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A Complex original series

Off The Record

Off The Record logo — a microphone inside a stopwatch

From Jamaica to across the globe we pull up, hang out and go behind the scenes with Caribbean + International artistes and creatives... then we put them in the hot seat.

5 random, funny or wild questions. 60 seconds on the clock. Vertical, unfiltered, made for your feed.

Hot seat

Think you can do it?

5 random questions. 60 seconds. Answer out loud, then smash next.

60s

05

Questions

Random, funny, wild. Sometimes all three.

60

Seconds

The clock doesn't care about your PR team.

00

Edits

Off the record means no take-backs. (Mostly.)

Your hosts

Two mics. Zero chill.

Host & creator

The Bougie Brat

Asks the question you were thinking.

Co-host

China Leta

Asks the one you weren't.

Plus surprise co-hosts along the way.

The format

Two ways we roll

On location · Day in the life

The Hangout & BTS

Studio sessions, day-in-the-life link-ups, and raw backstage moments wherever the culture is.

📍 Kingston📍 Port of Spain📍 NYC📍 London📍 Toronto📍 + wherever

The challenge

The 60-Second Hot Seat

5 rapid-fire questions, guests try to beat the clock, limited edits, no filter.

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Get in the hot seat

Think you can survive 60 seconds?

Artistes, creatives, managers... put yourself or your client forward for an episode.

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