Ikea's singing objects return to promote the brand's storage solutions

French ad by Buzzman sees household furnishings performing 'It's Oh So Quiet'—till the family comes home

Published On
Feb 05, 2020

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It seems singing household objects is a method that's working well for Ikea: recently we saw ornaments rapping to an original grime track in the retailer's hilarious Christmas ad Silence the Critics from Mother London, and now here's a spot from Buzzman in France that sees all manner of storage solutions breaking into song.

The ad promotes Ikea's Platsa storage range, and uses the tune "It's Oh So Quiet," a cover of the German tune "Und jetzt ist es still" first performed in English by Betty Hutton and later made popular by Bjork. Here, however the song is "sung" by home objects including drawers, storage boxes, cupboards, baskets and kids' toy chests, as they wait for (at the chorus) a noisy, messy family to return home.

Directed by Canada, via production company Diplomats, it's running on TV and on digital in 20 and 30 second formats. While not perhaps quite as original as the Mother effort, it's a worthy addition to the Ikea canon (and it's yet another ad in which the humor stems from inanimate objects singing—recent examples include a W&K London spot for Mybuilder in which homes channel Tom Jones as well as a trailer for the Great British Bake Off that saw ugly cakes singing "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera).

Credits

Date
Feb 05, 2020
Client :
Ikea (France)
Agency :
Buzzman
Country Marketing Director :
Stéphanie Jourdain
External Communication Manager :
Carole Feleppa
Advertising & Visual Identity Manager :
Isabelle Denizou
President and Executive Creative Director :
Georges Mohammed-Cherif
Vice – President :
Thomas Granger
Managing Director :
Julien Levilain
Creative Director :
Sebastien Partika
Creative Director :
Tristan Daltroff
Creative Director :
Louis Audard
Art Director :
Louis Audard
Copywriter :
Tristan Daltroff
Associate Director :
Isaure Goetz
Account Manager :
Clémence Gateau
Account Executive :
Agathe Coquillon
Head of Strategic Planning :
Clément Scherrer
Social Media Consultant :
Félix Brunot
Social Media Consultant :
Juliette Batte
Head of PR & Communication :
Amélie Juillet
PR & Communication Manager :
Paul Renaudineau
Rights Management :
Dee Perryman
Head of TV Production :
Vanessa Barbel
Production :
Diplomats
Sound Production :
Schmooze
Director :
Canada
Post Production :
Mathematics
Music Supervisor :
Too Young

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