Watch Caroline Polachek Rock Out to “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings” on Kimmel

Indie darling-turned-certified future-pop diva Caroline Polachek appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday night, and she brought her very own cliffside. Performing her ‘80s-tinged, amorous single “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings,” Polachek spun around on a boulder and offered some of her subtle choreography. She looked a bit like Nancy Sinatra meets Annabel Lee, complete with nautical-looking ropes hanging from her black jumpsuit, dewy hair and cowboy boots.

Midway through the performance, she emphatically hits a button, cuing the vocals-turned-guitar-solo bridge. You can almost imagine waves crashing as Polachek crawls about the rock and beckons a potential lover to “show [her] the banana.” When you remember, “oh, this song is about having a crush,” you’re already fully pulled into the drama of the production, the mythologized approach Polachek takes to embellishing love’s commonalities.