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Brand Introduces REAL MAGIC™, Its First New Global Platform Since 2016 and reveals the “Hug,” a New Perspective on the Iconic Coca-Cola Logo.


Coca-Cola® today unveiled a new global brand philosophy and platform called REAL MAGIC™, which invites everyone to celebrate the real magic of humanity. Brand will also launches “One Coke Away From Each Other,” the First Global Campaign Under the Real Magic™ Platform.



The platform refreshes the brand’s trademark promise – to unite and uplift people every day – with renewed relevance for the world we live in today. The platform is built from lessons of the last 18 months: that we can find magic all around us when we come together in unexpected moments that elevate the everyday into the extraordinary. It also acknowledges the many contradictions experienced as new generations find harmony and human connection in a virtual and divided world. 


“Coca-Cola® is a brand defined by dichotomies: humble but iconic, authentic yet secret, real yet magical,” said Manolo Arroyo, Chief Marketing Officer for The Coca-Cola Company. “The REAL MAGIC™ philosophy is rooted in the belief that dichotomies can make the world a more interesting place – a world of extraordinary people, unexpected opportunities and wonderful moments. At the same time, it captures the essence of Coca-Cola® itself: a real taste that is indescribable, unique, a touch of real magic.”


REAL MAGIC™ marks the first new global brand platform for Coca-Cola® since 2016 and is being launched alongside a refreshed visual identity for Coca-Cola®, as well as a new perspective on the Coca-Cola® logo that will feature across Coca-Cola® marketing. Inspired by its representation on Coca-Cola®’s iconic packaging, the “Hug” logo lifts the curved Coca-Cola® trademark on bottle and can labels to provide a visual signature that will embrace and frame moments of magic across Coca-Cola®’s communications. 


Coca-Cola® is collaborating with artists, photographers and illustrators to bring the concept of REAL MAGIC™ to life through the embrace of the Hug logo. Through their own distinct and unfiltered lenses, they will bring moments of everyday magic to life in ways that are inclusive and collective, yet also individual and expressive. Design partners include Wieden+Kennedy London, KnownUnknown and Kenyon Weston. 



“REAL MAGIC™ is not simply a tagline or a one-off campaign: It is a long-term brand philosophy and belief that will drive and guide marketing and communications across the Coca-Cola® Trademark,” Arroyo said. 


REAL MAGIC™ launches with a new campaign called “One Coke Away From Each Other.” Blending real and virtual worlds, “One Coke Away From Each Other” is a metaphor that speaks to the belief that what unites us is greater than what sets us apart and celebrates our common humanity. The film, which launched digitally on September 29th, asks what if Coca-Cola®, as a symbol of togetherness, could bridge universes meant to be apart to create Real Magic™. The film also features three well-known gamers – DJ Alan Walker, Team Liquid’s Aerial Powers and Average Jonas. 


TVC “One Coke Away From Each Other"


Coca-Cola® partnered with advertising agency BETC London to create the “One Coke Away From Each Other” campaign, as well as leading film director Daniel Wolfe and gaming and CGI specialist production partner Mathematic. The campaign also features social and digital executions, as well as out of home.


“Through the REAL MAGIC™ platform, we ultimately want to engage people very differently through an ecosystem of unique and ownable experiences,” Arroyo said. “’One Coke Away From Each Other’ has been built for, and with, a community that demands something different than what they may have come to expect from Coca-Cola®. In developing this campaign, we’ve partnered with the best creators, with gamers, with Twitch and with others to find our place in a reality unlike any we’ve known before. That’s tremendously exciting.”