# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/41 "2010-12-16T13:01:39Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uolz7V12evc&feature=related) is one of the songs that are their own, which I like. Hated that one. > [@Tristan](#): > > [Here’s another.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9KMgg7T_sg&feature=channel) Loved that one. And I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/42 "2010-12-16T13:28:58Z")
> [@androo](#): > > Despite all that, I still find myself dropping whatever I’m doing to watch her change scarves and outfits in those commercials. GOD she’s CUTE! I get a kick out of the commercial with with her and the red car. They cut and splice the film as she sings, her legs flopping in and out like she’s in dire need of a restroom brake. ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/43 "2010-12-16T14:33:23Z")
> [@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… She is listening to her prerecorded voice and singing the harmony part over it. If you’ve never done it, you may be surprised at how difficult it is to do it right and make it sound good. Looking good while doing it is low priority for her I guess. Since they don’t use auto tune, it is evident that she is pretty good at getting the harmony down, whether you like her style or not. That being said, I saw a video where she was not singing over herself. She had a real hard time looking at the camera. When she did however, those eyes burned through my soul. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/44 "2010-12-16T14:56:48Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > 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. I could’ve written that word for word. And the song in your second link, “If You Think You Need Some Lovin’”, is damn catchy. I’ll be listening to that one all day, I expect. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/45 "2010-12-16T15:25:51Z")
Well, I’ll jump in and claim dibs on the blonde chick singing in the mall on the escalator. I don’t even know what the commercial is for, but the camera sure loves her. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/46 "2010-12-16T20:06:40Z")
1 minute, 22 seconds each. That’s about all I could take of each of the three songs I tried to get through. Meh, to each his own. This one’s not for me. She is oddly cute for a bit, but not enough for me to listen to her music. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/47 "2010-12-17T04:35:13Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > 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. I don’t mind the video idea, it’s okay, and I could probably tolerate the music - even get into it in the right mood. That last one is even a bit catchy. I don’t mind she’s singing all the parts, and glad she’s actually signing the notes rather than just autotuning to find them. But her singing is just… empty. Barely there. She pauses for every frikking word. It’s like she’s plinking on that little toy xylophone with her voice, rather than belting out the words. That’s what annoys me. I like singers with passion, emotion, depth. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/48 "2010-12-17T10:41:21Z")
I carry around a master list entitled:“Candidates for the Future Empress of the Weltreich”. It is safe to say she is on that list. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/49 "2010-12-17T13:35:02Z")
So that Weltreich will last only until she sings at your coronation, then we’ll have a revolution… Not a solid plan. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/50 "2010-12-17T15:55:32Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > So that Weltreich will last only until she sings at your coronation, then we’ll have a revolution… Not a solid plan. Why would she sing? Heck, her purpose wouldn’t even be to talk. ---
**Author:** ![fargingbastige](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/57b2e6/32.png) [@fargingbastige](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fargingbastige)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/51 "2010-12-22T17:27:43Z")
The chick in the commercial is prettyt cute. ---
**Author:** ![gooberfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@gooberfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooberfish)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/52 "2011-01-01T21:34:52Z")
I’d f-in do her. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/53 "2011-01-01T21:47:51Z")
Is it me, or does her partner Jack(?) seem insane? Or on Meth? In the commercials he’s only really shown banging into Hyundais and twirling signs around. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/54 "2011-01-03T18:44:01Z")
I like the way the music is arranged. Their take on Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” is particularly brilliant, a big improvement over the original, IMHO. I thought I was attracted to the music largely because of Nataly Dawn’s cuteness, initially, but I listened to some of her solo work and work with other artists and discovered that it’s the music I like most. Hunh. Jack Conte, aka Manic Guy, is a pretty good arranger and composer I think … maybe more of a talent than Nataly. Still, Jack’s solo efforts are kinda manic and he does not have Nataly’s pipes. So maybe there is a good synergy going on between them, creatively speaking. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/55 "2011-01-03T21:14:51Z")
Count me in as another one who is totally in love with Nataly Dawn. She’s currently my wallpaper on my cell phone. When I saw an article on the commercial and found out who she was, I went and downloaded her album from iTunes, downloaded her videos from youtube. I’m obsessed. She has a certain style, but I don’t think she sings every song the same way. Mr. Sandman is not like Beat It. She is incredibly cute and I like the guy too. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/56 "2011-01-04T20:39:15Z")
According to Wiki: “Natalie Knutsen (the girls real last name), along with her family, was an evangelical Christian missionary in France, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Scotland, Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Norway, and Poland. They founded EuroBoost in 2005 as a way to accelerate church planting in European countries.” She is cute, no lie, but after finding that out…less so. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/57 "2011-01-04T23:08:42Z")
Question on another commercial: The Qwest HD commercial with that woman with the black hair and bangs standing off to the side: where do I think I’ve seen her before? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/58 "2011-01-05T00:20:44Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > According to Wiki: "Natalie Knutsen (the girls real last name), along with her family, was an evangelical Christian missionary in France, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Scotland, Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Norway, and Poland. Sounds more like an excuse for an extended tour of Europe on someone elses dime. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/59 "2011-01-05T00:46:34Z")
I’m sold. Literally. I had to have If You Think You Need Some Lovin. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237/60 "2011-01-05T13:03:48Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m sold. Literally. I had to have If You Think You Need Some Lovin. That’s fine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hyundai-christmas-commercials/562237.md?page=4)