# New Hyundai Christmas Commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237 "2010-11-29T01:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/21 "2010-12-07T01:18:27Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Ugh, maybe I’m alone, but I hate those ads, and I hate that style of singing. She sounds like she’s singing while being distracted by something else. Like, she’s too cool to put in all the effort needed to sing, but I guess if she gets around to it she’ll half-assedly sing some notes… Amen to this!!! I also find her somewhat attractive in a quirky way, but the way she sings is just as you describe—Trying too hard to be detached and aloof, and obviously above the commercial aspects of her current artistic endeavor, as befits her incredible talent…:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/22 "2010-12-07T06:16:29Z")
> [@androo](#): > > One of several: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liqJO0UfpD0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liqJO0UfpD0) > > The others are suggested on the right column. I don’t want to be uncharitable, so I will say thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/23 "2010-12-07T11:59:13Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Ugh, maybe I’m alone, but I hate those ads, and I hate that style of singing. She sounds like she’s singing while being distracted by something else. Like, she’s too cool to put in all the effort needed to sing, but I guess if she gets around to it she’ll half-assedly sing some notes. I even went to the effort of looking up some of her/her band’s other stuff on Youtube and I hated that too (I couldn’t get through their rendition of “Single Ladies.”) > > I also hate how the notes that she does sing are “different” from the traditional holiday jingles. I can’t identify a note by ear to save my life (you’d think 8 years of playing the trumpet and French horn would help with that…) but I can at least tell when one note isn’t the same as another note, and a lot of her notes are not the same as regular Jingle Bells/Deck the Halls, and even though I don’t like Christmas Carols, when they are sung wrong it still drives me batty! > > Oh, and I even hate the name Pomplamoose. It sounds God-awfully pretentious. > > Also, she is kind of cute, but she also looks like Justin Bieber…but then again, Justin Bieber looks like a girl, so that’s really more an insult to him than to her. > > Edit: Sorry for the threadshit, but I was actually had tempted a day or so ago to make my own OP about these commercials, I saw this, and figured no need for separate love and hate threads. all i know is the damned commercials make me all stabby, i hate the music and i hate the girl. ---
**Author:** ![ratmanizhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@ratmanizhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratmanizhere)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/24 "2010-12-09T14:51:35Z")
Uhmmmm…fantasy,folks? Ya know, hand lotion and Kleenex??? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/25 "2010-12-09T21:44:04Z")
I gotta throw in with **bouv** and **drastic\_quench** _et al_ here. There has surely never been a less festive version of _Jingle Bells_ ever recorded (barking dogs included). How can anybody not even at least _pretend_ to enjoy singing _Jingle Bells_? ETA: Yeah, okay, she’s cute. Lots of girls are cute. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/26 "2010-12-09T22:22:33Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > I know it’s part of the act, her blank gaze, a wee bit troubling. But I just cannot handle that dude. (if you look up the word “dork” there’s a picture of that dude) Their version of [Lady Gaga’s _Telephone_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vEStDd6HVY) is especially disturbing, yet the minor chord harmonies interesting. How can something so nauseous be soothing at the same time!? I heard the Pomplamoose version _before_ I ever heard the Lady Gaga version. I was lying in bed after just waking up and my girlfriend was playing the Youtube video on my computer. I didn’t know that it was a cover of a Lady Gaga song. I just thought it was a good song! “What is this song? Who does this?” I asked. When I found out it was a cover, I was disappointed. When I heard the original song, I thought, “wow, the cover version is a lot better.” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/27 "2010-12-09T23:51:09Z")
I had no idea in the world watching the commercial whether that was a cutish boy or a drab girl. I had an idea they were a band, though; got that part right. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/28 "2010-12-13T01:28:54Z")
The new Hyundai commercials with the singer people. Who are they? I find myself very attracted to the girl and wish they had more of those extreme closeups of her face. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/29 "2010-12-13T01:29:45Z")
Nataly Dawn. Of Pomplamoose. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/30 "2010-12-13T01:34:14Z")
Wow…that was quick. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/31 "2010-12-13T02:22:19Z")
Apparently you missed the other thread on this. > **[New Hyundai Christmas Commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=587230)** > > FYI - I’m calling dibs for Imaginary Girlfriend on the girl in the new Hyundai Christmas commercials. You have been warned. She may be a novelty in the commercial, but the Christmas Horror is that she sings _every fucking song she ever sings_ in exactly the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/32 "2010-12-13T15:25:34Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Ugh, maybe I’m alone, but I hate those ads, and I hate that style of singing. She sounds like she’s singing while being distracted by something else. Then again, some look for that type of thing. To me, it just lets me know she can multi-task. And I would wager that a majority of the things in her background are more intellectual than not. Then again, again, It could just be my own ADHD picking up on something there. But yeah, throw me into the OP’s camp here. She reminds me of someone I knew my first year of college. I would have asked her out in a moment, if circumstances allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/33 "2010-12-13T16:00:00Z")
When I saw the first commercial I was immediately annoyed by the “guy playing bells who obviously needs some Ridalin.” But I kinda liked the way she sang the song so I went and found them on YouTube and, after watching a few more decided he’s just having that much fun making music. Good on them both. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/34 "2010-12-13T16:53:41Z")
She’s adorable (in a shy sort of way-\), but her voice is very thin. I prefer rich voices in my female singers, like Tarja or Kate Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/35 "2010-12-13T17:01:20Z")
Merged **Sir T-Cups** ’ thread into previous thread by **zoid**. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/36 "2010-12-13T17:12:16Z")
Now I have to log in to this thread from a computer where I can access youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/37 "2010-12-15T05:28:54Z")
And now I have read this thread on a computer with access to youtube. > [@bouv](#): > > Ugh, maybe I’m alone, but I hate those ads, and I hate that style of singing. She sounds like she’s singing while being distracted by something else. Like, she’s too cool to put in all the effort needed to sing, but I guess if she gets around to it she’ll half-assedly sing some notes. I even went to the effort of looking up some of her/her band’s other stuff on Youtube and I hated that too (I couldn’t get through their rendition of “Single Ladies.”) Egads, that is bad. I tried “September” (Earth, Wind, and Fire), “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” (Aerosmith)\*, “Telephone” (Lady Gaga), and “Beat It” (Michael Jackson) - I couldn’t make it through a single song. Dreadful. Ironically, the Hyundai commercials are the _best_ songs she sings. Probably because they are closest to music I’m used to by no-talent hacks (i.e. random neighbors and family members) and the non-rock style. She is cute. I would pound the stuffing out of her, but I’d have to keep something in her mouth to keep her from singing. * * * - Yes, it is amusing from a certain point, that song with her flat affect - no emotion, and the music is upbeat - it’s practically cheerful. No really, listen to a bit of that one - but only a bit. Good heavens, not the whole thing! Personally, I think she went to the Vulcan music academy. They taught her all about notes and beat and tempo, but she missed out on understanding passion. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/38 "2010-12-15T06:28:47Z")
Yech. She might be cute but can’t sing worth a tinker’s damn. And her boyfriend/bandmate/whatever is CREEPY. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/39 "2010-12-15T17:45:27Z")
I kinda dig their music, to be totally honest. [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uolz7V12evc&feature=related) is one of the songs that are their own, which I like. [Here’s another.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9KMgg7T_sg&feature=channel) The idea behind their video’s and their music is pretty cool… if you hear it, you’ll see it in the video, and vice versa. Like instead of using auto-tune to get a harmony of her voice, they record her doing all the parts, then blend those. Thus you get a harmony, and you get a shot of her head recording the 3-5-eleventy squillion parts. Kinda neat, imo. And yes, she’s cute. Unfortunately, she does give off kind of an artsy-Hipstery vibe, which I find offputting. I’m just happy to see somebody doing something at least semi-original, and getting some success in it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/40 "2010-12-16T04:22:47Z")
Jeez, you guys are _harsh_. Personally, I think she’s cuter than a basket of kittens, but I have to admit that Pomplamoose is pretty much a one-trick pony. Once you’ve heard one cover done that way, you’ve pretty much heard them all. Nevertheless, I quite liked “Telephone”, more than GaGa’s original in fact. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237.md?page=3)