There are several sonic standouts from this year’s Super Bowl: Usher singing his greatest hits at the halftime show, Travis Kelce shouting “Viva Las Vegas” into a microphone after the Kansas City Chiefs claimed their trophy, Arnold Schwarzenegger saying “neighbaaa” in the State Farm commercial, and, of course, the Temu jingle—over and over and over again.
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Discussion Questions:
- What is licensing?
- When would a brand need a license to use a song in any of its advertising and marketing?
- How do you think brands determine which songs to use in their marketing?
- According to information from this news story, what percentage of Super Bowl ads used licensed music in commercials this year?
- Why would a brand want to use licensed music in a commercial?
- What is advertising recall?
- Why is recall important, especially to Super Bowl advertisers?
- According to data shared in this news story, is using licensed music an effective way to increase recall?
- Which brand had the highest percentage of ad recall using a licensed song?