Saturday, February 19, 2011

Heineken's curvaceous hugs



There are so many things that could have gone wrong with this display of sex in advertising, and yet it all went so sweetly right. Heineken celebrated getting 1 million "Likes" on Facebook by sending several voluptuous women out to Amsterdam bars to hug any guy caught drinking their beer. The emotions on the men's faces are wonderful: surprise, embarrassment, chagrin, regret (sorry, to the dude who ordered red wine), friendship, and the soundtrack Love's Sneakin' Up by Tim Garland provides just the right tone.

The vid has only 56k hits on YouTube after eight days, so perhaps the execution is too subtle to go viral. Still, we're thirsty now, aren't we?

Via Angela Natividad.

4 comments:

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Chris Baccus said...

After seeing this all I could think about is this guy and doing the anti-version of the campaign. Send in a bunch of uncomfortably hugging middle-aged men to creep everyone out as a gesture for not liking a brand on Facebook.

http://files.sharenator.com/hugs_Long_hugging_uncle-s375x500-116296-580.jpg

Ben Kunz said...

I really like your unLike concept, Chris. Know a few brands where that could be a fit!

xlpharmacy.com said...

what an awesome concept for an ad! please post more!