Chevrolet Goes Emoji WIth Press Release
Smiley face. Heart. Car. Emoji. Know what the means? You’ll find out soon.
It’s not everyday that a new car launches with a press release written entirely in Emojis, but this morning Chevy did just that. It’s a cool, buzzworthy and ambitious move and we’re proud to be a part of it.
To accompany the release of a new model, Chevrolet did something that no automaker has ever done: it issued an all-emoji press release challenging readers to translate from Emoji to english.
all emoji-deciphering all-s: can you crack the code? Tweet your guess with #ChevyGoesEmoji. http://t.co/6faqc33aQU pic.twitter.com/L1jwtuwwQ8
— Chevrolet (@chevrolet) June 22, 2015
Emojis may be the language that millennials speak on social media, but this is very much a cross-platform effort. We worked with Chevy to spread the word within CBS sports, weather, entertainment, traffic and music reports.
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So what does the Emoji message mean? Nobody seems to know for sure, but the folks at The Verge have one entertaining translation:
Happy person loves car
City car music, stop. Dash city, city, city, city, 11 o’clock in the evening, happy and sad, a new car chicks love….
Don’t buy that one? The good news is that comedian Norm Macdonald will be on hand to decode the message. Stay tuned!