{"id":241057,"date":"2026-04-08T23:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/241057\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T23:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:00:13","slug":"plano-based-kfc-drops-a-beat-with-finger-lickin-machine-dallas-innovates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/241057\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano-Based KFC Drops a Beat With ‘Finger Lickin’ Machine’ \u00bb Dallas Innovates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Video still from the new KFC spot. [Image: KFC]<\/p>\n

KFC\u2019s Colonel Sanders has done a lot in TV spots over the years. He\u2019s boxed, arm-wrestled, tossed sub-par gravy across kitchens, and crashed out in a courtroom. But he may have finally out-Coloneled himself in a new campaign that shows him break-dancing up the side of a skyscraper.<\/p>\n

Dropped hot on Monday, the new 60-second spot features KFC\u2019s first-ever single, a funky track called \u201cFinger Lickin\u2019 Machine.\u201d It shows the Colonel dancing across a boardroom table to the astonishment of harrumphing execs, then dancing his way down a city street at night and all the way up the side of a skyscraper.<\/p>\n

The :60 is rolling out across social and streaming platforms, including on Spotify. There\u2019s also a :90 second extended cut \u201cthat plays like a music video\u201d\u2014and you can play it here<\/a>\u00a0or click it below:<\/p>\n

Produced by the Chicago creative agency Highdive with music by Ryan Grieve for Hole in the Sky Music and choreography by Rich + Tone Talauega, the spot features a track \u201cbuilt to stream, replay, and live on repeat\u201d and is designed to show up \u201cacross social feeds and sound-on moments,\u201d KFC said.<\/p>\n

From social feeds to streaming platforms to IRL drops, KFC said it\u2019s moving \u201cbeyond the fast-food playbook, turning a campaign into something fans can hear, share and experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Roof-bound Colonel dances up a skyscraper in this video still from the new KFC spot. [Iimage: KFC]<\/p>\n

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The latest addition is former Wingstop exec Melissa Cash, now CMO of the Plano-based brand. Under President Catherine Tan-Gillespie, KFC is building a powerhouse team to drive its \u201cKentucky Fried Comeback Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jonas’ first watch was a Fossil. Now he’s a leading face of the brand. Each timepiece in the new collection blends Jonas’ passion for watch collecting, his personal style, and Fossil’s decades-long design heritage to deliver styles that are both “timeless and distinctly modern,” the Richardson-based company said.<\/p>\n

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The proof-of-concept test detected drones using Ericsson’s massive-MIMO radios, showcasing the network’s ability to track unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within surrounding airspace. The technology aims to bolster national security while leading to safer skies and smarter cities, Ericsson said.<\/p>\n

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Tarun Lal is a veteran global executive with more than 25 years of experience at Yum! Brands, where he most recently was president of KFC U.S.<\/p>\n

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The global provider of wireless network solutions said its new Plano headquarters will employ up to 150 people in R&D, engineering, customer support, sales, and corporate functions. Airspan has 11 offices worldwide, including four in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video still from the new KFC spot. [Image: KFC] KFC\u2019s Colonel Sanders has done a lot in TV…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[92412,72293,160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-241057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-finger-lickin-machine","9":"tag-kfc","10":"tag-plano","11":"tag-plano-headlines","12":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}