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Sarah McLachlan Talks Super Bowl 57 Commercial & ASPCA Impact
Everyone's heartstrings person been tugged by the ASPCA's affectional TV commercials, including prima Sarah McLachlan.
Set to her affectional 1997 ballad "Angel" and featuring shots of sad-looking pets, the vocalist exclusively told E! News connected Feb. 9 that the long-running ads are "brutal" for an important reason: truthful that viewers "bring the wallet out."
"I volition bash immoderate it takes to help," she told E! News co-hosts Adrienne Bailon-Houghton and Justin Sylvester. "And I deliberation that advertisement generated similar 30 cardinal dollars for the ASPCA successful 2 years, and it inactive gets played."
But for arsenic melancholy as they are to watch, the 55-year-old said the ads were thing but hard to film, arsenic the lone hard portion was getting her canine co-star to calm down.
"It couldn't settle," she said of 1 of the commercial's dogs, "so that was challenging."
The Grammy victor had a akin acquisition filming with a wolf for her brand-new Super Bowl commercial with Busch Light, which pokes fun astatine her memorable ASPCA ads.
"This is simply a ace amusive opportunity, obviously, to spouse with this iconic brew marque and instrumentality the piss a small spot retired of the ASPCA commercial," she joked. "We, arsenic Canadians, similar that opportunity. I don't instrumentality myself precise seriously."
And though it's been six years since the merchandise of her latest album, Wonderland, successful 2016, fans volition beryllium excited to cognize that the prima has caller euphony connected the way.
"I americium moving connected it," Sarah revealed connected E! News. "I don't cognize if it's gonna beryllium this twelvemonth oregon into this year, oregon the opening of adjacent year. But, hopefully, it volition beryllium retired soon."
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As for imaginable collaborators? After Brandi Carlile invited her to execute her opus "Angel" with her during a 2022 concert, Sarah has racked up a agelong database of artists she'd emotion to work with successful the future.
"Billie Eilish, Finneas—the brace of them would beryllium truly large together," she shared. "Adele, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Ray LaMontagne…I mean, I could spell on."
Hear much from the prima successful the afloat interrogation above.
E! News airs Mondays done Thursdays astatine 11 p.m. connected E!.
Be definite to drawback Sarah's caller advertisement with Busch Light during Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, Feb. 12.
Watch E! News weeknights Monday done Thursday astatine 11 p.m., lone connected E!.
