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Airlines to Hotels, a Quest to Help You Sleep
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Prepare for takeoff with the world’s silliest, sexiest, and tongue-in-cheekiest airline safety videos.
Air New Zealand, “Safety in Paradise”
Released in conjunction with the 50th-anniversary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, the latest cheeky video from Air New Zealand amps up the sexy for safety’s sake—bikini models, shirtless Maori men, and even a cute baby to get moms all aflutter—all to the hit Capital Cities track “Safe and Sound.” Led by John Legend paramour Chrissy Teigen along with Christie Brinkley and friends, the video offers up everything you might expect when you let swimsuit models run around a Cook Islands paradise. Whether anyone remembers anything they’ve been told about airplane safety is another thing entirely.
Ready to be reminded where the exits are? Stay tuned for more soon.
Prepare for takeoff with the world’s silliest, sexiest, and tongue-in-cheekiest airline safety videos.
Virgin America, “Safety Dance”
This high-octane take on the safety video was filmed in a hangar, where a massive cast of talent performs a catchy choreographed song-and-dance, turning standard, yawn-inducing info into Broadway-worthy razzle-dazzle.
American Idol season nine semi-finalist Todrick Hall leads the troupe as the creator of both the music and the lyrics for the video, while Step Up 2: The Streets’s Jon M. Chu directs. Wait for the soul segue that explains the emergency exits—and try not to get the song stuck in your head. It rivals even the mile-high madness of Air NZ’s Richard Simmons vid.
Ready to be reminded where the exits are? Stay tuned for more soon.