Hot (Young Thug song) explained

Hot
Cover:	Young Thug - Hot.png
Album:	So Much Fun
Caption:	Remix cover
Type:	single
Genre:	Trap
Producer:	Wheezy
Chronology:	Young Thug
Prev Title:	Move
Prev Year:	2019
Next Title:	Yell Oh
Next Year:	2020

"Hot" is a song by American rapper Young Thug featuring labelmate and fellow American rapper Gunna. It was produced by Wheezy and sent to rhythmic and Urban radio on September 23, 2019. It originally charted in several countries as an album track upon the release of So Much Fun in August 2019,^[1] before being released in a remix with an additional feature from fellow American rapper Travis Scott, a frequent collaborator of both, on October 31, 2019,^[2] and reaching a new peak of number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

The music video for the remix was released through Young Thug's official YouTube channel one day later, on November 1, 2019. In the video, Young Thug appears as a fireman, and Gunna is shown rapping in a burning house.^[3]

Synopsis

The video opens with a marching band led by Wheezy, the song's producer, on a gridiron football field. The video then transitions to Gunna writing in cursive as the house he is in continues to burn down, Young Thug then receives a call to help Gunna as he is on fire inside the house. Young Thug puts on his fireman gear and drives a Slime F.D. truck to the scene, and finds Gunna "calmly writing a note like nothing is happening around him". As soon as Thug approaches Gunna, the house explodes from the blaze. The scene then cuts to Travis Scott on a gridiron field, where the fire has now reached. Scott is surrounded by a marching band playing the song's instrumental. The blaze eventually hits each of the marching band members, who are lined up to spell out "Hot" like the track's cover art.^[4]

Personnel

Young Thug – lead vocals, writing
Gunna – featured vocals, writing
Wheezy – production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)! scope="col"
Peak position
France (SNEP)^[5]	119
Lithuania (AGATA)^[6]	43
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[7]	40
US Rolling Stone Top 100^[8]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)! scope="col"
Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[9]	52
US Rolling Stone Top 100^[10]	52

Chart (2020)! scope="col"
Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[11]	72
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[12]	35

Notes and References

Web site: Travis Scott jumps on remix of Young Thug and Gunna's "Hot". The Fader. Renshaw. David. November 1, 2019. November 12, 2019.
Web site: Travis Scott Connects With Young Thug & Gunna for Official "Hot" Remix. Highsnobiety. Osei. Sarah. November 1, 2019. November 12, 2019.
Web site: Travis Scott Joins Young Thug and Gunna on New "Hot" Remix: Listen. Pitchfork. Hussey. Allison. November 1, 2019. November 12, 2019.
Web site: Young Thug the Fireman Tries to Save Gunna in Blazing 'Hot' Video Feat. Travis Scott: Watch. Billboard. Saponara. Michael. November 1, 2020. April 3, 2020.
Web site: Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles (téléchargement + streaming) – SNEP (Week 45, 2019). https://web.archive.org/web/20191111014246/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=45. dead. November 11, 2019. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. fr. November 13, 2019.
Web site: 2019 46-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100). lt. AGATA. November 15, 2019. November 29, 2019.
Web site: NZ Top 40 Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. November 11, 2019. November 12, 2019.
Web site: Top 100 Songs. Rolling Stone. November 1, 2019. December 26, 2019. November 8, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191108154042/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2019-11-01/. dead.
Web site: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2019. Billboard. December 6, 2019.
Web site: Top 100 Songs of 2019. Rolling Stone. January 10, 2020. February 15, 2020. March 7, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200307013530/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/year-end/. dead.
Web site: Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 4, 2020.
Web site: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2020. Billboard. December 4, 2020.