
Broadcast Disruption Campaign
A silent anti-ad aired during India’s most watched sporting event, using paid media to reject ad culture and define the brand’s voice.
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Client
Wrogn (Indian alt-fashion label equivalent to Supreme)
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Format
• TV
• Digital brand films -
Focus
• Brand differentiation
• Behavioral storytelling -
Goal
Promote Wrogn by turning silence into a brand statement during the Indian Premier League, a cricket event with Super Bowl-level viewership.
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Role
• Conceptualized the campaign idea of surrendering primetime ad space as a form of brand authorship
• Wrote a three-part “ad series” that offered nothing to sell and everything to signal
• Aligned messaging tone with the brand’s anti-mainstream DNA and cricket icon Virat Kohli’s irreverent public persona
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Result
• Aired during the IPL, which draws over 400 million viewers across digital and broadcast
• Cut through a hyper-competitive media environment by doing the opposite of what every brand was doing
• Positioned Wrogn as a brand that lives its values by how it behaves, not just how it looks
Film 1: Popcorn
Film 2: Microwave
Film 3: Book