Love ‘em or hate ‘em, but Kia’s break-dancing over-sized hamsters must actually be selling units of the Soul. How else do you explain this nonsensical 90-second spot from David&Goliath, which looks like it cost an awful lot of money to make (probably the equivalent of thousands of Kia Souls).

In the announce, we’re told, “The commercial – “Bringing Down the House” – highlights the emergence of electronic music, which has quickly found its way into the mainstream and some of today’s biggest musical acts. This, combined with a trend where young artists are increasingly incorporating classical music and instrumentation into their music, comes together to create a modern-day remix of new and old.” I don’t quite know how clearly that message will come across to the average consumer, or if it really needs to. In fact, I would argue you could send the hamsters back to almost any time period with the same effect.

But, it seems that D&G is sticking by the old mantra, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Sure, it’s stupid, but it’s working. So, you can hate on the hamsters as much as you want, or you can join them in dancing to Axwell’s remix of Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl’s “In My Mind.” It’s no LMFAO, but it’ll do. Credits after the jump.

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For the all screenshots I’d seen of a scantily-clad Adriana Lima holding a checkered racing flag, I didn’t have very high expectations for Kia’s Super Bowl spot. But, I was wrong, and David&Goliath definitely delivered on this :90 vacation to a fantasy world driven by the Optima.

What happens when a man is accidentally given access to the sweetest of sweet dreams? He enters a world of super models, Mötley Crüe, giant sandwiches, fire, rhinoceros rodeos, MMA fighting (featuring a cameo from Chuck Lidell) and, of course, fast cars. But, even a perfect world can’t stand in the way of this hero and his significant other. With his Optima, he breaks into his lady’s dream, “rescuing” her from a white horse-riding hunk who looks dull compared to our protagonist. It’s the kind of “manly” everyman story that beer brands somehow continue to fail at telling with each new ad campaign.

Going into the Super Bowl, the majority of hype is undoubtedly surrounding VW’s sequel to last year’s “The Force” and Honda’s homage to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. After the big game, we hope to see Kia and D&G receive due credit for producing a commercial better than those from their more talked-about competitors. Credits after the jump.

Update: For a play-by-play on how this spot came to life, see D&G copywriter Justin Bajan’s blog post on Adpulp.

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