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Apple Shares New Memoji Ads Featuring Ariana Grande, Khalid, and Florida Georgia Line

Friday February 8, 2019 6:11 am PST by Joe Rossignol

Apple today shared a trio of new Memoji ads on its YouTube channel featuring Ariana Grande, Khalid, and Florida Georgia Line.

The videos highlight today's release of Grande's full album "Thank U, Next," yesterday's release of Khalid's single "Talk," and the upcoming release of Florida Georgia Line's country album "Can't Say I Ain't Country" on February 15. All of the songs and albums can be streamed with Apple Music.

Grande and Florida Georgia Line are nominees for the 61st GRAMMY Awards, airing this Sunday on CBS at 8 p.m. Eastern Time. Grande and fellow nominees Shawn Mendes and Kacey Musgraves are featured on Memoji billboards in Los Angeles.

Tags: Apple ads, Apple Music Guide, Memoji

Top Rated Comments

usersince86

26 months ago

Oh, Apple, where have you gone?

Score: 41 Votes (Like | Disagree)

tkermit

26 months ago

Can't believe what passes as music these days...

Score: 36 Votes (Like | Disagree)

kingofwale

26 months ago

this has officially convinced me to put 1500 dollars down for an iPhone....

...says nobody ever.

Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)

NachoGrande

26 months ago

This is so terrible....

Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)

GrumpyMom

26 months ago

I'm just here for the singing chicken.

Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)

JohnnieBBadde

26 months ago

Nothing more to say:

Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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