Reprise Digital Malaysia’s homecoming campaign for Malaysian Airlines generates YouTube views of over 7.7m and 4.2m on Facebook
Reprise Digital Malaysia devised a unique ‘balik kampung’ (homecoming) campaign with client Malaysian Airlines Berhad for the festive Ramadan/Raya period.
The two-part campaign launched with the release of a special festive video for Malaysia Airlines titled ‘Sama-Sama Balik Kampung’. The two-and-a-half-minute video built the story around the journeys back to hometowns, and common experiences around the familiar tastes, scents and people who matter in life.
Amir Faiz, Group Creative Director of Reprise said, “This year’s Raya video received wide positive social sentiment. The feel-good storyline stripped off the theatrics and delivered a simple message people could relate to. This translated to numerous shares around consumers’ own balik kampung experiences and what they looked forward to most during festive periods, as well as helping to build tremendous brand love towards our national carrier.”
At present, the ‘Sama-Sama Balik Kampung’ video has generated views of over 7.7 million views on YouTube and 4.2 million views on Facebook.
The accompanying social media campaign, ‘MH Fund My Balik Kampung’, followed up to urge Malaysians around the world to send in their stories, with the winning entry being given the grand prize to fulfil their ‘balik kampung’ wish by being sent home with Malaysia Airlines. In his winning entry, Fadhli Jamaludin shared that this year would likely be his last chance to travel back to his hometown for quite some time, as he was soon to begin working as a full-time medical assistant, making the possibility of coming home entirely dependent on his assigned station.
Faiz added, “Fadhli’s story resonated with lots of Malaysians who voted for him to get his wish. However, nobody realised that there would be a twist to these events. On the day he received news of his win, he got into an accident, leaving him with a fractured leg. Wondering about the lack of response, the team did some investigation, learnt about the accident and got in touch with him through some of his friends. He was extremely excited but realised he wouldn’t be able to get discharged for the flight. Instead, his mum took a bus from Alor Setar to visit her son in the hospital. We were extremely happy to eventually bring them back home.”
“I can’t describe how sad I was when I found out that my son couldn’t come home for Raya. The Malaysia Airlines team were determined to get Fadhli home the moment his doctors allowed his discharge, which thankfully came through on the eve of Hari Raya, and he managed to make it back to surprise his dad and siblings,” said Pn. Jamaludin.
“Both videos truly highlighted the importance of cherished moments of ‘Balik Kampung’, alongside the real and heavy emotions attached to it. The entire Reprise and Malaysia Airlines team were pleased to have played a part in helping Fadhli’s family get the Raya blessings they longed for. This was also about the customer experience, as both Fadhli and his mother were treated with care and respect resulting in Fadhli expressing his gratitude and delight to return home to his family. This is a perfect example of Malaysian Hospitality.” said Faiz.
4 Comments
Millions of views and then what?
Nothing kills a brand faster than bad advertising. Here’s a classic example of the product being much better than their advertisement. It’s a shame.
How boring is this film?
Btw, 7 million views means nothing. If you spend enough of money, YouTube & Facebook will guarantee you millions of views. How many of the 7 million actually watch the film till the end? I challenge the agency to share those details.
Please stop masquerading bad content behind the number of views.
These days it’s silly to brag that a film has 7 million views on YouTube. So what? That’s just the Media reach. If they double their media spend on YouTube they would get 18 Million views.
Views on YouTube doesn’t mean anything. Imagine bragging that your commercial was aired on nationwide TV and half of the population saw it. So? Crazy right?
What is the idiom sour grapes?
Disparaging what one cannot obtain, as in The losers’ scorn for the award is pure sour grapes. This expression alludes to the Greek writer Aesop’s famous fable about a fox that cannot reach some grapes on a high vine and announces that they are sour.