Singer/songwriter will.i.am stars–and gets both an eyeful and earful–in this “Discover your music” spot promoting the Corona Capital Music Festival slated for next month in Mexico City. Taken by surprise, will.i.am sees and hears the rising band The Blenders in concert–except the venue is a high-rise building and his view is through a window as the band performs, suspended in mid-air some 330 feet above the ground in a window washers’ scaffolding-like rig. The Blenders’ performance is replete with smoke and fireworks.
Directed by Mathias Hovgaard via Toronto-based Sequoia Content for agency Anomaly Toronto, the promo necessitated the construction of an aerial platform for the band, deploying 25 cameras to capture the action from helicopters and drones. Production/production services company The Lift in Mexico City was recruited to help pull off the ambitious production challenge.