Trending Ads, Mini Ryan Reynolds Edition
Ads from Kraft, Cheetos, Mercedes and more
It's time for the ads of the week.
Welcome to The Ad Spot. Today's newsletter is brought to you by Forekast - the tool marketers, advertisers, and social media pros use to see what’s going to be trending. Here’s your rundown of the week's most talked-about ads.
10 trending ads this week
Friday, March 11, 2022
🧀 Kraft - Krafty Kid (Ad of the week)
12-year-old Ryan Reynolds is here to sell you Kraft Mac & Cheese. (Maximum Effort)
🐆 Cheetos - Hands-Free
Here’s to the dreamers, the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels. In short, the Cheetos eaters. (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)
🥣 Menstrual Equity For All Act - Cereal
”Loop Holes Cereal: Part of an unbalanced society.” An early favorite for tagline of the year. (72andSunny)
🚗 Renault - Don’t Use It
A car company, reminding you to take your bike instead. (Publicis Conseil/Paris)
🥮 Mercedes - Vito
Pudding deliveries made easy. Finally. I actually had this problem transferring soup a couple of days ago. (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg)
😴 Samsung UK - Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY feat. Charli XCX
Inspired by Night Mode on the new Samsung Galaxy S22 this fashion film pays homage to Charles Jeffrey's dreamlike couture, following his entourage of friends, alongside Charli XCX, as they enter an otherworldly dreamy night and uncloak its mysteries with the help of Night Mode. (Mother/London)
🏃♀️ Garmin - Why Do We Run?
For the love of the pavement? To feel the wind in our mullet? To get away from zombies? Garmin steps in to explore why we run.
📉 Fidelity - Overload
Overwhelmed by the markets? Fidelity is here to scare you further. It’s kind of fun watching competing ads in this category. The banks are doing everything they can to scare people while commission-free trading companies are doing everything they can to convince you you’re Gordon Gekko. (Grey London)
🔨 Barclaycard - The Payment Part is Just the Start
Philosophy Minors, time to put that degree to use. Is a hardware store without any hammers still a hardware store? (Droga5/London)
🦆 Aflac - Pre-Pain Show
Aflac is here to cover your unexpected medical bills…no matter how unexpected they are. This campaign is two ads, one and two. (DDB New York)
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