To support Universal Pictures’ Sing 2 theatrical release, QYOU set out to make the film a blockbuster hit and establish the film as a global franchise with a TikTok mentality. The 2021 holiday campaign was complete with the platform’s biggest creators, character-inspired custom creative, and pitch-perfect content amplification orchestrated perfectly to get audiences singing the same tune.
The campaign’s goals were endemic to TikTok itself - generate mass awareness, build excitement and drive engagement with potential moviegoers and Sing fans for the theatrical release of Sing 2. QYOU and Universal also set goals to deliver three creative executions that amplified key film characters, themes and messaging.
This campaign had its fair share of challenges, but QYOU was able to step up to the mic and crush their goals despite these obstacles. QYOU had to repackage the Sing 2 trailer to fit into a TikTok format, essentially reconstructing a whole new trailer scene for its campaign assets. They had to be strategic in these edits, understanding what would be enticing to audiences without giving too much of the movie away. QYOU was met with another challenge in the “Suéltate'' dance challenge portion of the campaign. More specifically, how do you get a song that was made for the movie to go viral on a platform that favors preexisting hits? But in their recruitment of the right influencers, QYOU was able to garner hype and get TikTok grooving to “Suéltate'' - resulting in a fantastic amount of UGC.
QYOU tapped 19 influencers to post across three, high-energy promotional pulses building in a crescendoed song and dance. The film’s trailer drop was phase one, with leading influencers inserting themselves into a key scene from the trailer in a duet highlighting their own unique style. The second phase featured top dance influencers grooving along to a viral dance trend based on a hit song from the movie’s soundtrack. The last phase introduced TikTok to the #Sing2gether competition, inviting creators to perform one of three songs from Sing 2 for a chance to attend the premiere and win a record deal.
With each joy-inducing creative pulse, QYOU amplified the best performing creative to drive reach, engagement and campaign efficiency. Overall, the campaign exemplified the best of TikTok by hand-selecting top creators and tapping into popular platform trends and features and building excitement.
The Sing 2 campaign on TikTok definitely hit a high note! With 19 influencer posts, the effort drove 26.4M views, 2.2M engagements and an overall 9% engagement rate, with posts featuring key characters, music & messaging. The in-feed media effort effectively ‘sparked’ the influencer posts to drive more organic views, reach targeted audiences, and drive to key content.
Influencers played an INSTRUMENTAL role on TikTok in reaching and activating target communities, igniting a strong positive social sentiment for the franchise. A tentpole film release aligned with multiple creative pulses was an effective and efficient approach to maximize reach and engagement while showcasing Sing 2’s new music, moments and key characters. QYOU’s process of bringing together world-class strategy, creative development and talent selection led to incredible efficiency.
Key Results by the Numbers
19 Influencer Posts
77.5M Total Subscribers Reach (in aggregate of all posts)
26.4M video views (683% to goal)
2.2M Engagement
9% Engagement Rate (11% over benchmark)
1.44% CTR
