- So, because it came down to game day
and we started talking about a hotboi car
in our last From The Gallery,
we had a couple of comments on people saying
that we didn't understand the definition of what hotboi was,
which is insulting because
we don't know slang sometimes, okay?
And when we think we do, we sometimes don't.
So instead of getting into an argument on what a hotboi was,
we decided to research it,
see if we could get a little information back
and I brought back probably the most credible source
in the automotive community when it comes down
to breaking down definitions to a stand point,
black and white, no hesitation,
no questions asked, best definition right here.
Urban Dictionary.
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Hotboi: Dudes with dope cars and dress stylish too.
Also have their own pose.
Look at that Hotboi posing on the hood of his car.
Definition number two: sexy club boy with dope swagger.
If your chain don't touch your (static noise),
you ain't no hotboi.
SMH your short (static noise) chain wearin' busters.
(Laughs)
Noun: A speedy car, usually souped up,
that cuts you off in traffic, usually a BMW or Range Rover.
Or, when you put your six inch Subway sandwich
in the microwave and it burns you when you eat it.
Definition: when food is fire, it's hotboi.
So, in case you're wondering
what the definition of hotboi is,
I don't know what else you could possibly want
because Urban Dictionary has literally given to us verbatim,
right there, no questions asked.
But, if you're looking for a little bit more information
on what the definition of hotboi is,
that's what we're here for.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries
and on this episode of Wheel School,
we're going to be taking a look at the definition of hotboi,
where it came from and why it's such a popular term today.
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Anyway, let's get in to it.
So, when we go in to the history of hotboi, the term,
it comes down to a couple different things,
because what we know hotboi for now
and where it originally came from,
are two somewhat different things.
Now, a lot of people think that hotboi is synonymous
with the term "rice" and it really isn't.
Hotboi originally really came from the definition
of people that would take Japanese-inspired drift cars
and pretty much just make them excessive to get a
good amount of attention from the looks that they had.
A lot of drift cars had hotboi status or hotboi drift
which was essentially just a way for a car to look cool.
And if you look back in to the terminology,
look back at the cars in the early 2000's,
it was something that they did pretty much exclusively
from like 1995 to 2004-ish type cars.
A lot of JDM cars featured hotboi style cues.
Now, as time has progressed,
that has kind of grown from just being
sort of like an aesthetically pleasing design drift car,
to just being an aesthetically pleasing car to look at.
Hotboi cars are something that have gotten
really popular in current times.
You can see them all across Instagram
and pretty much what we have to kind of break it down
from definition,
is a car that's meant to look aesthetically pleasing
for the biggest group of people you could possibly imagine.
But hotboi as a definition is actually kind of like
a difficult term to coin,
because so many people think of it in a different way.
They're going see that
other people define hotboi differently
and we understand that it's something that
other people take differently depending on who you are,
what you like to drive and what you use your car for.
But the way that we see it is
that hotboi is going to be coming down
to something where you're pretty much building a car
to get attention
and to get the audience of a big group of people.
The primary focus of it is really to just kind of enjoy it
and go to car shows.
There's going to be really no heavy motor modification,
there's not going to be a whole lot of heavy,
pretty much anything else but the aesthetics and cosmetics.
Now does that make it "rice"?
That's probably the biggest question that
a lot of people ask us is,
well isn't hotboi just rice?
And, no it's not, because a lot of people back in the day
when you look at hotboi from its initial definition
from the drifting community and things like that,
it was essentially just a way to kind of express yourself
within the art of what you were doing with your car.
The point of hotboi is to get a lot of attention,
whether passively or trying to do it actively.
But hotboi is turned almost into a style.
I mean, you can see it with like the Supreme and the Yeezy
and the hats and the hair and all that sort of stuff.
You can see it that it's turned into
more of like a lifestyle
and it's this look that you're trying
to achieve rather than much else.
Now this is where people get mad
because originally the hotboi style is much different than
what a lot of car show hotboi guys I guess, or gals,
would say that it's technically used for.
It's kind of weird because it almost falls within
the term of rice but rice isn't that.
And we're not even going to get into the definition of rice
because that starts a whole (static noise) storm of debate
and we don't really want to do that.
So is hotboi popular?
Absolutely.
Hotboi has become probably one of the most popular styles
within a car and you can see that on Instagram,
at car shows, throughout the meets,
different communities and things like that.
I mean, it is a very popular thing that's going on right now
and by all means, it doesn't actually look that bad.
You can tell that people love the hotboi look.
You can see it on the Instagram likes and the comments
and the people that are dropping emojis
that I didn't even know existed on my phone.
You know that people enjoy it.
The thing that's interesting about hotboi though is that it
has a very vocal presence against people that are against it
because people just don't like the fact that
people are building cars to get attention.
And just remember, a hotboi car can be done just probably
as well as any other style of build,
whether you're building a car for track or autocross
or car shows or drag strips or anything in between.
You can do something well
and you can do something improperly.
You're going to see a lot of hotboi cars
that are done very, very well.
You have the crazy wraps with the huge wings and the decals
and all that sort of stuff and the good wheels
and everything that's looking 10 out of 10
and you're going to look at that car
and you're going to say "Wow, that is really cool."
There's going to be some cars that you look at
that are going to have bashed up fenders
that have absolutely no idea what they're doing
and it's scraping all over the place
and they're saying it's hotboi
because they haven't figured out how
to dial in their coilovers.
You're probably going to get that side of the fence too.
The point of the matter is if you enjoy hotboi style,
or if you don't enjoy hotboi style,
it doesn't really matter.
There are certain people that are about it
because of where it came from
and there are certain people about it
because it's just fun to do.
And if you're doing something for fun
and you enjoy doing it, then why the (static noise) not?
I mean, we're not here to judge
because we've seen people build different types of cars
for different types of things.
I mean, different strokes for different folks.
It's kind of like the technical term
that I would say about it, but hey, we love everybody.
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We hope you guys enjoy this video.
We will see you later.
Peace.