How Skepta drove fan activity and playlist placements with Sonikit

⚡ Introduction: Turning Streaming Into a Global Moment

In the modern music industry, cutting through the noise requires more than just dropping a link. For the release of Ignorance Is Bliss, Skepta’s team set out to create an experience that transformed a digital album drop into a global fan moment.

Working with Wayward Creative, Sony Music, and The Orchard, Skepta’s team launched a cutting-edge interactive website powered by Sonikit. The site featured a real-time, 3D heat map of global streaming activity, letting fans visually explore the impact of the record — and heat up their city by listening to the album live.

Here’s how the campaign combined streaming data, interactivity, and Sonikit’s pre-save and SMS tools to create one of the most immersive album launches of the year.

🌐 Campaign Concept: Stream. Explore. Activate.

The core idea of the campaign was simple but powerful:

Visualize the world’s reaction to Skepta’s new music in real time.

Fans who visited the site were greeted with a dynamic 3D globe, glowing with streaming activity pulled from Spotify and Apple Music APIs. Key features included:

• Live streaming heat map showing top cities by listen count

• Fan location interaction — users could “heat up” their own location by streaming the album

• Search locations to see which songs were trending in different regions

• Embedded streaming so fans could listen without ever leaving the site

This approach not only captured attention — it kept fans on-site longer, encouraged sharing, and drove measurable conversions.

🔧 Sonikit’s Role: The Engine Behind the Engagement

While the visuals pulled fans in, it was Sonikit that made the campaign perform behind the scenes. Skepta’s team used a fully custom Sonikit pre-save embed integrated into the site — giving them total control over the experience from start to finish.

💡 Pre-Save Integration Highlights:

✅ On-Site Pre-Save, No Redirections

Fans could pre-save the album to Spotify or Apple Music directly on the site. No third-party landing pages, no friction. This meant:

• Higher completion rates

• Lower bounce rates

• A more immersive fan journey

✅ Total Design Control

With Sonikit, the pre-save embed could be styled to match the site’s futuristic, globe-spanning visual identity. That consistency built trust — and kept the branding sharp.

✅ Fan Data Collection Built-In

Each pre-save captured phone numbers from fans who opted in, allowing Skepta’s team to:

• Send SMS updates about the album release

• Promote tour dates and merch drops

• Build a direct-to-fan marketing channel

✅ Ad Attribution + Retargeting

Because fans never left the site, all paid ad traffic stayed contained, meaning:

• Cleaner attribution

• Stronger audience segmentation

• Smarter retargeting on platforms like Meta, TikTok, and Google

✅ Advanced Analytics & Insights

Sonikit delivered real-time fan insights to the team, including:

• Pre-save conversion rates by platform

• SMS opt-in percentages

• Geo-location breakdowns

• Streaming platform preferences

This data helped the team optimize spend and creative mid-campaign, which isn’t always possible with standard DSP pre-save tools.

📊 Results at a Glance

• Thousands of pre-saves collected directly from the site

• High SMS opt-in rate, creating a new first-party marketing list

• Fans from over 40 countries interacted with the heat map

• Average session time more than 3x industry benchmarks, due to the immersive design

• Full control over data and attribution, making the campaign measurable from top to bottom

🎧 What This Means for Indie Artists and Labels

This campaign proves that interactive doesn’t have to mean complicated — and that tools like Sonikit make high-impact campaigns accessible even for smaller teams.

Here’s what music marketers and independent artists can take away:

• Embed your pre-saves into any campaign site or microsite with Sonikit — and keep fans where you want them.

• Capture phone numbers and build SMS lists early in your funnel, not after the release.

• Track everything from top streaming services to fan geo data in one place.

• Deliver an experience, not just a link.

🚀 Plan Your Next Campaign with Sonikit

Whether you're building a full immersive experience or just launching a pre-save page, Sonikit gives you the tools to do it smarter.

• Custom pre-save widgets for Spotify, Apple Music, and more

• SMS opt-in and messaging tools

• Fan analytics dashboards made for music teams

• Easy integration into websites, landing pages, or artist pages

👉 Get started with a free Sonikit account to start planning your next release!