The New York Lottery made actual heavy metal tracks for a scratch-off game with a confusing name
McCann and JSM Music created songs for nonexistent rock group 'Black Titanium'
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If the name “Black Titanium” conjures images of superheroes or memories of that one Sia song from 2011, you’re not alone. The New York Lottery‘s new campaign plays up the (intentionally?) confusing name of its scratch-off game, with suggestions that it might be a high-end cologne or a cutting-edge smartphone—or the heaviest of heavy metal bands.
A TV spot from McCann and directed by Matt Aselton via Arts & Sciences takes the premise to its absurd extreme. As they rock out on stage, the members of Black Titanium begin dropping to the ground, unable to support the weight of instruments actually made from heavy metals.
If the strident chords please your ears, check out the real heavy metal songs created for the campaign by JSM Music and available to stream on Spotify. “Hot Cash” rhapsodizes about the $10 million top prize that’s “aching for the taking.”
“Fat Stack City” ramps up the pace with pounding guitar riffs backing screaming vocals that proclaim “tonight’s my lucky night.” Sure, these are ads, as some of the songs admit, but they feel genuine given how commercial so much of early ‘80s rock is in hindsight.
“Don’t Play With Fire” takes a darker turn, cautioning players against spending more than they can afford on lottery tickets and directing them to the New York Lottery’s addiction hotline if they need help.
Credits
- Date
- Oct 15, 2019
- Client :
- New York Lottery
- Agency :
- McCann Worldgroup-New York
- North American Chief Creative Officer :
- Eric Silver
- McCann New York Chief Creative Officer :
- Sean Bryan
- McCann New York Chief Creative Officer :
- Tom Murphy
- EVP Executive Creative Director :
- Mat Bisher
- VP Group Creative Director :
- Jason Ashlock
- VP Group Creative Director :
- Dominick Baccollo
- Creative Director :
- Emily Salas
- Creative Director :
- Tyler Gonerka
- Junior Art Director :
- Hailey Lawrence
- Junior Copywriter :
- Jack McNamara
- Chief Production Officer :
- Nathy Aviram
- VP Executive Producer :
- Chance Bassett
- SVP Executive Integrated Music Producer :
- Eric David Johnson aka DJ Bunny Ears
- Music Producer :
- Dan Gross
- Music Business Manager :
- Jamie Jou
- Business Manager :
- Natalie Hernandez
- EVP Executive Account Director :
- Scot Beck
- VP Account Director :
- Caroline Fuller
- Account Supervisor :
- Molly Vossler
- Account Executive :
- Ellery Gitkin
- Account Executive :
- Carolyn Martin
- Assistant Account Executive :
- Jessica Foster
- VP Strategy Director :
- Laura Frank
- VP Communications Planning Director :
- Michael Goldstein
- Project Manager :
- Michael Gonzalez
- Production Company :
- Arts & Sciences
- Director :
- Matt Aselton
- Executive Producer :
- John Benson
- Producer :
- Zoe Odlum
- Production Supervisor :
- Tracy Zukowski
- Director of Photography :
- Darren Lew
- Production Designer :
- Mark Newell
- Edit Company :
- MackCut
- Editor :
- Gavin Cutler
- Executive Producer :
- Gina Pagano
- Assistant Editor :
- Alyce Muhammad
- Music Company :
- Future Perfect
- Audio Post Company :
- MackCut
- Mix by :
- Sam Shaffer
- VFX Company :
- Framestore
- Executive Producer :
- Sarah Hiddlestone
- Colorist :
- Tim Masick
- Color :
- CO3
- CEO/CCO :
- Joel Simon
- Exec. Producer :
- Jeff Fiorello
- Producer :
- Andrew Manning
- Producer :
- Norm Felker
- Composer :
- Joel Simon
- Composer :
- Becca Riter
- Composer :
- Seamus Kilmartin
- Composer :
- Nathanial Morgan
- Composer :
- Jason Krebs
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