Synopsis

Chromeo play the last two male officers in an otherwise female police precinct, where routine patrol work gives way to flirtation, choreography, and escalating chaos. Surrounded by uniformed women, synchronized swimmers, gym-built officers, and steamy locker-room scenes, Dave 1 and P-Thugg struggle to maintain professional composure. The video frames the duo's comic predicament as a glossy, exaggerated police movie, blending buddy-cop conventions with the seductive visual language of vintage European cinema.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was filmed in Dumbo, Brooklyn, giving its highly stylized fantasy precinct a distinctly New York setting.

• Its concept borrows from the visual grammar of 1980s buddy-cop movies, but reverses the usual gender balance by placing Chromeo among an overwhelmingly female police force.

• The production combines several deliberately excessive set pieces, including synchronized swimming, choreographed police routines, bodybuilders, and shower-room imagery.

• "Hot Mess" was the third single from Chromeo's 2010 album "Business Casual." The original version received a US release in February 2011, while a version featuring La Roux's Elly Jackson was issued in the UK.

• The clip was widely noted for pushing Chromeo's established combination of retro funk, sexual humor, fashion, and cinematic parody into a more elaborate narrative format.