OK GO: I WON’T LET YOU DOWN

TitleOK GO: I WON’T LET YOU DOWN
BrandOK GO
Product / ServiceHUNGRY GHOST ALBUM
CategoryB01. Use of Digital in a Promotional Campaign
EntrantMORI Tokyo, JAPAN
Entrant Company MORI Tokyo, JAPAN
Advertising Agency MORI Tokyo, JAPAN
Advertising Agency 2 DRILL Tokyo, JAPAN
Advertising Agency 3 DENTSU Tokyo, JAPAN
Production Company MORIMORI Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Position
Morihiro Harano Creative Director 
Jun Nishida Art Director
Kazuaki Seki  Director
Damian Kulash, Jr. Director
furitsukekagyou air:man Choreographer
Yusuke Kitani Interactive
Ryo Tsukiji Interactive
Makoto Kubota Making-of
Makoto Okuguchi Cameraman
Akiyoshi Irio Lighting
Takashi Taniguchi GRIP
Taito Oyama DIT
Kenji Yasuda Multi-Copter Pilot
Munechika Inudo Mass Games Design + Previsualization
Yoshifumi Sadahara Mass Games Design + Previsualization
Mitsuru Yamamori Producer
Hideaki Jinbo Assistant-director
Satoshi Miyata Production Manager
Shiro Miyamoto Agency Producer
Shunsuke Kakuuchi Online Editor

Brief Explanation

This campaign website consists of 3 parts, music video, interview footage and interactive contents. All of those were created for the indie rock and OK Go fans scattered around the world to promote online purchases via iTunes; and this campaign successfully brought the band back on the BillBoard Hot100 after 8 years of their absence.

The Brief

OK Go is an US rock band. For its global promotion of their new album 'Hungry Ghosts', they created a 'collaborative music video' supported by Honda.

Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results

Only 10 hours after the launch, the video reached 1 million views, which was our first target, and in 6 days time, it reached over10 million. Now it counts over 20 million views. With this campaign 'I Won't Let You Down' successfully brought the band back on the BillBoard Hot100 after 8 years of their absence.

Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service

In 2014, October 27 The world premier of the video on NBC Today. October 27 Japan premier of the video via Gizmode Japan. October 27 The campaign website iwontletyoudown.com was launched. October 31 The making-of video has been uploaded to the website. November 3 The Interactive content has been added to the website.