Featuring cameos by Henry Rollins and Vince Staples, the new advertisement for Converse directed by Tyler, the Creator is a funny little video. The clip centers on a meeting of “The Really Cool Converse Club”, which includes greasers, punks, pirates, and more, who convene to revoke membership from one of their own.
Last weekend Bruce Springsteen appeared in a commercial, 71-year-old's first such appearance, and his first-ever product endorsement. Pitchfork isn't happy with the American institution trying to sell people a car. UPDATE: the automotive company has pulled the spot after it was revealed Wednesday that Springsteen had been arrested for driving while under the influence last fall, Rolling Stone reports. Springsteen was charged with DWI, reckless driving, and consuming alcohol in a closed area, while his blood alcohol content was 0.02 – one-fourth of New Jersey’s legal limit and the equivalent of one drink. Since the arrest occurred in a national park, federal prosecutors will pursue the case.
The Doobie Brothers wrote Bill Murray a funny letter requesting him to stop playing or start paying for their song 'Listen to the Music' to promote hit own golf apparel brand William Murray Golf, CNN reports. Murray started running new ads promoting William Murray Golf’s latest shirt named Zero Hucks Given, using Doobie Brothers' song without asking, so they told him - "given that you haven’t paid to use it, maybe you should change the name to ‘Zero Bucks Given'”. The thing, they don't like those shirts - "we’d almost be OK with it if the shirts weren’t so damn ugly. But it is what it is. So in the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir Golfer. Et payez!'”.
Snoop Dogg recently signed a major endorsement deal with British food delivery Just Eats remixing their jingle, which many of their patrons found to be extremely annoying. Snoop twisted the negative feedback into a positive with his banging new update on the jingle, which has been viewed over 7 million times on YouTube alone. Snoop has banked over £5million since he landed the deal
Ozzy Osbourne offered his fans a trailer before releasing his new album 'Ordinary Man', with Prince of Darkness being played by the prince of Hawaii - Jason Momoa. In the minute-long clip, a cape-laden figure shows up, heads to the stage or boxing ring, where (way younger and prettier Ozzy) Momoa pops up, stands at the mic and lets it rip (well, lets it lip-sync). Osbourne's album is out today, this video counts as funny/charming marketing.
In a hilarious promo in support of Buffalo Wild Wings' boneless wings, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony change their name to "Boneless Thugs-N-Harmony". "I'm not gonna lie, I like boneless wings, man" Wish Bone, now known as Wish Boneless, says to the camera in the documentary-style ad, but Layzie Bone was not down for the name switch - "I ain't changin' s---! It's preposterous". He tries the boneless wings also, likes them but - "they ain't change-your-name good".
In Super Bowl commercials it was mostly beers, sodas, snacks, and cars, and - rappers. H.E.R. and Missy Elliot linked up with Pepsi singing their version of Rolling Stones' 'Paint It Black'; Post Malone starred in two Bud Light commercials, Lil Nas X and Sam Elliott are dancing cowboys as Billy Ray Cyrus plays his guitar in a Doritos Cool Ranch commercial; LeBron James is the face of the new GMC Hummer EV; MC Hammer ironically stars in a new commercial for Cheetos singing his popular line “Can’t touch this”; The Roots were featured in a commercial alongside Jimmy Fallon in a funny spot.
