Hot Sugar's Cold World
Nick Koenig, better known as Hot Sugar, is in a mess. As a modern-day Mozart, the young electronic musician/producer takes sounds from everyday life, such as hanging up payphone receivers and Hurricane Sandy rain, and turns them into Grammy-nominated beats that have been nominated for a Grammy Award! He's living the life every musician dreams of, with an internet star girlfriend, rapper/singer "Kitty," as his girlfriend. Then, when she dumps him, Hot Sugar is left alone. Then he flees, looking for new sounds and a sense of who he is. He goes to Paris. Adam Lough, who made the film, shows Hot Sugar at work on his old recording devices, but he also gives the camera a lot of heartfelt thoughts. Hot Sugar is going on a road trip, and tweets and posts about the broken couple are going viral on the internet. As the trip goes on, more exotic layers of the man and his music show up. Fun and fast, this lyrical journey gives viewers a fascinating look into how a modern artist comes up with new ideas.
Released: 2015-03-13