"CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE" for Extra Gum

[riley]

I totally agree with John's initial comment.

That seems like a pretty big get for Haley. Lovely as always.

Those are some really unreal FB numbers! Now she in on major TV networks with National campaign ads, who would have thought (not me)... I couldn't be happier for Haley!!

I just love Rachel she is the ultimate cheerleader for Haley .....

[Zem]

Yay Top 100!!

#99 in All iTunes songs

[Miguel]

YT comment:

1 hour ago
I was about to press skip then I saw Hailey reinhert and I was like let me watch. I started crying when she came back and then the gum wrappers…I never thought gum could make me cry…

[InItToWinIt]

Marie Claire: The Internet Can't Stop Talking About This Epic Gum Commercial

I haven't outwardly felt a feeling since 2002, but when I watched this new, emotionally manipulative Extra gum commercial, something in my tear ducts stirred, and a single crystalline droplet rolled down my cheek. JK. It burned, and I had to get a Kleenex.

Featuring a pair of cute, age-ambiguous youths with nice teeth and Haley Reinhart covering an Elvis song as only Haley Reinhart can, "The Story of Sarah and Juan" follows the aforementioned dentally compatible couple as they meet-cute, go to prom, do the long-distance thing, and ultimately get engaged in an art gallery whose walls are lined with tiny! whimsical! pen drawings! Juan! did! on! all! the! gum! wrappers! he's! saved! throughout! the! years! (I'm going into shock because of the feels, if you couldn't tell.)

It could just be that Juan has chronic halitosis, but their love must be strong and true because renting out an event space for a proposal you're not putting on YouTube is no joke.

Also on BuzzFeed but no Haley mention but they'll hear her.

BuzzFeed: People Are Losing It Over This Epically Romantic Gum Commercial

[Tusk]

PJ found this article on Buzzfeed videos

People Are Losing It Over This Epically Romantic Gum Commercial

Comments

Marlyn Flynn · Promotions Director/On-Air Personality at IHeartMedia Inc.
Me before watching this: um this looks dumb & she's probably low-key telling him he has bad breath.

Me after watching this: IT IS RAINING ON MY FACE UGH THIS IS SO CUTE

Lane Karas · Post Coordinator at Hudsun Media
Boss walks into my office "Why are you crying?"
Me "I just watched the most romantic gum commerical on Buzzfeed...I mean...I just love my job so much! I was working! Working really hard and loving it! These are happy tears! Happy tears!"

Coworkers comforting me.... asking if I'm okay. Fucking gum.

lol

I watched this video over and over yesterday and ugly cried. Then I made my husband watch it and ugly cried.

[john]

Cute Buzzfeed headline

Extra gum just destroyed everyone’s emotions with its new ad; people everywhere are puddles of tears after seeing the commercial. Watch if you dare.

Jean Alexander Steffen · Frankfurt, Germany
I felt nothing...
Like · Reply · 3 · 43 mins

Robby Dalton · Rockcastle
A) You're aromantic
B) You're trying to seem cool
C) You suffer from some form of depression
D) You're a sociopath
E) All of the above
Like · Reply · 1 · 18 mins

Leslie Star
pessimistic polly over here, rolling my eyes.

hits play.

sobbing.

[lovinghaleyr]

CURRENTLY #38 on iTunes pop chart!!!!!!!!!!

#35 now

[john]

CURRENTLY #38 on iTunes pop chart!!!!!!!!!!

#35 now

Is that in Argentina lovinghaleyr?

Up to #19 on the new pop songs chart here.

[InItToWinIt]

Cosmopolitan: The Most Romantic Movie of All Time Is Actually a Gum Commercial

As a diehard cynic, when I saw people on social media losing their shit over an Extra gum commercial, my first thought was, "When did we all get so soft?" But then I watched it and got legit goosebumps. And then I watched it four more times in a row and teared up.

The ad, which is aided by Haley Reinhart's moving rendition of "Can't Help Fallin' in Love," follows the love story of a girl named Sarah and a boy named Juan, who meet in high school when Sarah offers him a stick of Extra gum. They fall in love, go to prom together, graduate, fight, do long-distance, until finally she shows up to a gallery and Juan proposes to her by revealing the super beautiful way he's been immortalizing each of their most precious moments.

BRB crying forever now.

[john]

Boom, boom, boom. Media jumps on board. Like I've always said, what's good for Wrigley is good for Haley.