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Apple's Annual Holiday Ad Revolves Around 'The Magic of Mini'
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After reading through the comments, I was bracing myself for something horrible. It actually wasn't bad. Reminded me of Missy Elliot. I don't know if I would call that a holiday ad.
Funnily enough, my wife once dropped her AirPods off ears because wearing a scarf like the one used in the ad. It’s a bad fashion if you’re trying yo use AirPods safely.
Scarf, helmet, glass, masks everything you touch and passing over the head and you risk your AirPods falling. That’s just the quirk of wearing true wireless earbuds.
Scarf, helmet, glass, masks everything you touch and passing over the head and you risk your AirPods falling. That’s just the quirk of wearing true wireless earbuds.
Absolutely. There’s just something a bit unpleasant about publicly exclaiming how much you dislike somebody’s personal taste (and no doubt as well as the people who made the advert there any many other people who like that style too). That’s just my opinion anyway; you are of course entitled to disagree.
I couldn’t make it through the entire video but this made me laugh 😂
How in the world is saying that the lyrics are unintelligible racist in any way? Why does that persons skin colour have anything to do with the fact the type of English they are speaking (Ebonics) is unintelligible or difficult to understand to most people not familiar it? The only one being racist is you by making an issue about poor music, lyrics and English an issue about race when it’s not about that.
I’m not a fan of post 152. For one thing I’m actually in favour of positive discrimination (for example in the form of over representing certain backgrounds relative to their share of the population) for the sake of helping correct historical and embedded prejudices, amongst other things. For another thing, as an outsider I get the impression black Americans are a hugely significant part of the US music scene (and have been for a long time) so their representation in that context would logically be high anyway. Is that incorrect?
The problem isn’t virtue signalling. The problem is their virtue signalling makes no sense! I mean, she already had a big HomePod, it’s not as though we saw her getting a refund for the price difference. Was the little person her compensation? Was the idea you’ll have more fun with the mini HomePod because you could spend that extra $200 on something awesome (represented here, metaphorical (presumably), by the tiny woman)?
This fact right here doesn’t get enough lip service. So many contemporary songs are nothing but overproduced processed junk food filled with samples stolen from better songs from decades past. It’s not art, it’s necrophilia. And no it’s not cultural or racial, as even new country artists are guilty of this. It spans all new artists, and it’s just sad.I’m sure that was the case. But let’s see if we hear the song in the Apple ad anywhere in 10 years. See you in 2030.
This isn’t a case of “oh well your parents didn’t like your music either etc etc,” rather it is a sideways admission that what came before is better than what they can come up with now, so to overcome that they literally steal that better music to pad out their weak product. Cast it in whatever light you want, but that’s the reality and as Tozovac rightly pointed out the majority of the music spawned in these times will be completely forgettable in a decade.
This garbage noise is the best a 1 trillion dollar company can come up with to represent them? Come on. Remember when Bill Gates described Steve Jobs as having impeccable taste? Yeah, that era is clearly over. There are plenty of black musicians who produce infinitely better music than this if the goal was to feature black music. Garbage is garbage regardless of the race of the person who puts it out.
When I was 16, I used to go to rock concerts down by the pier in Oceanside, California. It was back in the late 60s during the 'peace-love-dope-right on-solid, and heavy' period. The music was called acid rock, and I hated it. You couldn't hear yourself think, much less hearing the person talk next to you. The psychedelic light show didn't do anything for me. As much as I tried to play along, I would dart out after about 45 minutes. So, I disagree that it's an age thing'.
lol... The comments in this thread are exactly what I expected.
Anytime Apple makes a commercial that has an "urban" edge to it, people hate it.
Anytime Apple makes a commercial that has an "urban" edge to it, people hate it.
You‘re right, I am not a native speaker and this lady mumbles half the time so I really have a hatd time understanding what she says. The only one making my post racist is you. People like you really have a problem. Trying to see racism everywhere and constantly fighting non-racism. Here‘s another one for you: I prefer the taste of white bread instead of dark bread. Triggered?
More 2013 like Holiday ads please Apple. That was a far better ad for product promotions, than this years, non-holiday music video.
If I think this video's thumbnail looks horrifying but on the other hand I love Samuel L Jackson, am I racist or these two cancel out? Just asking, I'm not racism encyclopedia like some people around here.
Is it though? A guy several comments earlier claimed if you say musician has ungainly teeth, you're lowkey racist. Isn't that ludicrous?
Ha what, yeah wasn’t me. I was explaining what a low key racist was regarding another post.
I haven’t mentioned her teeth once.
well well well. Just look how this holiday ad brought as all together in these difficult times and lifted our spirits up. Good job Apple! Can't wait for the next one.
This advt. is a result of creativity through zoom calls.
Ahh just how I expected this thread to go. I pretty poor Apple ad AND featuring a Black woman? I knew this would bring out a certain kind of poster smh.
Anyway... I don’t like the ad at all for the HomePod Mini. It’s a nice looking video with decent music, but otherwise I’m not sure how something like this gets Apple’s stamp of approval Lol.
Amazon’s holiday ad >>>
Anyway... I don’t like the ad at all for the HomePod Mini. It’s a nice looking video with decent music, but otherwise I’m not sure how something like this gets Apple’s stamp of approval Lol.
Amazon’s holiday ad >>>
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