Bree!

Cobra fans pretty much knew what they were getting into once the cover art for the band's third LP hit the WWW. Hot Mess was suspected to be a dancy, catchy, sassy, slightly trashy piece of work. So why would the music video for the title track be any different?

We gathered some clues when they gave Buzznet some photos from the set, but despite the obvious cleaning crew with hard hats part, the possibilities were still open-ended. Well, kinda. Not ALL videos go right for the lyrical visualization, but this one did. And with lines like "I've been hypnotized / The city's your playground / I watch you take a bite / At 5am roaming in the streets / Drunk all night" what else could be acted out aside from lushes in mini-skirts teetering down the concrete in their party heels.

So, basically, the Cobra Crew were cleaning up the city's hot messes.

I'm not about to get preachy because who WOULDNT want to be scooped up and taken care of after throwing back a few too many after a night out on the town?

But it does sorta glamourize the Lindsay Lohan wannabes of the world, and although it looked like a swell party once they'd gathered the lot of them in their truck, I think they left out pukers and criers.

Yeah, it's a fun video for a fun song, but you have to wonder if the self-esteemed challenged young'ns of the scene are internalizing the message. I.e. one way to be hot is to be a drunk, problematic mess.

If YOU thought about that for a minute, let me just quickly remind you of some celebs who probably think this is an ideal state:

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Thoughts?