for new sounds and a sense of self. Filmmaker Adam Lough mixes scenes of Hot Sugar at work on his vintage recording devices with surprising soul-searching reflections he offers to the camera. As tweets and posts about the broken couple blow up on the internet, Hot Sugar’s road trip presses onward, revealing even more exotic layers of the man and his music. Fun and flash, this lyrical journey offers audiences a fascinating peek into a modern artist’s creative process.

Plot

When a Grammy-nominated music producer/composer splits form his girlfriend right as her career takes off as a viral rap sensation he sets forth on a journey to decode what Friends, Success, Nature, Popularity and the Internet mean for a millennial in the 21st Century. With appearances by Jim Jarmusch, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Shelby Fero, Martin Starr and members of Das Racist, among other Internet famous musicians and personalities.

Written by

Adam Bhala Lough, Hunter Stephenson

Directed by

Adam Bhala Lough

Cast

Frank Andrews, Danny Brown, Shelby Fero

Crew

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Production Companies

Rough House Pictures

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
138
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA