Dog days Dog days The dog days or are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck. They are now taken to be the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The English name is a calque of the Latin "" (."the puppy days"), itself a calque of the Greek "kynádes hēmérai" (, "dog days"). The Greeks knew the star α Canis Majoris by several names, including Sirius (,
Summer Special: Pinocchio / Hot Summer Summer Special: Pinocchio / Hot Summer "Summer Special: Pinocchio / Hot Summer" is the first Japanese physical single by South Korean girl group f(x). The single was recorded in 2011 and released on July 22, 2015 by Avex Trax. A teaser video for the music video of Hot Summer was released on August 1, 2012, via Avex's official YouTube channel. The full video subsequently appeared online a few days later on August 5, 2012. The video is set in a desert, with pink and white star shaped props and pink cotton candy as clouds in the background. The video begins