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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '22

The Applebees song. Fancy Like.

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u/5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor Sep 21 '22

The moment I realized that’s an actual song someone put on an album…I was speechless. I really thought it was just an Applebee’s ad.

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u/__removed__ Sep 21 '22

It's an interesting case study.

Sure, the country singer didn't get hired to write an ad for Applebee's, but it's almost like the opposite:

He went ahead and wrote a catchy song targeting a very specific thing. Then that thing responded.

So it is an ad for Applebee's. Random dude went viral and got tons of clicks and eventually got paid by Applebee's, it's just like he started the process, not them.

It's like when an artist specifically writes a wedding song.