A-LEAGUES - HERE COME THE FUTURE

TitleA-LEAGUES - HERE COME THE FUTURE
BrandA-LEAGUES
Product / ServiceA-LEAGUES
CategoryA04. Media / Entertainment
EntrantR/GA Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Idea Creation R/GA Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Media Placement OMD Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Production R/GA Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Production 2 BRING Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Production 3 ENTROPICO Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Post Production R/GA Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Post Production 2 BRING Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Post Production 3 ENTROPICO Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Additional Company A LEAGUES Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Credits

Name Company Position
Seamus Higgins R/GA Chief Creative Officer
Claire Waring R/GA Executive Creative Director
Ben Newman R/GA Associate Creative Director
Ben Miles R/GA Exec Creative Director, Brand, Design & Consulting
Justin Phang R/GA Creative Director
Henry Cook R/GA Design Director
Jane Duru R/GA Verbal Design Director
Louis Johanson R/GA Senior Designer
Gabriel Gasparinatos Entropico Director
James Griffiths BRING Executive Creative Director - Music

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“Real Nice” is a one-of-a-kind music collaboration between three of Australia’s hottest young artists - TKay Maidza, Young Franco, and Nerve; who all hold a connection to football. A piece of culture rather than another sporting ad, this music track sits at the heart of A-League’s campaign “Here Come the Future”. The ask of the artists was simple: Creative self expression through football. Tkay was the lyricist working on the initial bed of music that young Franco had laid down. Tkay in particular wanted to empower fans, grassroots players and professionals to play their own way on and off the pitch. Nerve wrote his own lyrics in response to TKays, coming forth in the track as a hip-hop back and forth exchange.

Script & Translation. Provide a full English script and translation of any audio.

What? I don’t think they’re ready for this Hook These moves looking real nice in future (x3) Pull up on em and it look nice look nice These views looking real nice in the future (x3) Pull up on em and it look nice look nice Made a choice to invest, Strategise, Running with the crew, Now we winning more than dollar sign’s, At the corner tappin shoulder no extra time energy, They way these haters talking bout it kinda elderly Doing numbers on the board no jeopardy Started at the bottom now they wanna referee Gotta lotta shots aiming for the centrepiece We outta time for all drama it’s the heavy Leagues A-Yo We can bring it fast And y’all move slow When we get the pass it go lets go, When we take the shot you know you know Like, A-Yo lets go getting every shot from every angle making hella move, get the money on low When we get the pass its go lets go (Like) Hook The way we build is strong and tactical We been Moving big, impacting radical Always maximum and past the capitol Never rationed, all this talent matching y’all Gotta problem, its confidence don’t get offended, Had to grow it Taking every opportunity it is showing Ain’t about to let a non believer blow it Self made it we don’t need another throw in. A-Yo We can bring it fast And y’all move slow When we get the pass it go lets go, When we take the shot you know you know Like, A-Yo lets go getting every shot from every angle making hella move, get the money on low When we get the pass its go lets go (Like ay) In the zone in the zone 90 minutes in the zone in the zone Doing big yeah We Bout bring to it home Run it quick quick quick Never miss miss miss (x2) It’s techers on the feet how I make them look twice Top corner when I shoot with the leftie or the right To the opposition I’m a problem with it all night Fresh kit and I pull up on em’ look nice, yes, looking nice Unstoppable, when we got the ball when the team get the call We coming to take it all from the home field to the world stage Yeh we tight, thats right and pulling up on them looking nice, yeh looking nice. Hook Here come the future (x3) Pull up on em and it look nice look nice

Cultural / Context information for the jury

The A-Leagues are the highest level of professional association football in Australia, having been established in 2004. Despite possessing a passionate fandom, A-Leagues attendances have declined year-on-year since 2014 and viewership each year since 2018. As a professional league it generates the least dollars per fan of all Australia’s major codes, lagging behind larger, heritage Australian sports like the AFL, NRL and Cricket. ‘Real Nice’ is part of a larger movement to reinvigorate and reinvent the A-Leagues as a brand reflective of Australia’s next generation. By leveraging football’s unique connection with youth culture - in music, fashion, gaming, and beyond - the A-Leagues is seizing a headstart on attracting Australia’s young taste-makers and trend-setters; future watchers, buyers and participants that will power the game for years to come.