WANTED: PIRATE SHANTY SINGER

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

The iconic solo pirate adventure returns. Sail the Caribbean as Edward Kenway during the Golden Age of Piracy in this faithfully enhanced remake featuring stunning visuals, upgraded gameplay, and new content.

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Why it worked

This video likely performed well due to the creative integration of a popular sea shanty with iconic game footage, creating a unique and engaging piece of content that appeals to both gaming and music communities.

Summary

A pirate performer recruits a bystander to sing a sea shanty, which is then used to resync the trailer for Assassin's Creed Black Flag. The video promotes the game and encourages viewers to download it.

Structure

1Recruitment for a pirate shanty singer
2Teaching the shanty 'Lowlands Away'
3Singing the shanty with game footage
4

Original caption

All it took was one bystander and a shanty to score the Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced trailer! Lowlands Away has never hit harder 🏴‍☠️ Watch till the end. Out NOW. #sponsored

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Product placement

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced (game): The video uses clips from this game and offers a free copy as a reward. Removing it would change the video's purpose and content. It ACTS as the subject of the video. Assassin's Creed Black Flag (game): Mentioned as the game being resynced. It ACTS as the subject of the video. Ubisoft+ (service): Appears as a watermark/call to action to play the game. It APPEARS and is not essential to the video's narrative. Vertiqal Studios (company): Appears as a watermark/attribution. It APPEARS and is not essential to the video's narrative. gamelancer (creator handle): Appears as the creator's handle. It APPEARS and is not essential to the video's narrative.

Call to action

go download the game

On-screen text

WANTED: PIRATE SHANTY SINGER Sing to join the crew AHoy, matey. HAVE YOU EVER SANG A SEA SHANTY BEFORE? I HAVE NOT, SIR. NO WORRIES. I'LL TEACH YOU ONE. IT'S CALLED LOWLANDS AWAY. SING THE SONG AND JOIN OUR CREW. WHAT DO YOU SAY? YES, SIR. I ACCEPT. WE'RE GONNA USE YOUR VOICE TO SCORE THE THE ASSASSIN'S CREED BLACK FLAG RESYNCED MINI TRAILER. LOWLANDS LOWLANDS LOWLANDS AWAY LOWLANDS AWAY ME JOHN. ME JOHN. MY LOVE SHE CAME DRESSED ALL IN WHITE. OH, SHE CAN DRESS ALL IN WHITE. LOWLANDS AWAY. LOWLANDS AWAY. HER CHEEKS WERE WET. HER EYES DID WEEP. LOWLANDS AWAY. LOWLANDS AWAY. YOU GOT THE HEART OF A PIRATE, MATE YOU'RE IN THE CREW LET'S GO. AND FOR YOUR TROUBLES A FREE COPY OF ASSASSIN'S CREED BLACK FLAG RESYNCED THAT'S MY FAVORITE GAME. GO DOWNLOAD THE GAME. ASSASSIN'S CREED BLACK FLAG RESYNCED AVAILABLE NOW PLAY NOW WITH UBISOFT+ AVAILABLE NOW

Transcript

Ahoy, matey. Have you ever sang a sea shanty before? I have not, sir. No worries. I'll teach you one. It's called Lowlands Away. Sing the song and join our crew. What do you say? Yes, sir. I accept. We're gonna use your voice to score the the Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced mini trailer. Lowlands. Lowlands. Lowlands Away. Lowlands Away. Me John. Me John. My love she came dressed all in white. Oh, she can dress all in white. Lowlands Away. Lowlands Away. Her cheeks were wet. Her eyes did weep. Lowlands Away. Lowlands Away. You got the heart of a pirate, mate. You're in the crew. Let's go. And for your troubles A free copy of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. That's my favorite game. Go download the game.