Cannes Lions

Historical Headaches

MULLENLOWE BRASIL, Sao Paulo / BAYER / 2024

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Overview

Background

Aspirin is celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2024 and holds the position of the most historical analgesic brand. The conversation around the brand, however, has dimmed down -as other competitors, more modern brands, occupy larger spaces in media and gain relevance. To reclaim conversation and reinforce superiority we defended the historical value of Aspirin, explaining how we are such a consistent brand that even took part in cultural productions and historical moments.

The main goal of this campaign was to regain space in conversation and insert Aspirin into pop culture while reclaiming the audience's perception of brand superiority.

Execution

The spot takes the spectator on a trip in time, describing how Aspirin took part -or could have taken part- in unique moments in the world's history.

Festival Ad: Relieving headaches during the iconic rock festivals of the 60's/70's was certainly a BIG job not every painkiller could handle. In this fictional work, we created a conversation between artists or fans, where Aspirin would have a key role in relieving pain, allowing them to play their sets or listen to the concerts and write the history of rock and roll.

Outcome

As one of the five most important inventions of the 20th century, Aspirin has a well-deserved spot-on people's minds. When it comes to brand awareness, it is one of the most known medicine brands, but we needed to remind people of the brand, making it more salient to the consumer.

Our radio ads accomplished the challenge of immersing the spectator into a completely different period in time while providing differentiation from other brands by telling a story only Aspirin could tell. The ads aired on Classic Pan, a radio channel from São Paulo and had a potential reach of 11% of the Brazilian population, considering radio listeners in São Paulo.

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