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# Stop-Motion Squirrels
Coldplay Releases a Trailer for ‘Strawberry Swing'

By Rachel | Published 2009-07-21 | Pop Culture
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/coldplay-strawberry-swing
References: [notcot.org](http://www.notcot.org/post/23458/) & [thelooploop](http://www.thelooploop.com/2009/07/coldplay-strawberry-swing/)

[Coldplay](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/a-future-begins) has released a [trailer for their new video](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/anime-music-video) ‘Strawberry Swing.’ Who knew artists released trailers for new videos? Perhaps they needed a trailer because the video deserves an introduction -- it’s that cool.

Say what you will about Coldplay, but the 30 second trailer for ‘Strawberry Swing’ is a [stop motion video](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/barbour-x-wallace-gromit) featuring a chalk squirrel, a super hero, and some fair maiden being saved. Take a look at the brief glimpse of the stop motion fun!

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 3.5/10
- Popularity: 11% | Activity: 87% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Media](https://www.trendhunter.com/media)

## Key Themes

### Why This Trend Is Growing

- **Stop-motion Videos:** Opportunity for businesses to create engaging marketing content using stop-motion techniques.
- **Video Trailers:** Opportunity for businesses to build anticipation and generate buzz by releasing trailers for their video content.
- **Unique Video Concepts:** Opportunity for businesses to stand out and capture audience attention by creating videos with unique and creative concepts.

### Industries Being Reshaped

- **Marketing and Advertising:** Disruptive innovation opportunity for companies in the marketing and advertising industry to explore stop-motion videos as a creative form of marketing content.
- **Entertainment:** Disruptive innovation opportunity for the entertainment industry to embrace the use of video trailers to generate excitement and attract audiences to their content.
- **Film and Animation:** Disruptive innovation opportunity for the film and animation industry to experiment with unique video concepts and storytelling techniques that captivate viewers.

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