KFC, Gaming and Grime. At first glance these may look like
three separate entities, but look a little closer into youth culture today and
you will see that they are inseparably tangled together. Grime stars love
gaming; they love talking about it online and they love writing music about
gaming.
The gaming elite have reciprocated this inter-genre love; KSI
- gamer and most influential YouTuber in the UK - has even collaborated on grime
tune ‘Lamborghini’ with P Money,
which has amassed more than 61m views.
Where you find grime and gaming, you find KFC mentioned constantly, both in
lyrics or proclaimed as the ultimate fuel for gaming on social chatter.
This blossoming friendship between two of the biggest and
hottest UK cultures has been played out publicly across a combined social
network that reaches approximately 60% of the UK’s 16-24s.
This is the age group that is leading the charge against
online advertising, with nearly half (47%) using adblockers - up 15% in a year.
They also make up a sizeable proportion of the fast food
category.
With traditional OLA declining in reach (with questionable effectiveness),
we wondered whether live broadcast, connecting straight to the customer, could
offer us a marketing opportunity?
The objective; to famously enforce the existing cultural
associations between this demographic, eating occasion and KFC. At a fraction
of the price of TV.
By shortcutting traditional media, KFC reached
87% its target audience,
with the live stream reaching 2.7 million people. What’s more,
77% of all comments expressed joy.
The long term effect of this broadcast is yet to be measured, but we are already planning no.2. Why? Because although adblocking may never quite reach the 100% of millennials that AdBlock Plus believe they can, we believe that building KFC’s broadcasting power for longevity will deliver substantial returns.
