Brand Film
Volvo Cars
Song of the Open Road
A luxury sedan launch that opened with a poet, not a car.



Project Overview
Every business sedan ad looks like the last one — boardrooms, slow-motion shoes, drone shots over highways. Volvo's idea of luxury is closer to inspiration than indulgence. So we cast accordingly.
For the S90 launch we made a brand film about a writer grappling with creative block, set against Walt Whitman's "Song of the Open Road."
Inspiration, freedom, self-discovery — the values already sitting inside Volvo's "Our Idea of Luxury" positioning, finally given something to be about.
- Client
- Volvo Cars
- Year
- 2016
- Role
- Art Director / Creative
Agency / Studio
Grey New York
Directed by
Niclas Larsson
Team
- Matt O'Rourke
- Denise O'Bleness
- Neil Maclean
