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From: Yazoo <yazoo@myself.com>
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Subject: Re: F1 Launch 2025
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:48:47 +0100
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:15:32 -0000 (UTC), Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Yazoo <yazoo@myself.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:07:27 +1300, Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org>
>> wrote:
>> 

>
>So, I had to look up some of these...

Thank you for the effort!

>
>* Jack Whitehall is quite well known, and has made something of an
>  international breakthrough with his Comedy Central show. Not very
>  well known outside the UK, but not unknown.

Never heard of him.

>* Kane Brown is clearly an attempt to play to the US audience, but has a
>  wide following with younger audiences worldwide (never heard of him).

Ditto.

>* Brian Tyler is quite a successful composer, mainly film, TV and
>  video games. The link to F1 is that he wrote the F1 theme (no, not The
>  Chain - the one from the official intros) as well as for Esports. Yes,
>  I had to look all that up.

I didn't know this. OK.

>* Take That...well, they are very popular in Europe and Asia still, even
>  though they never really made it in the US.
>

I know that they were popular, but didn't know they are STILL popular.
Not my cup of tea. :)

>So, it's not a terrible line-up for an international launch...but it's
>not exactly exciting. I *hope* they're just minor bits of filler with
>the focus on the teams, cars and drivers.

It is obvious that F1 want to adjust to American market.

Since I am almost 60, my music preferences are different (more jazz,
rock and blues). But, obviously I'm not in the main target group.

At least there is no hip-hop, rap and similar on the list. :)

-- 
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