The 25-year-old rapper and singer gives “You’re the One That I Want” a fresh twist in a splashy new ad for Pepsi.
Fifty years after the stage musical launched and 44 years after “Grease” made it to the big screen, Pepsi has teamed up with Doja Cat to send a new generation back to Rydell High.
On Friday, the company dropped an online ad for its limited-edition, retro-themed Soda Shop line that sees the 25-year-old rapper and singer channel her inner Sandy Olsson, as she belts out “You’re the One That I Want,” a classic track first made popular by Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. The line features two new classic flavors: black cherry and cream.
Despite the familiar sights of the Pink Ladies and the bad boys of the T-Birds in the music-video ad, this isn’t the same old 1950s setting of the original productions.If the modern hot rods and hip-hop dance moves didn’t give that away, then Doja Cat’s nod to the iconic Sandy makeover scene from “Grease” certainly does.
"I just remember seeing that Sandy as a kid and that just basically defining my existence, so in that moment, I was like, 'I need to be here ,'"Is Danny Zuko still the one that Sandy wants?Rather than simply donning the plain black leather and satin ensemble that Newton-John tried on to impress Travolta’s Danny Zuko in the big-screen version and uttering the memorable line, “Tell me about it, stud,” the “Need to Know” singer’s Sandy stepped out in all-leather garb that was...
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