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Pack Yer Bags: Yorkshire Tea brews up the biggest dancefloor banger of the summer

As any serious tea drinker will tell you, no holiday luggage is complete without a safely packed box of teabags. You can't take any risks; your destination is unlikely to offer a "proper brew". Cue Yorkshire Tea's new ad that smashes all the usual cliches of a local lad's first Ibiza trip.

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A shirtless man's back with "PACK YER BAGS" written across it in white text, referencing the Yorkshire Tea campaign and summer holiday theme

The campaign by Lucky Generals for Yorkshire Tea focuses on a young holidaymaker from Yorkshire who wants to go and do Ibiza "proper" through writing and producing a proper summer dancefloor banger. Released alongside a brilliant new music video, Pack Yer Bags taps into the big trend of people taking Yorkshire Tea on holiday so they can get a proper cuppa abroad.

Written by Lucky Generals and composed and produced by Ninja Tune, the song and accompanying music video – directed by Fred Rowson – hilariously and skillfully takes all the tropes and cliches of a classic first holiday with your mates and flips them on their heads to be all about Yorkshire Tea instead. "Shades; leave it, no room. Tea; pack it pack it pack it pack it," sings the star. "Let's get lightly caffeinated!"

Or how about, "Sambuca shot. Tequila shot. Rather have a Yorkshire tea in a teapot". Or even "Cabin crew to doors for arrival, the local time is tea time". There's even a massive shout-out to Lorraine Kelly, although it's not clear why.

Launched today, the campaign is supported by paid media (via GoodStuff) and will searchable on Spotify. "We believe a proper brew makes a proper difference, and no more so than when you're on your hols," says Carly Murphy from Yorkshire Tea. "Our latest tea song is a celebration of tea, the passion, and the lengths that people go to for a decent brew, wherever they might be."

Nick Bird and Lee Smith, creative directors at Lucky Generals, said: “We've all been there; parched in Pathos, mouth like a sundried flip-flop, with an inferior hotel teabag mocking you from next to the mini kettle. We're hoping that Pack Yer Bags helps put an end to that awful predicament and becomes a mantra that every holidaymaker takes with them wherever they go this summer."

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