WORLD RECYCLE WEEK

TitleWORLD RECYCLE WEEK
BrandH&M - HENNES & MAURITZ
Product/ServicePUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY, PUBLIC AWARENESS MESSAGES
Category B07. Excellence in Music Video
Entrant FORSMAN & BODENFORS Gothenburg, SWEDEN
Idea Creation FORSMAN & BODENFORS Gothenburg, SWEDEN
Production INDIO Stockholm, SWEDEN
Additional Company H&M Stockholm, SWEDEN
Credits
Name Company Position
Karin Frisell Forsman & Bodenfors Creative
Anna Qvennerstedt Forsman & Bodenfors Creative
Leif Sorte Forsman & Bodenfors Senior Account Director
Patrik Danroth Forsman & Bodenfors Account Manager
Håkan Larsson Forsman & Bodenfors Designer
Ellinor Bjarnolf Forsman & Bodenfors Designer
Axel Söderlund Forsman & Bodenfors Designer
Maja Bredberg Forsman & Bodenfors PR
Andrea Sundström Forsman & Bodenfors Copywriter
Mattias Lindberg Forsman & Bodenfors Motion Graphic Designer
Jenny Ring Forsman & Bodenfors Music Supervisor
Magnus Kennhed Forsman & Bodenfors Agency Producer, Film
Helena Wård Forsman & Bodenfors Agency Producer, Digital
Erik Zetterberg H&M Inhouse Head of Creative
Daniel Herrmann H&M Inhouse Head of Marketing
Fia Ingman H&M Inhouse Project Manager
Syrsja Larsson H&M Inhouse Operative Project Manager, Film
Henrik Harwor H&M Inhouse Music Supervisor
Philippe Tempelman Indio Director
Johan Lindström Indio Executive Producer
Jimmy Wåhlin Indio Producer
Nicolas Karakatsanis Indio D.O.P
Aaron Sillis Aaron Sillis Choreograph
Denise Östholm Denise Östholm Stylist
Chimney Chimney Grading
Chimney Chimney Online
Johan Söderberg Johan Söderberg Editor
Johan Wik Johan Wik Editor
Red Pipe Red Pipe Sound

The Campaign

To raise awareness around World Recycle Week, the artist M.I.A. wrote the song ‘Rewear it’ exclusively for H&M. The campaign film is a music video, where M.I.A. is featured together with an eclectic cast of interesting influencers and inspirational people from all over the world. They range from music artists, dance artists, comedians and people with a passion for environmental and social sustainability issues. The basic thought is that people around the world, despite our differences, all have one main objective in common: the planet, and the film illustrates how people from across the world joins in a global fashion movement.

Creative Execution

The campaign music video where M.I.A. is featured together with an eclectic cast of interesting influencers and inspirational people from all over the world. M.I.A, an English recording artist. She is also a songwriter, painter and director. Yao Chen, a Chinese actress and the person on Sina Weibo with the largest number of "fans", with over 71 million as of August 2014. Michaela DePrince, a Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer and former war orphan.Yanis Marshall, Arnaud Boursain and Mehdi Mamine, dancers from France, who specialise in dancing in high heels. Moffy, the cross-eyed model challenging fashion industry norms. Fahad Albutairi, the first Saudi stand-up comedian to appear on stage professionally in Saudi Arabia and in the Gulf states. Keith Ape, famous rap artist from South Korea. Dope Saint Jude, a socially conscious advocate for feminism, body politics, class, race and gender neutrality in Cape Town.

Views 2 weeks after launch: 4 080 000 Mentions during campaign period: 47 600 Engagement: 1.3 millions Reach: 317 billions Articles in magazines, online news and newspaper: 2400 

The campaign was a music video with an exclusive track created by M.I.A. for H&M:s World Recycle week. It was a rare collaboration as M.I.A. has never been involved in a commercial campaign before. The music video was promoted through H&M:s own channels as well as M.I.A:s and the other participants own social media accounts. It has also aired on TV globally in shorter versions.

H&M should lead the fashion industry when it comes to sustainability initiatives. And that should be top of mind among consumers. World Recycle Week took place between April 11 to April 24 2016. The music video was exposed online, as TVC:s and in H&M stores around the world. The carefully selected participants were interviewed for H&M:s different social media channels and they also helped spread the message through their own accounts.