Ad Campaigns
Gen AI takes the stage: Bingo! Mad Angles’ rap campaign
Mumbai: Prepare to be transported into a realm of unparalleled creativity, imagination and entertainment as ITC’s Bingo! Mad Angles presents its latest mind-bending campaign. In an industry-first move, Bingo! has harnessed the power of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to craft an entirely GenAI-driven campaign, bringing to life a seamless fusion of technology and creativity. This one-of-a-kind campaign is set to redefine the boundaries of snacking by combining cutting-edge GenAI technology, the zaniest of theories and an electrifying rap song.
The campaign began when Bingo! – through a cryptic TVC teaser – posed the question: “Uss Raat Kya Hua Tha?” (What happened that night), challenging consumers to unleash their inner detectives and concoct wild theories to solve the mystery. Consumers inundated the campaign pages on social media with theories that could only be described as wildly absurd and over the top. The 20 quirkiest entries were picked and later used as the foundation for Midjourney, the GenAI wizard of image generation, to conjure up a collection of surreal and uproarious memes that brought the theories to life.
As the campaign culminates, Bingo! has introduced a rap video through the storyline formed by the memes. The imaginative story was crafted into lyrics by ChatGPT. Collaborating with Uberduck AI and Musify, the lyrics come alive with a pulsating rhythm, creating a dynamic rap anthem. Runway AI, Kaiber AI and Midjourney designed an ethereal GenAI Art Gallery template, where the memes were brought to life. The virtual GenAI Art Gallery will resound with the line “Uss Raat Kya Hua Tha”, accompanied by the iconic “MMMMMMMMM” soundbite, embodying the brand’s delightful chaos. The entire GenAI campaign was executed by PixelFox, a creative agency.
Speaking on the campaign, Snacks chief operating officer Kavita Chaturvedi said, “We wanted to challenge the conventional norms of how brands engage with their audience. Bingo! Mad Angles has always stood for unleashing the unexpected and with our new campaign, we’ve taken this philosophy to a whole new level. Bingo! Mad Angles has been at the forefront of delivering ‘MMM’ ad solutions to our consumers and this GenAI-driven campaign is a testament of our commitment towards innovation and disruption.”
NATIONAL: Amazon Ads has laid out a sharply tech-led vision for the advertising industry in 2026, arguing that artificial intelligence, streaming TV and creator partnerships will combine to turn brand building into a more precise, performance-driven business.
At the heart of the shift, the company says, is the fusion of AI with Amazon’s vast trove of shopping, browsing and streaming signals, allowing advertisers to move beyond blunt reach metrics to campaigns designed around real customer behaviour.
“The future of advertising is not about reaching more people, but the right people with messages that resonate,” said Amazon Ads India head and vice president Girish Prabhu. “By combining AI with deep customer insights, we help brands move from broadcasting campaigns to having meaningful conversations wherever audiences spend their time.”
One of the biggest changes, according to Amazon Ads, will be the collapse of the wall between media planning and creative development. Retail media, powered by first-party data, is increasingly shaping everything from brand discovery to final purchase, pushing marketers to design campaigns around audience insight rather than internal instinct.
AI is also moving from a support tool to a creative engine. Agentic AI, which automates and accelerates production, is expected to make high-quality creative accessible even to small businesses, compressing weeks of work into hours and giving challengers the ability to compete with larger brands on speed and scale.
Behind the scenes, AI-driven analytics will take on a bigger role in campaign optimisation, identifying patterns, spotting opportunities and recommending actions that would previously have required teams of analysts.
Streaming TV is another big battleground. With India’s video streaming audience now above 600 million and connected TV users at 129.2 million in 2025, advertisers are set to treat streaming not just as a branding channel but as a performance engine, measured increasingly by sales, sign-ups and bookings rather than just reach.
Finally, Amazon Ads sees creators and contextual advertising reshaping how brands tell stories. Creators will act less like influencers and more like long-term partners, while scene-aware ads on streaming platforms will allow brands to insert hyper-relevant offers into the flow of what viewers are watching.
Taken together, Amazon Ads argues, these shifts mark a move towards advertising that is both more human and more measurable, where AI handles the complexity, and creativity does the persuading.
