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Missy Elliott & H.E.R. Team Up For Epic Pepsi Super Bowl Commercial

<p>Roommates&comma; the Super Bowl is just days away&comma; but apparently Pepsi couldn’t wait to reveal its latest commercial set to air during the big game&period; The brand’s new ad features both the legendary<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;missy-elliott-recreates-her-supa-dupa-fly-album-cover-for-halloween&sol;"> Missy Elliott<&sol;a> and legend-in-the-making R&amp&semi;B artist H&period;E&period;R&period;&comma; as they team up to show us some fierce girl power&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thanks to Pepsi&comma; Missy Elliott is back to remind you exactly why she’s a living legend—and she’s bringing H&period;E&period;R&period; along for the ride&period; Both talented <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;billboard&period;com&sol;articles&sol;columns&sol;hip-hop&sol;8549524&sol;pepsi-zero-sugar-super-bowl-ad-missy-elliott-her&quest;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter">ladies are starring<&sol;a> in Pepsi’s Super Bowl commercial to promote its Pepsi Zero Sugar product&period; The 30-second teaser of the ad features Missy and H&period;E&period;R&period; singing a cover of The Rolling Stones’ classic song&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Paint It Black&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As expected with anything Missy does&comma; the visuals of the commercial are stunning and filled with vivid colors&comma; intense choreography and memorable rhymes&period; The clip opens with H&period;E&period;R&period; taking a sip of the Pepsi Zero Sugar and then running through a brick wall to meet up with Missy in an all blacked-out universe&comma; as Missy spits her verse over a beat she co-produced with her long-time friend Timbaland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B76a7GJBe60" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking about the new Pepsi commercial&comma; Missy had this to say&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’ve been following H&period;E&period;R&period;’s career closely&semi; her talent is undeniable&period; When the opportunity came up&comma; to not just work together but collaborate and create something all our own&comma; we had to make it happen&period; I called up Timbaland and Sean Bankhead&comma; I got the best of the best to make sure we brought the noise and did Pepsi Zero Sugar right&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>H&period;E&period;R&period; also expressed her excitement at working with Missy&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Everything about this experience &&num;8212&semi; from the music&comma; to the shoot&comma; to the collaboration with an icon like Missy &&num;8212&semi; it was really special&period; Pepsi gave us the creative liberty and platform to create this song and the video&comma; it’s an honor and I think people will appreciate how real we tried to be with the final product&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can check out the full-length commercial when it airs during the Super Bowl on February 2<sup>nd<&sol;sup>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; 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