"Hot Girl Bummer" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American recording artist Blackbear, released as a single through Beartrap on August 23, 2019, as the lead single from his fifth studio album ''

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''. It reached number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was certified 6× platinum by the

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(RIAA). It also reached the top 10 in Australia, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, New Zealand, and Norway.

Song title

Although the title was considered a play on

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's song "

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", Blackbear claimed that it was not a parody and was instead a reference to the social media trend of using the

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"#hotgirlsummer".

Music videos

Two music videos were released for the song, ''blackbear - hot girl bummer ow Budget Video' and ''blackbear - hot girl bummer ig budget music video'. Blackbear released the first music video on August 23, 2019, with the same day as the song's release. The music video consists of Blackbear surrounded by people at a party while sitting on a white couch, as well as being attached to strings and being moved in a puppet like manner by a man in a suit, which was called a "comment on people who are fake on social media". The second music video was released on November 21, 2019, and features Blackbear appearing to be sitting on a

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, on a couch, and dancing in a cage.

Commercial performance

"Hot Girl Bummer" is Blackbear's second top 40 hit (as well as his third certified single), reaching number 11 in March 2020. It is also his highest-charting record to date, surpassing the number 40 peak of " Do Re Mi".

Composition and remix

The song contains a spoken line by

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in ''

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''. On December 12, 2019, the song's remix was released along with Argentine rapper and singer

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Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Blackbear – producer, guitar, keyboards, programming *

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– producer, guitar, keyboards, programming *Alex Ghenea – mixer *Dave Kutch – mastering engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Notes

References

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