Hypersonic / Sex-Mas

"Hypersonic / Sex-Mas" is a double A-side single by porno-pop singer Lucas Brandt. It is Lucas' debut single, released on December 19th, Christmas week 2011. "Hypersonic" is a cover of a song by Elice Claire, which Lucas first sang live on URAPS Idol, and later recorded for the season's cast album "URAPS Idol 12: The Dirtiest Hits". The other half of the single, "Sex-Mas", is a pornographic Christmas song. Neither song was included on Lucas' 2012 studio album "World War Sex".

Background
"Hypersonic" was written by Elice Claire, and was a featured album track on Elice's debut album "Strictly Confidential" The theme for week 3 of URAPS Idol 12 was Elice Claire songs, and Lucas performed "Hypersonic" on the show. It was Lucas' final performance on the show, as he was eliminated that week. Lucas then worked with producer Diamond Cut to record the song for the cast album "URAPS Idol 12: The Dirtiest Hits", which featured studio versions of the top 12's greatest performances from the show. In December, Lucas announced that he was releasing his cover of the song as the third single from the Idol compilation, and that he was coupling it with a Christmas-themed song called "Sex-Mas" that was written by Lucas and produced by Fedde Le Grand. To release the single, Lucas signed a one-off deal with Blacklight Records, but was handled mainly by Jean-Luc because Gabriel would have nothing to do with him.

Reception
Critics were bemused by Lucas' heavily autotuned vocals on "Hypersonic", but "Sex-Mas" was the beginning of the critics' loath affair with Lucas. Critics hated how ridiculously vulgar and explicit Lucas' lyrics were, and wondered how he'd ever been allowed a platform to broadcast such filth. The public were a little more receptive to Lucas' music, having already experienced the likes of Brett Clarkson and Bella-May. The single became a popular choice to be a decent hit upon release, in the race for Christmas #1, although it was never a contender (Lucas believed he had no competition for #1 however). Radio at large would not touch either song, as they received very low amounts of airplay. Digitally, the single didn't connect either; the majority of its sales would all come from physical units.

Hypersonic
The video opens with a shot of Lucas (typically) in his underwear, leaning against a graffiti-covered brick wall. He tries to look sexy for the camera as he sings the opening verse to the song, writhing against the wall and flexing his muscles. There are plenty of gratuitous shots of his abs. The other scene we’re given at this point is Lucas at a wet t-shirt contest for some Spring Break celebration in Miami. He’s singing the verse as he ‘hypes’ up the crowd by stripping off his shirt (wait – he owns a shirt?!). In typical Lucas fashion he begins unlacing his shorts but the camera cuts away before he can drop them. When we reach the second verse we’re taken to a new scene; an office building where a good-looking male office worker is sitting at his desk when the floor starts to shake. We see objects shaking and falling all over the place, and people reacting in confusion and panic. Cut to outside where a blue spandex-wearing superhero is swinging around a giant lizard by the fail, smacking it against the road and causing the earth to quake. Zoom in on the superhero, and we see that it’s Lucas, who looks over at the male office work with a grin. The office guy does not look impressed. Intercut are performance shots of Lucas leaning against the office wall.

Still more performance shots; Lucas is in front of a white wall this time, and the camera pans up and down alternating between his face and his abs. Superhero Lucas meanwhile throws the giant lizard thing out into space then hovers down in front of the office window to try and impress the office guy, trying to look powerful and mighty. He still fails though as the office guy just draws the blinds, leaving Lucas dejected and confused (the guy’s not used to ‘no’ as an answer) so he just sits down on the ledge outside the office building. The office stud appears out on the street, and holds up a piece of paper with writing on it. Lucas uses his ‘super telescopic vision’ to read it, finding out that the guy couldn’t show interest while on the job, but that he wanted to invite Lucas out for a drink. Lucas grins and salutes before flying off. We later see Lucas in casual dress at a bar with the office guy, with Lucas treating the guy to tales of his heroics (grossly exaggerated, but it seems to be working since they’re both drunk). Gratuitous nudity in the performance shots here; but Lucas is thankfully covering himself with his shorts even though he should be wearing them.

Lucas and office guy make a scene when they begin to make out right in the middle of the bar, inhibitions completely shattered. In the background paparazzi are taking pictures of the ‘big hero’ and his mystery man. Lucas pays no attention to any of them as he flies the guy back to his apartment. They don’t even seem to part mouths as the guy fumbles with the door to let them both inside. The song is ending so we don’t get to see any more – just the door closing in the camera’s face. Performance shots during this last part of the song see Lucas lounging on a bed, running his hands over his muscles (and the front of his jeans, but thankfully he doesn’t unbutton them).

Sex-Mas
The video opens to a shot of Lucas’ face outside. He ‘speaks’ the opening phrases of the song to the camera with a cocky grin, laughing. When the first verse begins, the camera pulls back to show him dancing around in the snow and singing while performing a strip-tease on camera. Another scene during the verse is Lucas in just a pair of pink briefs sitting underneath a Christmas tree looking pouty and moody at the camera as he sings. We see flashes of a dark-lit basement with Lucas (in the same pink briefs) strung up in a sling and a ball-gag in his mouth. We see him struggling, with close-ups on the flexing of his muscles. Throughout all of this we see a number of good-looking men all at their letterboxes (shirtless of course). Each of them opens their letterbox to pull out a postcard with Lucas’ picture on it. The postcards are invitations to a Sex-Mas orgy that Lucas is holding, with instructions on how to get to Lucas’ place written on the back of each card. The guys are each shown smiling as they accept their invitations. We see the image of Lucas from the postcard winking as it drops past the screen to a scene change.

We now see Lucas in the middle of a street, fully clothed. This is the scene featured on the artwork for the single. As Lucas sings the second verse, we see him performing another strip-tease for the camera as he backs away from the camera, ditching his Puma t-shirt. We cut to Lucas looking through the window of his house, waiting for his guests to arrive. Meanwhile in the street scene, Lucas is still stripping - dropping his jeans so he is left in just a black jockstrap. Snowflakes frost over the screen right as he turns around to walk away, before his backside becomes visible. The other scene we’re given during this part of the song is a workshop – it looks like Santa’s workshop, however there are no elves present. Just Lucas (with his lack of shirt, once again) propped up on a workbench with a young man his age standing between his legs. The two men are making out, and Lucas won’t let the guy unbutton his jeans, with a smirk and a whispered ‘not yet’, which makes the guy smile. Through the window, we see the Sex-Mas guests beginning to arrive.

Lucas is lying back on his bed staring at the clock; now he’s in a pair of yellow underwear. His lover is elsewhere in the house, greeting all of the guests for the Sex-Mas orgy and promising that Lucas will be down shortly. While he waits to make his entrance the guests are all playing a game of ‘pin the sex toy on India Reeves’ (conveniently when her namedrop occurs in the song) but the game is cut short when Lucas appears on the staircase. He’s only shown from the waist up but it’s implied that he’s naked and everyone is staring at the size of his equipment. We see more shots of Lucas under the Christmas tree, only this time the camera pulls back to show some of the Sex-Mas guests performing a dance routine around the tree (unsurprisingly, shirts do not exist). As the song winds down, the guests one by one head upstairs to the bedroom, and Lucas follows behind them all. He turns around and gives a cocky smirk to the camera as he closes the door. For the final spoken part of the song, we see Lucas on the roof in a red velvet jockstrap and a Santa hat. The camera pans up to a shot of the moon, with the words ‘MERRY SEX-MAS’ layered on top of it.

Chart Performance
"Hypersonic / Sex-Mas" charted at #6; due to inflated Christmas week sales, the single sold 74,912 copies in its first week alone. It is tied with the Afrika Rose duet "Down My Throat" as Lucas' highest peaking single, but is his lowest-selling single overall. Airplay for both tracks was minimal, as were digital sales; but mainly due to its opening being so large, the single was able to reach silver certification. Neither song was released in America, as Lucas has not pushed any of his material to the States despite being American himself.

Chart Run
TOTAL: 133,365
 * Week 1: #6 - 74,912
 * Week 2: #14 - 26,878
 * Week 3: #21 - 17,816
 * Week 4: #33 - 7,634
 * Week 5: #34 - 6,125