Nikki Minaj Finds the Snapchat Ghost Cheating With Her Man in T-Mobile Ad

Is This the First Commercial Featuring an Anthropomorphized App?

Published On
Sep 09, 2016

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Ghostface Chillah the Snapchat ghost steals this new T-Mobile commercial that also stars Nikki Minaj.

Ghostface doesn't say anything but makes all the classic emoji faces -- open-mouth smile, winky face with tongue out, cool-with-shades -- while sitting at a table in a restaurant with a guy named Steven. The idea is that Steven is two-timing Minaj with Snapchat, because his Verizon data plan won't let him stream the rap star's videos and play with the messaging app all day.

"You've been streaming my videos all morning, now you're with this thing?" Ms. Minaj -- who shows up unnannounced -- says in the spot, by Publicis Seattle, which is called "The Love Triangle."

Minaj then leaves with the floating Snapchat app logo, saying it's time they find someone with unlimited data. That's where T-Mobile fits in, because it recently updated its payment plans, which it claims are "truly unlimited."

This could be the first commercial featuring an anthropomorphized app.

Credits

Date
Sep 09, 2016
Brand :
T-Mobile
Client :
T-Mobile
Chief Creative Officer :
Andrew Christou
Senior Vice President, Group Account Director :
Adam Thomason
Director, Integrated Production :
Corey Bartha
Head of Production :
Adam Oliver
Creative Director :
Earl Wallace IV
Creative Director :
Rob Kleckner
Agency :
Publicis-Seattle
Broadcast Producer :
Wade Harpootlian
Account Supervisor :
Victor Wise
Head of Business Affairs :
Deb Groth
Business Affairs Manager :
Maureen Doyle
Advertising and Brand Manager :
Peter DeLuca
Vice President, National Brand Leader :
Trish Cox
Advertising Director :
Ronan O'Mahony
Production Company :
Caviar
Director :
Ruben Fleischer
Executive Producer, Managing Partner :
Jasper Thomlinson
Executive Producer, Managing Partner :
Michael Sagol
Producer :
Omar Bustos
Head of Production :
Kelly Bowen
Director, Photography :
Jo Willems
Editorial Company :
ARCADE
Color :
Company 3
Animation :
Timber
Mix :
Eleven Sound
Executive Vice President, Executive Creative Director :
Jason Lucas

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