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Super Bowl 50 Ad Watch: Steven Tyler Revives Classic Tune in Confectionary Crooning Battle for Skittles


Check out how Steven Tyler keeps the dream alive in this Skittles Super Bowl 50 commercial with special guest, Steven Tyler.

Inimitable frontman Steven Tyler is hardly amused by his freshly unveiled, candy-coated collage portrait of himself in a Super Bowl 50 spot—aptly dubbed “Portrait”—edited by John Smith at Whitehouse Post for Skittles.

Working in collaboration with DDB Chicago and production company Biscuit, Smith helps weave a narrative in which robe-clad Tyler engages his exaggerated, grinning likeness in a vocal clash to the tune of Aerosmith’s classic, “Dream On.” The portrait, of course, faces quite the uphill battle in competing with Tyler’s incomparable vocal chops, and together the dueling duet continue the quirky consistency of Skittles campaigns.

Creative Credits:  
Client: Skittles
Title: “Portrait”
Ad Agency: DDB Chicago
SVP, Executive Producer: Will St. Clair
Production Company: Biscuit
Director: Andreas Nilsson
Editorial Company: Whitehouse Post
Editor: John Smith
Assistant Editor: Alfred Cisneros
Executive Producer: Kristin Branstetter
Producer: Dawn Guzowski
via: Trust Collective