Watch Elton John steal the show in Doritos’ Super Bowl commercial
The ad imagines Jack Harlow as a prolific triangle player
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Rapper Jack Harlow finds fame as a triangle player only to see Elton John win the acclaim in Doritos’ Super Bowl ad.
The 60-second spot from Goodby Silverstein & Partners will run during the second quarter of the game.
The ad plays into Doritos’ “Try Another Angle” positioning that draws from the snack’s shape and encourages fans to see things differently.
The spot shows a frustrated Harlow in the recording studio finding inspiration by seeing a triangle through a Doritos chip. Scenes race to show Harlow performing with a triangle on stage, teaching the instrument to school children, a mob outside a music store where triangles have sold out, triangle fashions, and Harlow hawking his own cologne, Triangle by Harlow.
All is well for Harlow until an awards show, when the "Triangle Player of the Year" award goes to Elton John, who is shown playing an enormous triangle with mallets.
The spot includes appearances by rapper Missy Elliott; radio personality and producer Sway Calloway, and his co-anchor Heather B. Angie Yadao-Payad, who won the brand’s TikTok dance competition, also appears in the commercial. The brand says the competition drew more than 1 million videos in three days, "making it Doritos' most successful TikTok activation to date."
The campaign includes a connection with Decentraland where Doritos states it will give fans the chance to "produce and record their own triangle-inspired beats," making it "the first brand to recreate its Super Bowl commercial in the metaverse."
Doritos is also seeking Twitter engagement by asking people to scan an image in a Doritos tweet on game day to generate their own unique QR code and then tweet it out with a special hashtag (#DoritosTriangleScheme and #Entry) with the goal of getting followers to join. Then the brand will give out prizes to people who lure the most participants, including a $25,000 grand prize.
Credits
- Date
- Feb 09, 2023
- Client :
- Doritos
- Agency :
- Goodby Silverstein & Partners
- CEO :
- Steven Williams
- Chief Marketing Officer :
- Brett O'Brien
- Senior Vice President :
- Stacy Taffet
- Senior Director :
- Courtney Larson
- Director Brand Marketing :
- Marlowe Williams
- Manager Brand Marketing :
- McCallen Moser
- Director Strategic Insights :
- Brodie Dunn
- Senior Director Brand Communications :
- Dan Cohen
- Director Brand Communications :
- Ashley Capps
- Associate Manager Brand Communications :
- Lindsey Smith
- Senior Director Media :
- Amanda Corral
- Senior Director Trademark/Legal :
- Jeanette Zimmer
- Senior Director Corporate Legal :
- Charlie Boehler
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Margaret Johnson
- Creative Director :
- Eamonn Dixon
- Creative Director :
- Stefan Copiz
- Associate Creative Director :
- Chase Doutre
- Associate Creative Director :
- Danny O'Connor
- Copywriter :
- Pedro Furtado
- Art Director :
- Fabio Santoro
- Head of Production :
- Jim Haight
- Executive Producer :
- Sara Ward
- Senior Producer :
- Alexei Vanmourik
- Managing Partner :
- Brian McPherson
- Group Account Director :
- Chris Nilsen
- Account Director :
- Liza Chedrick
- Account Manager :
- Camille LeJeune
- Assistant Account Manager :
- Sara Young
- Partner Head of Brand Strategy :
- Bonnie Wan
- Partner Head of Communication Strategy :
- Christine Chen
- Group Director Communications Strategy :
- Caitlin Neelon
- Group Director Brand Strategy :
- Ralph Paone
- Director Brand Strategy :
- Cassidy Wilber
- Director Communications Strategy :
- Jacob Sperla
- Brand Strategist :
- Kelly Kikuchi
- Communications Strategist :
- Mahima Silwal
- Director of Business Affairs :
- Judy Ybarra
- Senior Business Affairs Manager :
- Annie Holmgren
- Trafficking Manager :
- Rowena Cuejilo
- Executive Design Director :
- Ryan Self
- Designer :
- Fernando Salvador Hoyos
- President Music Entertainment & Culture :
- Emma Quigley
- Vice President Music Entertainment & Culture :
- Michael Monahan
- Owner :
- Danielle Vadai
- President :
- Barry Rosen
- PR :
- Ketchum PR
- Vice President Group Manager :
- Travis Culver
- Vice President :
- Brooke Brandenborg
- Managing Account Supervisor :
- Natalie Houck-Meloni
- Account Supervisor :
- Kelsey Kolisek
- Production Company :
- Hungry Man
- Director :
- Wayne McClammy
- Managing Director/ Partner :
- Mino Jarjoura
- Head of Sales/Executive Producer :
- Dan Duffy
- Executive Producer :
- Rick Jarjoura
- Production Supervisor :
- Yuki Wakano
- Director of Photography :
- Dion Beebe
- Production Designer :
- Robb Buono
- Post Production :
- The Den Editorial
- Senior Editor :
- Christjan Jordan
- Editor :
- Matthew Hilber
- Additional Editor :
- Pieter Viljoen
- Additional Editor :
- Andrew Leggett
- Assistant Editor :
- Jake Swartz
- Assistant Editor :
- Nic Watkins
- Assistant Editor :
- Laurence Thrush
- Assistant Editor :
- Ramon de Souza
- Executive Producer :
- Jennifer Mersis
- Head of Production :
- Kristina Thoegersen
- Producer :
- Jessica Davis
- Producer :
- Gigi May
- Audio and Sound Design Company :
- Lime Studios
- Sound Design and Mix :
- Joel Waters
- Audio Assistant :
- Collin Thomas
- Associate Producer :
- Cassie Underwood
- Executive Producer :
- Susie Boyajan
- VFX Company :
- The Mill
- Creative Director :
- Oliver Caiden
- VFX Supervisor :
- Oliver Caiden
- Executive Producer :
- Hillary Thomas
- Producer :
- Mari Suarez
- 2D Lead Artist :
- Oliver Caiden
- 3D Lead Artist :
- Graeme Trunbul
- 2D Artist :
- Andy Roberts
- 2D Artist :
- Piotr Bednarczyk
- 2D Artist :
- Dipansu Halder
- 2D Artist :
- Venkata Siva Kumar Mannepalli
- 2D Artist :
- Svilen Aynadzhiev
- 2D Artist :
- Gangadharam Raja
- 2D Artist :
- Pradeep Kumar Rawat
- 2D Artist :
- Ragesh Ramachandran
- 2D Artist :
- Pravin Shamrao Ingale
- 2D Artist :
- Vivek Gopalrao Tekale
- 2D Artist :
- Mahesh M S
- 2D Artist :
- Sandeep VS
- 2D Artist :
- Kunal Dilip Bendke
- 2D Artist :
- Md Munaam Gazzal
- 2D Artist :
- Sanket Suresh Mhatre
- 2D Artist :
- Sagar Adivarekar
- 2D Artist :
- Mayur Chandrakant Kothawade
- 2D Artist :
- G Maniraj
- 2D Artist :
- Akhil Mohan
- 2D Artist :
- Vishvajeet Kocharekar
- 2D Artist :
- Vilas Kailas Khiradkar
- 2D Artist :
- Sudhir Balaram Jadhav
- 2D Artist :
- Rohit Dinkar Kale
- 2D Artist :
- Riddhi Sinha
- 2D Artist :
- Nitin Yashwant Thorat
- 2D Artist :
- Hrushikesh Kadu
- 2D Artist :
- Bhushan Sanjay Tawade
- 2D Artist :
- Arulraj Giriraj
- 2D Artist :
- Anilkumar Chauhan
- 2D Artist :
- Amara Gokul Sainath
- 2D Artist :
- Aditya Shrikant Salunkhe
- 2D Artist :
- Putta Mahesh
- 2D Artist :
- Dhundappa Kallappa Pattan
- 2D Artist :
- Sikandar Shaikh
- 2D Artist :
- Sagar Dasgaonkar
- 2D Artist :
- Ajay S Kumbhar
- 2D Artist :
- Ashish Bhanage
- 2D Artist :
- Anuj Pathania
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