'Hot Problems' Music Video Explores Unbearable Hotness Of Being (VIDEO)

Music critics were not kind to teenager Rebecca Black last year when the music video for her song "Friday" garnered millions of hits on YouTube: Rolling Stone ridiculed the video's "sub-par production values, grating hooks and extraordinarily stupid lyrics," while a host of others questioned whether the tune was possibly "the worst pop song of all time."

But possibly the harshest criticism Black has received to date may be this week's comparisons to Double Take, a teen pop duo whose music video "Hot Problems" has been viewed more than one million time on YouTube.

In the video, the teens ride around town in the back of a limo while lamenting the trials and tribulations of being too attractive for their own good.

"Hot girls we have problems too," the plaintive duo sings in monotone. "We're just like you. Except we're hot."

So far, the video has received nearly 35,000 "dislikes" on YouTube.

The production company that made the video, Old Baily Productions, was quick to note in the description that they were not responsible for the song, saying "We produced the video as a favor for a younger sibling of one of our friends."

But perhaps the duo should be commended for drawing attention to the devastating condition of hotness, which was highlighted earlier this year in a widely criticized column from the Daily Mail. In the editorial "Why Women Hate Me For Being Beautiful," columnist Samantha Brick explained that her enviable appearance put her at a disadvantage in society because women felt threatened by her, while men viewed her as a sex object.

"While I’m no Elle Macpherson, I’m tall, slim, blonde and, so I’m often told, a good-looking woman," Brick wrote. "I know how lucky I am. But there are downsides to being pretty — the main one being that other women hate me for no other reason than my lovely looks."

While Brick's comments drew criticism from all corners of the Internet, at least one study lends some validity to Brick's claims.

According to a Beauty and the Labor Market study conducted by Daniel Hamermesh and Jeff Biddle, good looking people earn about 10 percent more money than their less attractive coworkers and are more likely to be promoted. And about 7 out of 10 hiring managers say that beauty is an asset to female employees on the job, according to Forbes' report on the study.

But researchers interviewed by Forbes said that, in a workplace climate where good looks are increasingly important, women who use beauty to their advantage -- as well as women who don't -- may face difficulty later in their careers.

"The first wave of Millennial women who have leveraged their looks to climb the corporate ladder are beginning to see signs of aging and grappling with how this change may impact their careers," Larissa Faw wrote for Forbes.

Head over to Forbes for Faw's full story, "The Complexities When Women Use Beauty As A Career Tactic."

Comments

[Shnide]

11:52 AM on 04/24/2012

Lighten up, world! This was obviously done tongue-in-cheek. Are we so personally insecure that we have to criticise absolutely everything that we come across in order to feel important?

[vivking]

11:30 PM on 04/22/2012

This is what happens when you have a music industry that only sells 'hot' rather than 'talented' - A bunch of kids that think they can become pop stars because they are attractive, not because they can SING.

[theschneider92]

05:56 PM on 04/22/2012

In the interviews they give you can tell their kind of full of themselves they sing their song in every single interview...Even if they did it to be funny I don't really find it funny in a time when people are trying to raise awareness about beauty coming in all different forms.

[113]

05:45 PM on 04/21/2012

I didn't think it was possible but this is 100x worse than Rebecca Black's "Friday"

[BigWillyG]

02:45 PM on 04/21/2012

More Rebecca Blacks? I just threw up in my mouth a little.

[6ualdeemn]

01:05 PM on 04/21/2012

NOT hot. Lame.

[Stephanie Gustafson]

12:43 PM on 04/21/2012

I didn't think it was possible for there to be a worse song than Rebecca Black's Friday...thanks "hot girls" for proving me wrong.

[Maurice Baptiste]

09:37 AM on 04/21/2012

Ha Ha, this is not funny as it is not hot as well.
http://youtu.be/BnG1zxFbWwk

[importztek]

02:07 PM on 04/20/2012

Nothing worse than a girl who thinks she's hot when in reality she is just average.

[markspence]

09:26 PM on 04/20/2012

Nothing worse?

What is something not as worse?

[cadacabezaunmundo]

01:48 PM on 04/20/2012

Cute song. The girls seemed like they were having fun and not really suck on themselves.

[Still Posting]

10:46 AM on 04/20/2012

"Do These Women Have 'Hot Girl Problems'?"

Those are women? They look like kids to me.

The line, 'We're just like you, except we're hot' . . . was pretty funny though.

[Robert E Alexander]

07:45 AM on 04/20/2012

I guess we have forgotten William Hung's album and video? Sure, it's horrible as a song, but at least it provides a bit of humor (probably the intent) so lighten up.

[Aleks Rodriguez]

09:51 AM on 04/20/2012

It's the opposite. William Hung did it for laughs and he even mocked himself on an episode of Arrested Development. I see absolutely no intent in this video or song to thinks he's girls are actually capable or creating ironic humor.

[epsi1on]

12:27 PM on 04/21/2012

Then you missed the whole point of the video.

[El]

02:01 AM on 04/20/2012

Truly a musical and cultural nadir.

[Lulo]

01:33 AM on 04/20/2012

There is always a career in fiber arts or basket weaving.

[OC Surfer]

01:11 AM on 04/20/2012

They really should have made a silent video.