Heineken lets people blend music genres in Asia-wide campaign
The Chainsmokers, plus Vietnamese and Malaysian artists, will lend their music to the campaign
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Heineken is embracing the global appeal of music for its newest ad campaign that will be running across Asia.
Known as “Refresh Your Music, Refresh Your Nights,” the cross-cultural campaign puts its spotlight on the group The Chainsmokers but will also utilize a number of artists—and platforms, including a marquee animated video and integrations with Spotify—in a bid to help consumers expand their musical horizons.
In addition to the American electropop duo, Heineken has tapped local artists Thu Minh and Karik, both from Vietnam, and Yunohoo and NYK, who hail from Malaysia, to “refresh” The Chainsmokers’ songs in their respective musical styles for the campaign, the Dutch brewing giant said in a statement.
“We are very excited to have The Chainsmokers and four equally talented Asian artists come together to create this music experience for Heineken fans,” said Rajeev Sathyesh, Asia-Pacific regional brand director for Heineken.
The new international campaign is the brainchild of ad agencies in at least four countries: it was developed by Le Pub, the Publicis Groupe-owned agency headquartered in the Netherlands that was created to service Heineken, in collaboration with other Publicis Groupe agencies BBH Singapore, Leo Burnett Malaysia and Leo Burnett Vietnam.
Iris Singapore captained the campaign’s regional PR and influencer strategies, with the bulk of media handled by Dentsu and Publicis’ Boomerang.
As part of “Refresh Your Music, Refresh Your Nights,” consumers in Malaysia can access the Spotify Playlist Refresher via Heineken’s online Refresh Hub, which will allow them and a friend to co-create a joint playlist that encourages users to discover new songs, artists and genres.
Similarly, in Vietnam, users can use the same online portal to enjoy Spotify’s Refresh Playlist feature, giving listeners the ability to select their favorite genre of music and blend it with another (think “Razz,” a combination of jazz and rap, or “Punk-Pop,” which fuses punk and K-pop, for example).
And for the campaign’s “grand finale” in December, Heineken said, The Chainsmokers and the four other Asian artists involved in the campaign will perform a pair of shows for fans on the continent.
The two concerts will be held on Dec. 9 and 10 in Genting Highlands, Malaysia—a resort area northeast of Kuala Lumpur—and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, respectively, with the local musicians performing their renditions of The Chainsmokers’ songs live on stage alongside the Grammy-winning artists.
For fans who can’t make it, the performances will also be livestreamed for free via the Refresh Hub.
Credits
- Date
- Oct 20, 2022
- Client :
- Heineken
- Agency :
- Le Pub
- Agency :
- BBH Singapore
- Agency :
- Leo Burnett-Vietnam
- Global Senior Director :
- Bram Westenbrink
- Brand Director :
- Rajeev Sathyesh
- Global Digital Development Manager :
- Pearly Lim Mei Sze
- Global Communication Manager :
- Tanya Lubis
- Global PR Lead :
- Jonathan O’Lone
- Business Development and Trade Marketing Manager :
- Josephine Tan
- Global CEO :
- Bruno Bertelli
- Executive Creative Director :
- Cyril Louis
- International Coordination Creative Director :
- Guy Lewis
- Associate Creative Director :
- Livio Gerosa
- Chief Client Officer :
- Anthony Wong
- Global Business Director :
- Elianne Vermeulen
- Global Business Director :
- Natalie Hellon
- Global Senior Account Director :
- Francesca Baldrighi
- Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer :
- Charles Laporte Aust
- Global Director Experience and Innovation :
- Francois Rousseau
- Global Strategy Director :
- James Moore
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Sascha Kuntze
- Group Creative Director :
- Gaston Soto
- Group Creative Director :
- Nikhil Panjwani
- Art Director :
- Christine Lim
- Business Director :
- Manavi Sharma
- Senior Account Executive :
- Angel Fadila
- Strategy Director :
- Ruth Lim
- Strategist :
- Cheryl Koh
- Head of Production :
- Wendi Chong
- Producer :
- Derri Ng
- Senior Animation Artist :
- Beverly Ng
- Chief Executive Officer :
- Kate Bayona-Garcia
- Group Managing Director of Communications :
- Anish Kotian
- Deputy Managing Director :
- Simon Breen
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Paolo Garcia
- Executive Creative Director :
- Chandu Rajapreyar
- Associate Creative Director :
- Yen Dang
- Associate Creative Director :
- Raven Ngo
- Associate Creative Director :
- Linh Le
- Art Director :
- Kit Tik
- Art Director :
- Danielle Tingcungco
- Art Director :
- Marvin Ramos
- Copywriter :
- An Tran
- Copywriter :
- Chau Huynh
- Copywriter :
- Duyen Phan
- Account Director :
- Vu Tuan Thanh
- Senior Account Manager :
- Tracy Thu Tran
- Senior Account Manager :
- Phung Vo
- Senior Account Executive :
- Huong Le
- Account Executive :
- Ngoc Tram Tran
- Account Assistant :
- Van Anh Pham
- Account Assistant :
- Vo Huynh Hoang Nhi
- Senior Strategist :
- Tim Denley
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Emir Shafri
- Executive Creative Director :
- Iska Hashim
- Associate Creative Director :
- David HK Tan
- Sr Copywriter :
- Vickknesh Raj
- Jr Copywriter :
- Jing Jie Chang
- Designer :
- Diyana Yusof
- Chief Strategy Officer :
- Andrew Michau
- Managing Director :
- Firzan Mulafer
- Business Director :
- Irene Kuan
- Account Manager :
- Cheryl Pinto
- Chief Technology Officer :
- Robin Sue
- Executive Digital Producer :
- Gensy Chong
- Digital Producer :
- Eting Chang
- Technical Manager :
- Aaron Woon
- Animation :
- Le Cube
- Director :
- Ralph Karam
- Executive Producer :
- Gus Karam
- Executive Producer :
- Fernanda Soma
- Executive Producer :
- Eva Amuchastegui
- Executive Producer :
- Yanyie Tran
- Line Producer :
- Sofia Arissian
- Line Producer :
- Eric Zheng
- Animation Director :
- Federico Radero
- Art Director :
- Santiago Oddis
- Illustrator :
- Lucas Andreu
- Illustrator :
- Gianluca Patti
- Illustrator :
- Emilia Calvo
- Illustrator :
- Alejandro Durty Gonzalez
- Illustrator :
- Jose Elgueta
- Illustrator :
- Nahuel Sagarnaga
- Illustrator :
- Juan Barabani
- Illustrator :
- Nahuel Rollan
- Compositing Supervisor :
- Adrián Mirandeborde
- Compositing :
- Fernando Lamattina
- Compositing :
- Alcides Izaguirre
- Compositing :
- Lui Nogueira
- 2D Animation :
- Appétit
- 3D Modeling :
- Lui Nogueira
- 3D Modeling :
- Fernando Lamattina
- 3D Modeling :
- Agostina Carrera
- 3D Modeling :
- Leo Dias
- 3D Modeling :
- Juan Martin Miyagui
- Clean-up Supervisor :
- Laura Desmery
- Clean-up :
- Appétit
- Clean-up :
- Facundo García
- Clean-up :
- Juan Natch
- Clean-up :
- Julieta Soloaga
- Clean-up :
- Melisa Pighin
- Clean-up :
- Clara Chini
- Clean-up :
- Marcela Chiban
- Clean-up :
- Nicolas Quintar Riboli
- Production :
- Final Frontier
- Audio Production :
- Massive Music
- Global Director of Clients & Partners :
- Luc Van Stiphout
- Senior Consultant :
- Edo van Duijn
- Senior Account Director :
- Anjali Nazarenko
- Account Director :
- Ella Chevasco
- Account Manager :
- Tristan Leopold
- Creative Music Producer :
- Friso Hoekstra
- Music Curator :
- Emilie Kannekens
- Music Curator :
- Casper Nederhand
- Digital Production :
- Digitas
- General Manager :
- Julian Brzoska
- Technical Director :
- Vo Hoang Nguyen
- Technical Project Manager :
- Luong Chi Cuong
- Technical Executive :
- Ho Minh Duc
- Data Analytics :
- Nguyen Tuan Anh
- Event Production :
- ALDA
- Founder and Director :
- Allan Hardenberg
- Chief Operating Officer :
- Dennis de Bruin
- PR :
- Iris
- Managing Director :
- Andy Cairns
- Executive Creative Director :
- Cristina 'Tin' Sanchez
- PR Account Director :
- Khushboo Tanna
- Content Strategy Director :
- Yingting Low
- Creative Team :
- Miguel Escobar
- Creative Team :
- Daniel Aung
- Social Media Manager :
- Jasmine Yeo
- Junior PR Executive :
- Sharanjeet Kaur
- Media :
- Dentsu
- Global Client Director :
- Kate Hinz
- Global Account Director :
- Cyrielle Eutrope
- Global Strategic Digital Director :
- Ricardo Lopes
- Global Strategy Partner :
- Richard Wright
- Senior Global Account Manager :
- Maria Lekka
- Senior Campaign Manager :
- Lisa Van Vliet
- Global Client Manager :
- Tijana Vukovic
- Digital Campaign Manager :
- Yuxun Zhang
- Digital Trader :
- Teddy Tan
- Digital Campaign Executive :
- Martina Di Marzio
- Chief Commercial Officer :
- Alexander Veltman
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Eldin Fetahovic
- Chief Production Officer :
- Fikret Fetahovic
- Project Manager :
- Arnaud Muller
- Post Producer :
- Lina Joukhadar
- Digital Producer :
- Anna Potashkina
- Dynamic Templater & Editor :
- Gerard Milling
- Dynamic Asset Manager :
- Daria Iakovenko
- Dynamic Asset Manager :
- Daan Specht
- Global Account Director :
- Wayne Cowden
- Creative Director :
- Justin Cheong
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