If you’ve opened TikTok in the past few weeks, there’s a high probability that you’ve heard—and perhaps even seen—a little lad who loves berries and cream.
The character’s repetitive song and marionette-like dance have fueled an incalculable number of video clips, viewed more than 350 million times on the app. It’s been remixed with Abba, haunted dreams, inspired fiction and flooded the inbox of anyone with a shoulder-length pageboy haircut.
Such a feat of cultural supersaturation would be a coup for any piece of content, especially an ad. But what’s equal parts impressive and confusing about this one is that the ad is 14 years old.
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