MUMBAI – Spotify, which launched in India last month, has now unveiled its first campaign here, ‘There’s A Playlist For That’, a first of its kind hyper contextual OOH + digital campaign born of the brand’s commitment to create deeply localised and personalised user engagements. The campaign has been geo-targeted on the basis of cities, neighbourhoods, and important traffic intersections, with one liners that depict relatable life situations and hyper-local cultural nuances. The debut campaign in India centres around the brand’s value proposition to discover over 3 billion playlists that are curated by in-house editors, algorithms, and users to seamlessly complement a user’s diverse range of daily social experiences. The core insight behind ‘There’s A Playlist For That’ stems from Spotify’s understanding of how users wish to connect with music as a powerful form of emotional expression through playlists, no matter how life changes tracks.
“Every few kilometres in India, the cultural nuances change, which means that the same music can mean something entirely different to even those who live in the same city. Understanding this insight of the varying ‘when’ and ‘where’ led to the creation of our first marketing campaign in India, which communicates that we have playlists for our users, no matter what the moment”, said Amarjit Batra, Managing Director – India, Spotify. “Spotify has 3 billion playlists, many of which have been made by the fans themselves. With this campaign, we have highlighted that strength and are also encouraging users to make their own playlists”, he added.
With more than 500 creatives across outdoor hoardings and digital banners targeting online and offline audiences, Spotify aims to reach the growing millennial user base. With a quirky and fun execution, every campaign creative is designed and adapted to instinctively connect with local user sentiments. For e.g. A south Mumbai hoarding that reads ‘Dating a boy from the ‘burbs’? There’s a playlist for that – ‘Long Distance’, is a humorous take on the longstanding south Mumbai – north Mumbai love affair debate. The campaign also features 3 unique films, one of which is now live, and the other two will launch over the next few days.
In addition, to extend its existing outdoor campaign to digital, Spotify is also using its social media channels, primarily Instagram, encouraging followers to share quirky life scenarios for which the brand has existing playlists; the humorous responses will be posted as the Spotify India’s Instagram stories.
Speaking on the launch of the Spotify India campaign Rajdeepak Das MD India & Chief Creative Officer South Asia, Leo Burnett said “With so many curated playlists, Spotify has something for everyone; whatever be your mood – there’s a playlist for that. It is a fun execution of everyday life situations where things can go from good to bad, or bad to good but remember there is a playlist for that too. The strength of the campaign is that it is hyper – localised and the execution is not only city specific or area specific but even situation and local quirk specific.”
While every user experiences their day in a unique manner, Spotify believes that a collective range of distinct emotions is what binds this global community of music passionate fans. Through this campaign, Spotify encourages users to journey through their day with an unmatched creative range of playlists that reflect local culture, moods and social moments. So, however your day is shaping up, there’s a playlist for that.
CREDITS:
Client Team:
MD – India: Amarjit Singh Batra
Head of Marketing, India – Neha Ahuja
Creative Agency: Leo Burnett
MD – India & CCO, Leo Burnett South Asia: Rajdeepak Das
MD – India & CSO, Leo Burnett South Asia: Dheeraj Sinha
COO, West: Rakesh Hinduja
National Creative Director: Vikram Pandey
Creative Team: Brahmesh Tiwari, Alisha Sharma, Kiran Talegaonkar, Geo Joseph, Yogesh Malsekar, Aakansha Saxena, Anugrah Gopinath, Sanjeev Dal Chand Kumar, Vinayak Ghadigaonkar, Brijesh Joshi, Mihul Bhatt, Soumyadeep Purkayastha, Roshan Sunil, Vishwa Khare, Anish Sundaran, Ameya Bahulekar, Dhruv Vashishth, Varuna Sharma, Jugal Chudasama, Janil Gada, Jasmine Kaur, Rohan Rane, Priyanka Hodavdekar
VP: Aman Sheikh
Business Head: Niharika Talwar
Brand Services Director: Kunal Jhamb
Sr. Account Manager: Aastha Mantri
Account Manager: Durgesh Thakare
Production Company: Adventure
Photographer: Avinash Jai Singh
Producer: Rahebar Sonawalla, Juhi Merchant
Stylist: Karishma Vandrewala
Make up: Bhavya Arora, Pooja Rohira
About Leo Burnett India:
Leo Burnett India is the no. 1 agency in Leo Burnett’s global network of 86 agencies. The agency is known for building India’s top brands based on its Humankind philosophy, believing that “Insightful creativity has the power to change human behaviour”. It is the first Indian agency to bring home a Cannes Lion for Innovation and Cannes Lions for Creative Effectiveness for an Indian brand. As a part of the Publicis Groupe, Leo Burnett believes in the Power of One – a platform that helps tell the brand’s narrative across platforms, seamlessly.
