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McDonald's Indonesia: The Untranslated Ad

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Top 6: August 30th 2023
Leo Burnett Indonesia has turned a McDonald's jingle into Indonesia's favorite pop song. The song called Nihon No Fureeba has topped Indonesia's music charts and become the #1 search on Shazam. This cultural finding propelled Leo Burnett to create the song Nihon No Fureeba, collaborating with Indonesian-Japanese singer Ica Zahra. Ica released the song as her highly-anticipated Japanese single, without subtitles. Everyone loved the song without knowing that it was in fact an untranslated ad. Within one week, the music video was watched more than three million times. The song became the talk of radio, and hundreds of covers and TikTok dances were made. Then, Ica Zahra and McDonald’s made a shocking revelation. The lyrics were in fact promoting the relaunch of McDonald’s Taste of Japan burgers featuring crispy nori and Yakiniku sauce. Suddenly, everyone’s attention shifted to the burgers. The message: even though some might not understand McDonald’s onigiri-looking burgers (some even go so far as to call them ‘weird’), they’ll love the taste anyway. Just like they love Japanese songs. With the launch of Nihon No Fureeba, people’s curiosity towards the burgers spiked so fast that first-week sales surpassed the past 3 years.
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Client

Director of Marcomms, CBI & Digital: Michael Hartono

Associate Director of Marketing: Caroline Kurniadjaja

Marketing Manager: Rio Hastowo

Marketing Manager: William Karmawan

Assistant Marketing Manager: Widya Noviantal

Agency

CEO: Sony Nichani

General Manager: Yusdina Fibriyanti

Head of Planning: Nilakshi Medhi

Senior Account Director: Margie Bangun

Planning Manager: Sakshi Sharma

Junior AE: Cherisha Dewi

Graphic Designer: Sarah Aghnia

Graphic Designer: Bella Ferina

Senior Project Manager: Yuliani Sherlyta

Song & music video:

Composer, Songwriter & Talent: Ica Zahra

Arranger: Tyas Pratama

Original lyrics: Leo Burnett Indonesia

Japanese lyrics: Ica Zahra, Kaito Mori

Mixing & mastering: Stevano

Recording: 1207 Studio Tokyo, Japan

Music video Director: Tomomi

Cameraman: Chiori Morioka

Production: Mao Tsukamoto

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