Hot Sugar's Cold World

Synopsis

Nick Koenig, aka Hot Sugar, is in a hot mess. Considered a modern-day Mozart, the young electronic musician/producer records sounds from everyday life—from hanging up payphone receivers to Hurricane Sandy rain—and chops, loops and samples them into Grammy Award–nominated beats. He’s living the life every musician dreams of, complete with an internet-phenom girlfriend, rapper/singer “Kitty.” But when she dumps him, Hot Sugar is set adrift. Fleeing to Paris, he tries to regroup, searching for new sounds and a sense of self. Filmmaker Adam Lough mixes scenes of Hot Sugar at work on his vintage recording devices with surprising soul-searching reflections he offers to the camera. As tweets and posts about the broken couple blow up on the internet, Hot Sugar’s road trip presses onward, revealing even more exotic layers of the man and his music. Fun and flash, this lyrical journey offers audiences a fascinating peek into a modern artist’s creative process.

Main Cast

Shelby Fero

Herself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Nick Koenig

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Himself

Age : 65 | Popularity : 7%

Jim Jarmusch

Himself

Age : 71 | Popularity : 9%

Martin Starr

Himself

Age : 41 | Popularity : 9%

Rachel Trachtenburg

Herself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Jody Hill Danny McBride David Gordon Green
	Producer	Adam Bhala Lough Hunter Stephenson
Writing	Screenplay	Adam Bhala Lough
	Writer	Hunter Stephenson
Directing	Director	Adam Bhala Lough
Department	Role	Name

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