Express nods to its Y2K heyday in campaign that unites fashion, music
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CMO Joe Berean discusses a fall effort featuring pop star Tinashe and NFL player Tee Higgins that iterates on the retailer's "Dress to Express" brand platform. Express on Monday launched its fall campaign, "Too Easy to Look This Good," with a video that features multi-hyphenate musician Tinashe and NFL player Tee Higgins, per details shared with Marketing Dive. The campaign takes its name from a lyric in the pop star's single, "Too Easy," which also soundtracks the ad. A 30-second hero video features Tinashe DJing a pool party where Higgins is hanging out. The artist leaves the turntables to try on different outfits and hits the dance floor at the iconic, John Lautner-designed Goldstein House in Beverly Hills. The video was directed by Colin Tilley, choreographed by JaQuel Knight, produced by London Alley and features dancers Aaliyah Beck, Amara Iromaka, Josie Thompson and Shiori Murayama. "Fashion has always been a huge part of my creative expression and is deeply connected to my music," Tinashe said in a statement. "'Too Easy' is a song about confidence and fully owning who you are. Express also embodies that confident energy, and it was so much fun to explore what happens when style, movement and music come together naturally." The "Too Easy to Look This Good" campaign will span streaming video, digital, social, print, in-store and online channels. The effort builds on...
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