That time the Swifties did not break Grab

Award: Gold

Award Year: 2025

Category: T&AE _ Timely Opportunity & Current Events

Executive Summary

In March 2024, every Singaporean’s news and social feeds were filled with one name: Taylor Swift.

You didn’t need to be a Swiftie to hear about the 4-day concert tour in Singapore. It was all people talked about, and everyone was excited.

Everyone—except Grab.

Major events like this in Singapore trigger crisis planning in Grab, and this looked like the perfect storm of operational, traffic, PR and brand disasters in the making.

This is how we took a potential brand crisis and transformed it into a moment of delight.

Lead Agency

Grab Creative Studio

Denyse Chua, Assistant Marketing Manager, Social SG

Gillian Loo, Communications Manager, Singapore

Sulin Lau, Regional Head of Marketing and Brand

For Reel

Audrey Lean, Co-founder

Skovy Tay, Art Director

Jessie Ong, Team Coordinator

Client

Grab

Jess Seow, Regional Marketing Manager, Brand | Partnerships

Kai Shan Oh, Marketing Coordinate, Social SG

Siew May Goon, Marketing Head, Fintech & Mobility, SG

Jacelyn Lee, Marketing Associate – Mobility, SG

Ying Ying Phua, Marketing Manager – Mobility, SG

Claire Chai, Communications Lead, Singapore and Internal Communications

Claudia Tan, Content Assistant Manager

Alicia Neo, Assistant Manager, Shared Mobility

Siti Narimah Yapah, Associate, Shared Mobility

Ling Yong Yeo, Manager Premier Services