Synopsis

The Cure perform "Hot Hot Hot!!!" in a deliberately strange black-and-white setting styled like a 1950s television performance. The band members appear in exaggerated period clothing and are presented as unusually small, comic figures, while Robert Smith performs with a radically altered haircut and swaggering stage presence. The stark monochrome imagery, theatrical poses, and intentionally absurd presentation turn the band's funk-leaning track into a surreal parody of a vintage soul revue.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Hot Hot Hot!!!" was the fourth and final single released from the Cure's 1987 album "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me."

• Robert Smith later explained that the video's concept came from a misunderstanding. He wanted the band to look like a lowdown, funky soul group, but the idea was interpreted as little people in black and white.

• The video was filmed in black and white, making it a visual outlier among the colorful, highly stylized videos associated with the "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" era.

• Contemporary descriptions of the clip emphasized how deliberately ridiculous it was, fitting the song's playful departure from the Cure's darker image.

• Roger O'Donnell appears as the keyboard player in the video, although he did not perform on the studio recording of the song.

• Before the song begins, Robert Smith sings the opening line of Charles Aznavour's "She."