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Diplo: Can’t Stop
by Samsung

BRIEF → Launch the Move with Galaxy campaign.

CHALLENGE → Lack of awareness; fitness apps and devices are a crowded category.

IDEA → “Can’t Stop”, a workout mix only accessible on your phone when it detects movement.

EXPRESSION → Mobile, PR Film, Event.

IMPACT → 4.1 million people got moving.

Mobile Experience

The experience was accessed through a mobile site that played the mix once your phone detected movement. All you had to do was keep moving for it to keep playing. If you stopped moving, the mix stopped playing.

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PR Film

To amplify the activation we interviewed Diplo about his commitment to fitness and shot him demonstrating the experience with his own phone. In the film he explains how the experience works and gives us insight into what motivates him to stay fit.

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Launch Event

As part of the launch for the campaign, Diplo played a live set at Samsung 837 in New York City. Attendance was free, but in order for him to play the set, the audience had to move. Eventually his set was unlocked by the crowd’s movement. Dancers equipped with Galaxy fitness trackers were also connected to the experience, with their movement captured and displayed on giant screens to demonstrate Galaxy’s health and fitness technology.

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Move with Galaxy to get fit with Diplo.

Outline:
To launch the Move with Galaxy campaign, we partnered with Diplo to create “Can’t Stop”, an exclusive mix that only plays when you move. Using your phone’s accelerometer, the mobile site detects your movement to play the 30 minute mix of unreleased music by Diplo and his label, Mad Decent. When you move, it plays. When you stop, it stops. The mobile experience was unveiled at a live show by Diplo at Samsung 837. The performance turned movement into entertainment as well — the audience had to move to ‘unlock’ Diplo’s set, and graphics on giant screens were linked to the movement of dancers through Samsung devices.

Background:
The Move with Galaxy campaign was launched to promote a bundle of new Galaxy fitness devices and Samsung Health, a fitness and health tracking app. The app enhances exercise and diet routines with insightful tracking and data. Users can record and analyze their daily activities and habits to maintain a successful diet and lead a healthier lifestyle.

Challenges:
With so many devices and apps already in the health and wellness category, Samsung was facing an awareness challenge. People needed a reason to trial a new app or device and creating buzz around Move with Galaxy was crucial for Samsung to gain any share of the fitness and health market. In order to do that, we proved that moving with Galaxy is immediately rewarding with an exclusive workout mix with all unreleased music by Diplo and a documentary film for music, tech and fitness media to write about.

Impact:

  • 4.1 million people got moving

  • +36% awareness for Samsung Health app

Press

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CNN → Samsung goes to the extreme with its Gear S3 smartwatch

CNBC → Samsung vs Apple: The war turns to wearables

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Team

Brand → Samsung

Agency → R/GA

Directors → Chris Sims

Agency Team → Aaron Goldberg, Adam Housman, Andre Vandenburg, Andres Pagella, Ben Kravitz, Bharat Vohra, Brian Kuzma, Bruno Nakano, Cesar Marchetti, Chad Wilson, Chris Northam, Christopher Raleigh, Diego de la Maza, Eric Jannon, Frank Yandolini, Helder Santo, PesaraIgnacio Tischelman, Jenny Wu, Jin Sung Yoo, Jodha Kandola, Karl Lunan, Katie Facada, Lambert Torres, Marc Maleh, Maria Jesus, Michael Piccuirro, Nahuel Lema, Nicolas Schteinschraber, Olya Mikhaliova, Pablo DiStefano, Pablo Muratore, Pablo Roulet, Reginald Ross, Scott Kundert, Shashank Raval, Thibault Gerard, Tristan Kincaid, Vitor Andrade

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