Snap will make its Super Bowl debut with a shorter version of the commercial it aired during the Grammy Awards, which portrays the app as a positive alternative to typical social media.
The company will run a 30-second version of the spot, titled “Less social media. More Snapchat,” after running a one-minute version of the spot at the Sunday awards show, a Snap representative told Ad Age.
The Super Bowl commercial starts with a fast-paced montage of social media users chasing “Likes” with increasingly desperate attempts for attention. It then says, “Less likes. More love,” and turns to scenes of activities on Snap, which appear more wholesome. The spot plays on themes that Snap has been hammering since its founding in 2012, positioning the chat app as a more private platform where messages don’t trend publicly, rewarding posters with “Likes.”