Nike – Da Da Ding

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The song is upbeat and really catchy and the visual content is equally powerful. This new Nike ad features a bunch of Indian women athletes and Nike’s brand ambassador in India, Deepika Padukone. The lyrics of the video “I cannot back down. I cannot give up. I won’t take no for an answer. Ay girl let’s do this. My competition is myself…” urge women to get out and play a sport; focus on their goals and achieve them.

Nike – Da Da Ding

The video also features other Indian women athletes including Joshna Chinappa (Squash), Rani Rampal (Hockey), Harmanpreet Kaur (Cricket), Jyoti Ann Burrett (Football), among others. Deepika also released a statement about how a sport can really change your life. Her struggle with depression was the darkest times and sports saved her from sinking.

The goal of the campaign created by Nike and Wieden+Kennedy was to inspire more women to play a sport; they also wanted this to be part of a larger idea of sports changing a person and helping him or her through tough times. The campaign was shot in Mumbai over a course of six days and directed by Francois Rousselet who has made videos for the likes of Kanye West. The lyrics were written by rapper Gizzle along with Wieden+Kennedy and produced by Genera8ion who produced M.I.A’s album Matangi.