Hot Mess

* 2007
* 2008

Unofficial Cover Art

**Hot Mess** is an unreleased song by Teddy Sinclair. The song was first written during what was likely the Verbz era but was later reworked and intended to be featured on her debut studio album as Natalia Kills, *Perfectionist*.

## Lyrics

* Demo 1
* Demo 2
* Final

**[Intro]**

Honestly

Listen

Lies

**[Verse 1]**

Do what I want, get what I want

Look at me, baby, I'm a star

Ooh, I don't care, go on and stare

See me shinin' like a star

Thinkin' she cute, thinkin' she raw

Girl, you don't know who you are

You don't know who you are

Let me tell you 'bout it

**[Pre-Chorus]**

She's a spotlight hogger, but she ain't tight *(Hey)*

Got the same outfit she had on last night *(Hey)*

Fix your face, do your nails, get your weave tight *(Hey)*

Tell you the truth, lookin' at you, yeah, they thinkin'

**[Chorus]**

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

Girl, you're hating 'cause you're not this *(Not this)*

Your boyfriend wishin' he could grab this *(Grab this)*

You can't handle all my hotness *(Hotness)*

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

Girl, you're hating 'cause you're not this *(Not this)*

Your boyfriend wishin' he could grab this *(Grab this)*

You can't handle all my hotness *(Hotness)*

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

**[Verse 2]**

Look at this chick, flickin' her hips

Walkin' around like she the sh...

Louboutin, Louboutins

Girl, that red you painted on

Girl, I can tell, that ain't Chanel

How could you miss that double L?

You miss that double L?

Let me tell you 'bout it

**[Pre-Chorus]**

She's a spotlight hogger, but she ain't tight *(Hey)*

Got the same outfit she had on last night *(Hey)*

Fix your face, do your nails, get your weave tight *(Hey)*

To tell you the truth, lookin' at you, yeah, they thinkin'

**[Chorus]**

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

Girl, you're hating 'cause you're not this *(Not this)*

Your boyfriend wishin' he could grab this *(Grab this)*

You can't handle all my hotness *(Hotness)*

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

Girl, you're hating 'cause you're not this *(Not this)*

Your boyfriend wishin' he could grab this *(Grab this)*

You can't handle all my hotness *(Hotness)*

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

**[Bridge]**

Take a little makeup and just brush it on *(Brush it on)*

Rockin' hooker heels, you gotta take 'em off *(Take 'em off)*

Seven inch acrylics, girl, you know you're wrong *(Know you're wrong)*

Get ya ready, ready, get ya ready *(Be a lady)*

Don't be laid up in the back of his car *(Be a lady)*

Don't be fightin', gettin' kicked outta bars *(Be a lady)*

Girl, you got it, it ain't that hard

Get ya ready, ready, get ya ready

**[Chorus]**

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

Girl, you're hating 'cause you're not this *(Not this)*

Your boyfriend wishin' he could grab this *(Grab this)*

You can't handle all my hotness *(Hotness)*

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

Girl, you're hating 'cause you're not this *(Not this)*

Your boyfriend wishin' he could grab this *(Grab this)*

You can't handle all my hotness *(Hotness)*

She's a hot mess *(Hot mess)*

**[Verse 1]**

We like boys, we like cars

We like lookin' like we stars

We so fly, we so far

We the mother ship in Mars

All my chicks, with your hips

Make them heads flick, flick, flick

Make the camera man ignore the rest and click, click

**[Pre-Chorus]**

All these dirty, nasty girls

Give us dirty, nasty looks

Push me over tryna run into the spotlight

Got her hooker heels on

Got acrylics 5 inch long

Rockin' with the same outfit she had on last night

**[Chorus]**

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

**[Verse 1]**

We like boys, we like cars

We like lookin' like we stars

We so fly, we so far

We the mother ship in Mars

All my chicks, with your hips

Make them heads flick, flick, flick

Make the camera man ignore the rest and click, click

**[Pre-Chorus]**

All-all-all these dirty, nasty girls

Give us dirty, nasty looks-looks

Push me over tryna run into the spotlight

Got-got-got her hooker heels on-on

Got acrylics 5 inch long-long

Rockin' with the same outfit she had on last night

**[Chorus]**

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

**[Verse 2]**

Louboutin, Louboutin

Girl, that red you painted on

I can tell, fake Chanel

We can see that double L

On the floor, she's so raw

Shirt so tight it’s just a bra

Bending over for the world to see your coin slot

**[Pre-Chorus]**

In-in-in the back seat of a car

Getting kicked out of a bar-bar

Throwing up all on your best friend’s new purse

Girl-girl-girl you thought he loves you now-now

'Cause he bought a couple of rounds-rounds

When he left your house, he didn’t leave his number

**[Chorus]**

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

**[Bridge]**

I’m not the kind of girl gettin' dressed in the dark

I got a mirror in my purse and a fog on my arm

I’ll be exclusive for my Gucci but a whore for Dior

It’s not the labels or the tables but how we got it all

**[Verse 3]**

No, this ain’t fashion week

I can let my clothes and my actions speak

Strut Carvela and my coat Margiela

Don’t look at the weather

Just whether I see my face on V

Next time, maybe

Girls cut their eye on me 'cause they so mad

I could look fresh in a potato sack

Tell me, what kind of chapeau is that?

Que c’est sa vie?

How they say in France

When I’m walking past

Shirt so hot, shoes so hot

Talk to me, babe, show me what you got

Walk for me, babe, show me what you got

That shirt so hot, shoes so hot

Talk to me, babe, show me what you got

Walk for me, babe, show me what you got

Show me what you got-got-got

**[Chorus]**

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

Hot mess, hot-hot-hot mess

She’s a hot mess

Hot mess, hot-hot

Jocking on my hotness

## Background

On November 26, 2010, the Verbz demo of Hot Mess leaked. The following day, the final version reworked for *Perfectionist* leaked as well. On November 29, 2010, an earlier version of the *Perfectionist* rework, featuring rawer vocals, a different vocal take, and no second verse of bridge, leaked.

## Writing and Development

#### Initial Development

According to an insider, the first known iteration of the song was recorded in 2007, the year in which she released several songs as Verbz, including Shopaholic and Swaggerific. Based on this, it can be reasonably inferred that Hot Mess was written during the Verbz era and may have been intended to be released on MySpace.

#### Perfectionist Rework

After being signed to Cherrytree Records, Sinclair revisited Hot Mess and reworked it for her upcoming debut album, *Perfectionist*. According to an insider, this version of the song was recorded in 2008. This version shares the same writers as Plastic Fantastic, meaning the two songs were likely written during the same studio session(s).

According to the same insider, there is a "Cliff Remix" demo that remains unleaked. No other information about this version is known.

#### Repurposing of Lyrics

Sometime between 2008 and 2010 during the development of her debut album, *Perfectionist*, two lines from the final version of "Hot Mess" were repurposed in Free.

*"Girls cut their eye on me 'cause they so mad / I could look fresh in a potato sack"* (Hot Mess) → *"Girls cut their eye cause they so mad / I could look fresh in a potato sack"* (Free)
## Official Versions

 Demo 2
 Final
 Cliff Remix

#### Notes

The numbers assigned to the demos are unofficial; it is possible that there are demos prior to "demo 1" and demos after "demo 2."

## Registrations

Hot Mess was assigned an ISWC, a unique code necessary for commercial releases, which suggests that the song was finished and ready for release at a point in time.

ISWC: T-919.651.856-6

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## Song Credits

#### Perfectionist Demo

* **Written by:** Teddy Sinclair, Andreas Broberger, Hannes Lindgren

## References

1. ↑ "Here you go folks, Hot Mess, Mirrors Demo and Love is a suicide http://www.mediafire.com/?6ne7u5p1tab8s" November 26, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2022 via @RetroDiscoFreak on Twitter.
2. ↑ @jamesssxD It's the demo. November 26, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2022 via @RetroDiscoFreak on Twitter.
3. ↑ "http://www.mediafire.com/?o775k0616wo63vw Hot Mess Final" November 27, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2022 via @RetroDiscoFreak on Twitter.
4. ↑ Hot Mess (Final Version Snippet) November 29, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2022 via pablo-and-the-diamonds-blog on Tumblr.