Ads of the Week, Yeezy Edition
Ads from Pepsi, Oatly, Tropicana, Dole, Yeezy and more
It's time for the ads of the week.
Welcome to The Ad Spot, a Friday rundown of the week's most talked-about ads. We’ve got a great week of ads to show you, including 15 (whoa!) spots this week from brands you love, brands you hate, and brands you haven’t even met yet. Here's what's trending.
15 trending ads this week
Friday, January 21, 2022
🏈 Pepsi - The Call (Ad of the week)
Oh, baby. The first ad for the most anticipated Super Bowl Halftime Show ever has dropped. Sit down, be humble, and enjoy the show. (In-house)
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🧠 BetterHelp - Sometimes, you just need some help
A brilliant ad from BetterHelp that shows just how far some of us will go to avoid an issue. There were four great ads in this campaign, watch them all here, here, here, and here. I honestly don’t know which is my favorite. (DiGo)
🧈 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! - The Butter Compartment
Three really funny ads from I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter this week, where no one has time for their old friend Butter. Watch them here, here, and here. (Ogilvy)
🥛 Oatly - THE NEW NORM&AL SHOW
So much creativity this week! Oatly wants you to get your flex on - your flexitarian, that is. Introducing Norm & Al. This campaign included four spots, watch them here, here, here, and here. (In-house)
💐 CalFlowers - The Flower Feeling
Loved this spot, fantastic acting and well written. I laughed. (180/Amsterdam)
🍊 Tropicana - Just Another Day
A little juice makes everything better. Especially mimosas. (Cramer-Krasselt)
💰 TSB - Savings That Sneak Up On You
Sometimes, Ross from Friends sneaks up on you. Another funny spot this week. (McCann/London)
🍎 Applebee’s - Here’s to The Regulars
Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name. On another note, if everyone knows your name at Applebee’s, it might be time to try a Chili’s and switch it up. (Grey New York)
🍌 Dole - Lost & Skip
Hold my fruit bowl is the new hold my beer. Two funny ads in this campaign, watch them here and here. (ERICH & KALLMAN)
🟦 GAP x Kanye West - YZY
The first Yeezy GAP drop is here, Kanye dropped a short music video to promote the launch. (In-house)
🌱 TAKT - Thank You
Thank you for living sustainably. However you choose to do it. (Bacon)
🚂 Gucci x The North Face - Oakworth Station
Time to depart on a train to collab-town. Everyone here dresses nicely. (In-house)
🤖 Samsung - The Marketplace
Samsung drops a major upgrade for mobile gaming enthusiasts. (BBH/London)
🌲 Hewlett Packard - Printing Trees
Or, you know…just don’t print things when you don’t need to. (Wieden + Kennedy)
🐔 Walkers - Today’s Walkers
Finally, a commercial with views from inside a bag of chips. Or crisps, rather. (VCCP)
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