Dear Synonym, Any of the following would work, but a native speaker would still use " hot ". Its now the ( popular, in demand, sought-after, in favor, fashionable, in vogue, in, now, hip, trendy, cool ) topic for all those whom I meet these days. Hope this helps, John
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