# Is this commercial for Starbucks playing a pop song?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [June 3, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-commercial-for-starbucks-playing-a-pop-song/984958 "2023-06-03T15:04:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-commercial-for-starbucks-playing-a-pop-song/984958/1 "2023-06-03T15:04:37Z")

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Google search tells me the violin player is Yut Chia but absolutely nothing about the 20 second song bit he plays. I thought it sounded like a pop song but I’m not up on today’s pop so maybe not? Can anyone tell me? It’s driving me a teensy bit nuts.

[For some reason, I can’t direct link YouTube videos. I’m sure it’s something I’m doing wrong. Anyway, here’s the commercial.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmYJN-zqNJw)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AmYJN-zqNJw/maxresdefault.jpg "Starbucks Violin Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmYJN-zqNJw)

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-commercial-for-starbucks-playing-a-pop-song/984958/2 "2023-06-03T15:10:51Z")

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my Android phone says it is a snippet of the _Lighting of the Beacons_ by Howard Shore from the **Return of the King**.

This is the full song, I’m not sure where this snippet comes in:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/w_hnJNnKZz0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Lighting of the Beacons") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_hnJNnKZz0)

The scene in the movie is amazing, for what it is worth.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i6LGJ7evrAg/hqdefault.jpg "Lord of the Rings - Lighting of the Beacons [HD Test]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LGJ7evrAg)

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-commercial-for-starbucks-playing-a-pop-song/984958/3 "2023-06-03T15:16:38Z")

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Maybe “The Greatest” by Sia Furler?

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GKSRyLdjsPA/maxresdefault.jpg "YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKSRyLdjsPA)

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**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-commercial-for-starbucks-playing-a-pop-song/984958/4 "2023-06-03T15:20:36Z")

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I mean the chorus

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**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-commercial-for-starbucks-playing-a-pop-song/984958/5 "2023-06-03T15:37:23Z")

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Man, great vids!

I was on my way to thinking it could be a little bit of fiddling he did on the spot because, you know, the doubleshotted. But after hearing the chorus in Sia’s song, I’m thinking that could be it. Or at least the bit of Pop that I heard that this reminds me of.

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**Author:** ![Keturah1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8491ac/32.png) [@Keturah1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keturah1)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-commercial-for-starbucks-playing-a-pop-song/984958/6 "2023-06-06T23:45:36Z")

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Here’s the song it’s from Til I stop

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/My9yIUE4fYk/maxresdefault.jpg "Till I Let Go") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My9yIUE4fYk)

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**Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-commercial-for-starbucks-playing-a-pop-song/984958/7 "2023-06-06T23:49:50Z")

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It’s from YouTube & under…more the title of song is " Til I let go"