Funk e McDonald’s: Disputas simbólicas e negociações de valor na campanha publicitária novinhos cheddar1

Abstract

The paper discusses negotiations of value related to the appropriation of a Brazilian funk song by the fast food brand MacDonald’s in its campaign entitled #Novinhos Cheddar. By means of the analysis of comments posted on the video page “The #NovinhosCheddar are at McDonald’s. Again!" on You- Tube, we problematize relationships between consumption, identity (personal and brand related) and value disputes in digital culture, understanding that these three spheres operate together. We conclude that a major part of the public has demonstrated its approval of the campaign, emphasizing that the strategy of approaching popular/peripheral cultural expressions can be profitable. However, we highlight that this approach does not take place without tensions, since several elements that reinforce the connection between funk and the periphery were summarily erased in the multinational’s campaign.