Weetabix Salutes Raye’s Viral TikTok with Tribute Billboards in Her Hometown

British breakfast brand Weetabix is celebrating Raye's billion-stream milestone and a viral moment with billboards in the singer’s hometown.

When the artist ate Weetabix from her Spotify plaque to celebrate a billion streams of “Escapism,” the internet noticed.

Now Weetabix is giving the moment the hometown treatment it deserves.

This week, a playful outdoor campaign went up across Croydon, where the BRIT-winning artist grew up.

Created by BBH London, the large-scale posters feature four vinyl records, three standard and one shiny gold, with the label "Croydon’s Very Own."

These visuals were then posed alongside the brand’s familiar question: “Have you had yours?”

It’s a nod to Raye’s viral TikTok moment, where she turned her music achievement into a breakfast celebration, catching the attention of fans and sparking meme spin-offs. 

@raye my first billion 😀🥹🥹 #escapism♬ escapism slowed - Dezalyr

For Weetabix, the opportunity was too good to pass up.

“When Raye turned her streaming success into a Weetabix moment, we knew we had to celebrate her in true Croydon style,” said Lorraine Rothwell, head of brand and marketing at Weetabix.

“She’s a cultural icon, and this tribute is our way of saying — she’s clearly had hers!”

Felipe Guimaraes, executive creative director at BBH reinforced these sentiments, calling the campaign "one of the moments where Weetabix connects right back to culture."

A Hometown Billboard, A Global Meme

The Croydon-based OOH campaign ran for two days, from May 31 to June 1, with media handled by Mindshare.

The hero posters combined bold visuals with subtle messaging, using record artwork to tap into music culture while keeping the breakfast brand front and center.

The effort follows in the footsteps of Weetabix’s earlier reactive work, like the “They had theirs” campaign launched the day after England’s Lionesses won Euro 2022. 

 

 

 

 

 

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The quick turnaround became a model for how the brand inserts itself into trending moments with a simple but familiar line.

And this time, the viral momentum came ready-made.

Raye’s original post, captioned “God bless TikTok," amplified her fanbase’s excitement and gave Weetabix a reason to respond.

The campaign doesn’t rely on traditional media spend or influencer tie-ins, but the organic reach from Raye’s audience and hometown pride gives it legs.

Our Take: When Does Culture Serve the Brand?

It’s clever when a brand can let someone else do the viral heavy lifting.

With this campaign, Raye made the moment, and Weetabix just gave it a home.

Overall, the latest initiative from the brand and agency shows how viral marketing doesn’t require orchestration from scratch.

Sometimes, you just have to react to whatever's happening online, and react to it fast.

In other news, Toblerone revealed that the airport girl who went viral on TikTok was all part of its new campaign.