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Don't Lose Your Music In The Noise
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JBL Noise Cancelling Headphones

Don't Lose Your Music In The Noise

Programme
Kyoorius Creative Awards
Entrant Company
Havas Creative India
Client
Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Media

Description

India is noisy. Phones ringing. People shouting. Announcements blaring. Trains screeching. It is because of all these different sounds, listening to one's music uninterrupted becomes difficult. The noise always seeps in. Therefore having a good noise cancelling headphone is crucial. While most noise‑cancelling headphone brands rely on visual cues to communicate their technologies, JBL took a fundamentally different route. The brand chose words to stand out from category clutter. By using immersive long‑copy, JBL recreated the reality of India’s constant noise through language itself. The copy in the three ads in this press campaign was written as dense, uninterrupted streams of text to mirror how relentless and invasive everyday noise is. Hidden within this chaos were subtle placements of different music genres - Heavy Metal, Blues, Jazz, Electronic, Boy Bands, Ghazal, Techno, Sufi, etc showing how music easily gets lost in the cacophony around without effective noise cancellation.

Credits

Additional Company Credits

  • Harman International Pvt. Ltd.Mumbai, India

Entrant Company

  • Havas Creative IndiaGurugram, India

Individual Credtis

  • Anupama RamaswamyChief Creative Officer & Managing Director, Havas Creative India
  • Monish GuptaExecutive Creative Director, Havas Creative India
  • Neharika AwalExecutive Creative Director, Havas Creative India
  • Ajeet SinghCreative Supervisor Art, Havas Creative India
  • Anand ChindarkarStudio Manager, Havas Creative India
  • Prashant ThombareAssociate Vice President, Havas Creative India
  • Arindam SenguptaChief Client Officer, Havas Creative India
  • Uday MohanChief Operating Officer, Havas Media
  • Ramsai PanchapakesanPresident - Investments & Partnerships, Havas Media
  • Harish NairManager, Brand Management, Harman International (India)
  • Anushka GuhaMarketing Operations, Brand and Retail, Harman International (India)

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