“High Fidelity,” beginning Friday on Hulu, is a terrifically cool show that gets awfully far on vibes alone, thanks in large part to a mesmerizing lead performance from Zoë Kravitz. She’s so good, in fact, that it’s almost impossible to believe she can’t find someone to love her exactly as-is. I’d say “warts and all,” but come on: Those are artful tattoos and elegant beauty marks.

Kravitz stars as Rob, the same list-making record store owner first seen in Nick Hornby’s novel and later played by John Cusack in the 2000 movie. The role is gender-swapped here, and Kravitz’s Rob (short for Robyn in this version) has also had at least one same-sex relationship. She smokes weed often and cigarettes constantly; her drink is a whiskey neat or bodega coffee; she dresses like Kramer on “Seinfeld” with the addition of sheer bras; and she runs a scrappy record store in Brooklyn. She’s also nursing a broken heart: Her fiancé broke up with her about a year ago, and she’s still spiraling, whether she admits it or not.

As in the book and movie, Rob embarks on quest of ostensible self-discovery by getting in touch with partners responsible for her “desert-island, all-time Top 5 most memorable heartbreaks,” though she doesn’t start this exact project until the end of Episode 3. No one from her past seems remotely on her level, and even her new love interest, Clyde (Jake Lacy, perhaps ringing more “Girls” bells than the show would want), seems hokey in comparison.