Sennheiser M4
The Sennheiser M4 headphones campaign is about how being inspired by music can transform our lives. In the film “Daydream” we focus on human connection by diving into a young woman’s mind ending up in an imaginary dance duet. In the mini-docu we profile punk-jazzist Teis Semey’s life’s journey.
music changes how we dream
Daydream unfolds in an ordinary laundromat, where a moment of waiting and quiet isolation is transformed by music. As the protagonist puts on her Sennheiser Momentum 4 headphones, the soundscape opens into a warm, soulful track by the legendary Sunni Colón. We travel through sound itself - through the technology of the headphones - entering an inner, dreamlike space where emotion and courage begin to surface.
In this imagined world, acclaimed dancer Ema Yuasa leads a physical duet. Her movement translates sound into confidence, play and presence, turning hesitation into a subtle human connection. Music and dance merge as equal forces; not as spectacle, but as a shared language that bridges inner feeling and real-life action.
music saved Teis’ life…
Growing up in a small rural village in the north of Denmark, Teis Semey never quite fit in. Being different made him a target, and music became a place of refuge. Alone for long stretches of time, he taught himself jazz and blues on guitar, later colliding those influences with the raw energy of punk; not as rebellion for its own sake, but as survival.
Today, Teis reclaims his past through sound. Drawing on traditional Scandinavian music, he reshapes memory into something fiercely his own: a personal form of punk-jazz where resistance and vulnerability coexist. His red outfits and hoop earrings are not style statements, but symbolic markers of transformation, identity, and the freedom music continues to give…
“As a kid, I was an outcast in my deserted town in Denmark. People spit on me. Music basically saved my life. Punk-jazz gave me a ticket out that horrible place and now I can find my sound in the world.”
credits
| Direction | |
| Director | Ruben Van Leer |
| Choreography | Lukas Timulak |
| 1st Assistant Director | Gelder Dermout |
| Storyboard | Cenk Gungor |
| Performance | |
| Dancers | Ema Yuasa, Rodrigo Ribeiro |
| Rig & Stunts | Simon Van Lammeren |
| Extras | Lucas Martinez, Gabriel De Oliveira, Bjørk Semey, Sam Newbould, Xavi Torres |
| Documentary Artists | Teis Semey, Giovanni Iacovella |
| Camera | |
| Director of Photography | Noel Schoolderman |
| Focus Puller | Luuk Schmitz |
| Gaffer | Nicholas Burrough |
| Best Boys | Said Snono, Tara Bisoen, Ayke Govaart, Tim Van Gils |
| Grip | Bjorn Schumacher |
| Art & Styling | |
| Production Design | Nicole Van Houweninge (BLA) |
| Art Direction | Anke Haitsma, Ella Meesters |
| Stylist | Esmée Croqué |
| Make-up & Hair | Kimm Bakkers |
| Post-Production | |
| Editing | Greg Pereira |
| Compositing | Danny Merk, Tim Smit, Ruben Van Leer |
| 3D | Tim Van Der Wiel |
| Grading | Tim Van Paassen (The Compound) |
| Sound & Music | |
| SFX | Alexander Nezhinskiy (EvolSound) |
| Sound Recording | Earforce |
| Live Sound | Hayden Hook (DAM Recordings) |
| Music | "Elevation" Braxe+Falcon featuring Sunni Colón |
| Production | |
| Production Company | Popcorn Brain |
| Executive Producers | Daniel Bruce, Diego Molina |
| Producer | Els Tau |
| Production Assistants | Said Aafer, Thijs Visser |
| Location | The Wash Company, Westerpark Studio, NDSM Treehouse (Amsterdam) |
| Agency & Client | |
| Agency | Ogilvy |
| Creative Direction | Fede Botella, Diego Lauton (Xuxa) |
| Agency Producer | Ryan Williams |
| Client | Sennheiser |
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