Seal has never been in truer form than in Mountain Dew’s new Super Bowl commercial, which premiered Wednesday (Feb. 5), featuring the British singer serenading Becky G on a truly wild water safari.
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The spot opens with the “Shower” singer cracking open a Baja Blast and taking a sip, which magically transports her onto a raft — driven by the soda company’s own Mountain Dude — through an idyllic mountain-lined stream. The passengers then pull up next to a choir of seals singing atop a rocky formation.
That’s when Seal the musician makes an appearance to perform a parody version of his 1995 Billboard Hot 100-topping hit “Kiss from a Rose” dedicated to Mountain Dew’s product — except he looks a little different. With his human head animated onto a seal’s body, the R&B star belts, “Baby, I compare it to a kiss from a lime on the bay/ Ooh, the more I think of it, it’s strange I’m a seal/ My flippers can’t hold Mountain Dew/ It slips right on through, what a shame.”
In an extended version of the ad, a baffled Becky G looks on and says, “Well this is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.”
That’s when Seal — the human one, not seal the seal — appears in the back of the boat to quip, “Good looking seal.”
A 30-second cut of the whimsical commercial is expected to air during the Super Bowl broadcast Sunday (Feb. 9), which will find the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against the Philadelphia Eagles with a Halftime Show performance from Kendrick Lamar. Mountain Dew had previously announced that the “Mamiii” artist would be part of the campaign, but Seal’s cameo is a surprise, and in a statement, the “Fly Like an Eagle” artist called it an opportunity he “just couldn’t resist.”
“I had a blast coming up with new lyrics and loved collaborating with their team to bring this campaign to life in such a fun and unexpected way!” Seal shared.
Becky G added, “Partnering with a brand that knows how to bring the energy and get the party started feels like a perfect fit. Prepárate, Super Bowl LIX – vamos a pasarla increíble!”
Watch Seal perform “Kiss From a Lime” for Becky G below.