{"id":2182,"date":"2026-02-09T04:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2026-02-09T04:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:47:11","slug":"all-the-not-so-subtle-shade-in-pepsis-super-bowl-commercial-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=2182","title":{"rendered":"All The Not-So-Subtle Shade In Pepsi\u2019s Super Bowl Commercial\u2014Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">Pepsi\u2019s 2026 Super Bowl ad takes aim at Coke with a bold blind taste test, revealing the iconic Coca-Cola polar bear prefers Pepsi\u2014and finds love with a fellow Pepsi fan.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">The commercial doubles down on pop culture references, recreating the viral \u201cColdplay-gate\u201d kiss cam moment and closing with Queen\u2019s <em data-node-id=\"0.1.1\">I Want to Break Free<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">Reactions online praised the ad\u2019s humor and boldness, calling it everything from savage to \u201ca cold play,\u201d making it one of the most talked-about spots of the night. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">When you think of an ice-cold glass of soda, usually two big brand names come to mind\u2014and they\u2019ve been dueling one another for your affection since they first popped onto the scene. This year, Pepsi threw some major shade at its competitor, Coke, with a Super Bowl commercial that will definitely be the subject of conversation in the days to come. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">In the ad, we see the iconic Coca-Cola polar bear do a blind taste test of the two colas, only to discover that it actually prefers Pepsi. A travesty! Then, the polar bear finds love with another of its kind&#8230;a polar bear that prefers Pepsi. The commercial then ups the ante by replicating a shocking pop culture moment from the past year\u2014Coldplay-gate.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">For those unfamiliar, at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2025\/dec\/23\/what-happened-next-the-coldplay-kiss-cam-couple\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2025\/dec\/23\/what-happened-next-the-coldplay-kiss-cam-couple\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Coldplay concert\" data-node-id=\"4.1\" class=\"body-link css-8bav6j emevuu60\">Coldplay concert<\/a> last year, a couple in the crowd was projected onto the big screen kiss cam, only for their less-than-enthusiastic reactions to go viral. As it turns out, they were coworkers who were both married to other people at the time. Pepsi recreates the infamous moment in its commercial, but this time, the polar bears don\u2019t mind their time in the spotlight.<br data-node-id=\"4.3\"\/><\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"youtube\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Instead, they cheer with their Pepsi cans as <em data-node-id=\"7.1\">I Want To Break Free<\/em> by Queen plays in the background, suggesting the bears are breaking free from their relationship with Coke. Totally savage. Or, as one YouTube commenter calls it, \u201ca cold play.\u201d Har har. <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-18\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-fcvumo e94w1mj1\"\/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pepsi\u2019s 2026 Super Bowl ad takes aim at Coke with a bold blind taste test, revealing the iconic Coca-Cola polar bear prefers Pepsi\u2014and finds love with a fellow Pepsi fan. The commercial doubles down on pop culture references, recreating the viral \u201cColdplay-gate\u201d kiss cam moment and closing with Queen\u2019s I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}