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Pandora Music

Hear What's Inside.

Supplied brand reference

Pandora today: the pioneer of personalized radio, on a phone full of other apps.

The brief / 05

An integrated Gen Z campaign that turns music discovery into an unboxing.

Music & CultureStrategy / Concept / Creative directionExplore the work / 8 images ↓

01Challenge

Pandora pioneered personalized radio, but younger listeners now find music on Spotify, YouTube and TikTok. At the same time, Gen Z is falling for older sounds. Pandora's Music Genome Project could bridge the eras, if it felt fresh enough to open.

Pandora Your Music Unboxed wall billboard — OOH · Concept executionOOH · "Your Music. Unboxed." "Escape the Expected." The brand name made literal: open the box and the albums spill out.

Pandora Escape the Expected street poster — OOH · Concept executionOOH · "Your Music. Unboxed." "Escape the Expected." The brand name made literal: open the box and the albums spill out.

02Insight

Gen Z is tired of playlists that already know what they'll like. They don't want to be told what to listen to. They want to find it.

Pandora Your Music Unboxed campaign artwork — Concept executionThe line system: "The Possibilities Are Endless." "Always New. Always You." Every headline pairs surprise with ownership.

Pandora The Possibilities Are Endless album collage — Concept executionThe line system: "The Possibilities Are Endless." "Always New. Always You." Every headline pairs surprise with ownership.

03Concept

Pandora's Box, reopened. Every listener gets a box of unexpected songs across genres, eras and moods: music you didn't know you were looking for.

Pandora Hear Whats Inside digital billboard — Supplied campaign visualDigital billboard · The tagline as a promise. The box stays closed until you press play.

Why it works

The idea is already in the brand name. A box of unexpected songs gives Gen Z what the insight says they want: to find music, not be told.

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Music & Culture

Pandora Music

Hear What's Inside.

Supplied brand reference

Pandora today: the pioneer of personalized radio, on a phone full of other apps.

The brief / 05

An integrated Gen Z campaign that turns music discovery into an unboxing.

Music & CultureStrategy / Concept / Creative directionExplore the work / 8 images ↓

01Challenge

02Insight

Gen Z is tired of playlists that already know what they'll like. They don't want to be told what to listen to. They want to find it.

03Concept

Pandora's Box, reopened. Every listener gets a box of unexpected songs across genres, eras and moods: music you didn't know you were looking for.

Why it works

The idea is already in the brand name. A box of unexpected songs gives Gen Z what the insight says they want: to find music, not be told.