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An Ex-Wife Violently Redecorates in this IKEA Commercial

It looks like the aftermath of a bad break up as the woman in this IKEA commercial gets destructive with all elements of her home's decor.

The woman starts by smashing a wall full of pictures. The glass breaks and a close up of a picture with her boyfriend drives the message home early in this ad. She continues her destructive rampage throughout the house by tearing down blinds, removing her bed spread and smashing a guitar to pieces.

They say "Hell hath no furry like a woman scorned," and this IKEA commercial drives that point home hard and fast. In the end of the commercial though, it's revealed that maybe the woman wasn't breaking up with her boyfriend or husband after all, but instead breaking up with her home's decor.

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SCORE
2.1 out of 10
GENDER
10% Men90% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 17%
Activity 38%
Freshness 8%

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