Volvo & Avicii "A New Beginning" teaser trailer :15

Volvo Cars and Swedish artist & producer Avicii announce a creative cooperation to celebrate their Swedish roots with a new recording and music video, due for global release on May 8th. The collaboration will form the basis for a global brand campaign entitled ‘A New Beginning’. He'll be reworking Nina Simone's "feeling good", which is akin to making a collage out of Cézanne paintings, it's difficult to not end up with something beautiful.

Stockholm-born Avicii, 25, has a shared Swedish heritage with Volvo. Volvo Cars and Avicii are now both entering a new phase in their existence.

“The Volvo Cars brand is on the ascendant, just as Avicii is, with a growing global audience. We thought there would be no better way to celebrate our heritage and passion for life than to work together to produce something special that reflects who we are and what matters to us,” said Alain Visser, Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing & Customer Service at Volvo Car Group.

Avicii’s production of Feeling Good adds new vocals, infectious beats and a catchy melodic treatment.
“I've loved the song for a long time. It's one of the best songs ever written. It's just timeless to me. I've been a big fan of Nina Simone, Etta James and that kind of sound for a very long time. So when I found out that was the song that Volvo Cars wanted in the music video I was really excited and happy to do something with it. I wanted to create something new, and at the same time stay true to the original,” said Avicii.

The beautifully shot video for Feeling Good was filmed in Stockholm and locations personal to Avicii such as Österlen in Sweden, where he and his family spent their summer vacations. Avicii and his team had full creative sign off on the final video and created and approved the storyline together with Volvo.
“It was important to me that if we did something together it would be new and unique, that it was a longer term global cooperation from both sides and that it would completely align with our brands in both a credible and creative way. Everything you see in the video is true to the Avicii brand. Volvo Cars’ lead tagline is ‘A New Beginning’ and that is a theme we share with Volvo,” said Ash Pournouri, founder of At Night Management, whose vision and creative guidance brought Avicii to worldwide acclaim.

“As we embark on the most exciting product launch plan in the history of our company, we thought this is the perfect moment to launch a brand campaign focussing on the essence and uniqueness of the brand. This initiative forms part of our new Volvo Way marketing strategy which we announced recently.
This is why the campaign is called ‘A New Beginning’. It’s about celebrating who we are and who we aspire to be. It’s about people making the most of their lives,” added Alain Visser.

Client: Volvo / Volvo XC90

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I searched the internet after watching the Volvo commercial. I listened to every rendition of Nina Simone's great song that I could find. Finally I typed in Volvo and Feeling Good. This video came up and I am pleased.
It is not just a commercial. It is a piece of music with a particular car as a prop. Volvo may actually benefit more from this than if the music was simply an emotional backdrop to a sales program. If it is not on social media it should be.