Current:Home > MyBud Light releases new ad following Dylan Mulvaney controversy. Here's a look. -Ascend Wealth Education
Bud Light releases new ad following Dylan Mulvaney controversy. Here's a look.
View
Date:2025-04-16 14:14:56
Bud Light has unveiled a new advertisement, further distancing itself from its disastrous partnership with transgender TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney that continues to hurt sales.
The beer brand's nostalgia-packed ad, released Thursday on Youtube, features beachgoers, fishermen and cookout attendees enjoying Bud Light beer as they weather seasonal challenges like sunburn, heat and thunderstorms. The '70s disco hit "Good Times'' by Chic provides the soundtrack for the 60-second spot.
Bud Light, which is owned by liquor giant Anheuser-Busch InBev, has disabled the video's comment section on YouTube. The spot has racked up more than 100,000 views as of publication time.
This latest commercial follows the brand's "Easy to Drink, Easy to Enjoy" ad that debuted during this year's Super Bowl. The promo features actor Miles Teller from "Top Gun: Maverick" dancing in a living room with his his real-life wife, Keleigh Sperry, and their dog, Bugsy, after cracking open two cans of Bud Light.
The brand's shift in tone comes amid ongoing backlash for its collaboration with "365 Days of Girlhood" chronicler Mulvaney for a March Madness promo earlier this year. Right-wing media and anti-trans viewers criticized the sponsored content on social media and called for a boycott of the beer. Some viewers even threatened violence against the executives behind the partnership.
The company's attempt to distance itself from the campaign caused further backlash from the LGBTQ+ community, with some bars pulling all Anheuser-Busch products from their menu.
Bud Light sales have fallen sharply amid ongoing boycotts, dropping more than 23% for the week of April 29 compared to the year-ago period, according to data from Bump Williams Consulting. In May, the popular brand lost its title as America's best-selling beer to Constellation Brands' Modelo Especial. Analysts also downgraded the Anheuser-Busch's stock.
Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth has lamented Bud Light's marketing misstep, saying the brand "never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people" in an apology that also drew criticism from LGBTQ organizations.
- In:
- Anheuser-Busch InBev
veryGood! (62189)
Related
- Rylee Arnold Shares a Long
- Oppenheimer 70mm film reels are 600 pounds — and reach IMAX's outer limit due to the movie's 3-hour runtime
- By 2050, 200 Million Climate Refugees May Have Fled Their Homes. But International Laws Offer Them Little Protection
- What happens to the body in extreme heat? Experts explain the heat wave's dangerous impact.
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- Biden has big ideas for fixing child care. For now a small workaround will have to do
- It takes a few dollars and 8 minutes to create a deepfake. And that's only the start
- Big Oil’s Top Executives Strike a Common Theme in Testimony on Capitol Hill: It Never Happened
- Where will Elmo go? HBO moves away from 'Sesame Street'
- Raging Flood Waters Driven by Climate Change Threaten the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Ranking
- Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
- RMS Titanic Inc. holds virtual memorial for expert who died in sub implosion
- Northwestern athletics accused of fostering a toxic culture amid hazing scandal
- Influencer says Miranda Lambert embarrassed her by calling her out — but she just wanted to enjoy the show
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- Recent Megafire Smoke Columns Have Reached the Stratosphere, Threatening Earth’s Ozone Shield
- Stanford University president to resign following research controversy
- Got a question for Twitter's press team? The answer will be a poop emoji
Recommendation
Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
Save $200 on This Dyson Cordless Vacuum and Give Your Home a Deep Cleaning With Ease
The fight over the debt ceiling could sink the economy. This is how we got here
From searing heat's climbing death toll to storms' raging floodwaters, extreme summer weather not letting up
Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
Inside Clean Energy: What Happens When Solar Power Gets Much, Much Cheaper?
Official concedes 8-year-old who died in U.S. custody could have been saved as devastated family recalls final days
Police say they can't verify Carlee Russell's abduction claim