We are now KHOY.
Against the backdrop of a global brand upgrade, home & living brand KHOY successfully introduced its new brand name and flagship product—the modular sofa bed—to the global market. Using a TikTok ad that balances warm family vibes with high-energy visual appeal, KHOY directly addresses a long-standing pain point: for too long, sofa beds have been a compromise between style and comfort.
This case study breaks down the creative mechanisms, video script structure, and user conversion logic of the ad, alongside a step-by-step guide on how to replicate high-converting home living product ads using AI video generators.
- Creative Mechanism: Hooking Viewers in the Golden 3 Seconds
- Addressing Pain Points: Ending the Sofa Bed "Compromise"
- Video Script Structure Breakdown
- Deep Dive: AI Video Generation Prompts
- How E-commerce Teams Can Replicate This Ad
- Creative Extension Ideas for the Home & Living Category
- FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
Creative Mechanism: Hooking Viewers in the Golden 3 Seconds
On short-form video platforms like TikTok, home and furniture ads often fall into the trap of being static and uninspiring. KHOY's ad breaks through the noise in the first 3 seconds by combining visual contrast with a highly emotional voiceover:
- Visual Hook: The opening frame features a low-profile, modular velvet sofa in vibrant orange sitting in a bright Scandinavian living room. This pop of color naturally pops on users' feeds compared to typical neutral-toned home interiors.
- Audio Hook: Over an upbeat, trendy background track, a young male voice delivers a spontaneous, UGC-style reaction: "Oh my god. What is that thing? Is that a sofa? A sofa bed? I need it in my life." This natural, energetic reaction instantly sparks curiosity and strips away the feeling of a polished "corporate ad."
Addressing Pain Points: Ending the Sofa Bed "Compromise"
Traditional sofa beds are notorious for being uncomfortable as beds, clunky as sofas, and frustrating to assemble. KHOY addresses these friction points with clear visual proof:
- Frictionless Assembly (Minimizing Decision Barriers): In the second scene, an elegant woman effortlessly carries a backrest cushion and slides it onto the base. This shot instantly communicates that the modular system is light, simple, and requires only one person to assemble.
- True Sleep-Grade Comfort (Resolving Quality Doubts): By removing the velvet cover, the ad reveals a clean white folding mattress laid flat on the floor. Two young boys diving and rolling on the mattress serve as a powerful, non-verbal demonstration of its softness, elasticity, and comfort.
- Aspirational Lifestyle Scenes (Emotional Resonance): The video closes with a mother and her children sitting on a striped blanket, sharing fruit. Moving from product demo to warm family interaction paints an aspirational picture of everyday living, justifying a premium price tag.
Video Script Structure Breakdown
The video is short but highly structured, following a classic, high-converting TikTok ad framework:
Energetic BGM + expressive male voiceover: "Oh my god. What is that thing?... I need it in my life."
Sparks curiosity and drives up the 3-second watch-through rate.
Fast-paced BGM continues with clean, realistic SFX of the cushion locking in.
Demonstrates that the product is modular, lightweight, and easy to assemble.
BGM + kids laughing and playing.
Visually proves the mattress's thickness, safety, and resilient bouncing support.
Soft family ambient sounds, BGM fades out.
Builds emotional connection and links the product to happy family moments.
Deep Dive: AI Video Generation Prompts
If you want to replicate this aesthetic and create high-performing home product ads using AI video generation tools (such as Sora, Runway Gen-3, or Luma Dream Machine), you can use and adapt the following prompts:
Video Prompt
Prompt: A bright and warm Scandinavian-style apartment living room, sun shining through sheer curtains. Wooden floors with a woven rug, in the background are wooden shelves, green potted plants, and wall decor.
Scene 1 (The Setup): In the center sits a low, modular velvet sofa in vibrant orange, adorned with black-and-white striped cylindrical pillows and patterned cushions. High-end lifestyle magazine aesthetic.
Scene 2 (Human Interaction): An elegant blonde woman in a white dress walks in from the right, carrying an orange backrest cushion, and smoothly slides it onto the base to assemble the sofa. Natural movement, handheld mobile camera style.
Scene 3 (Transformation & Play): Cut to the white folding mattress without its velvet cover, laid flat on the wooden floor. Two energetic young boys in t-shirts excitedly dive and roll onto the mattress, laughing and playing.
Scene 4 (Warm Family Vibe): The mattress is now covered with a striped blanket. A mother and her two boys sit together on it, sharing a bowl of fruit, warm family interaction. Warm cinematic lighting, natural colors, shot on mobile phone, no cinematic depth of field to keep the UGC feel.
Key Prompt Elements Breakdown:
- Spatial Styling & Setting: Phrases like
Scandinavian-styleandsun shining through sheer curtainsestablish a warm, premium, and clean interior aesthetic. This is standard for high-average-order-value (AOV) home products. - Product Textures & Colors: Terms like
modular velvetandvibrant orangeguide the AI engine to render accurate fabric textures and eye-catching product details. - Camera Style: Specifying
handheld mobile camera styleandno cinematic depth of fieldavoids overly polished, artificial 3D renders, maintaining the raw, high-converting UGC feel native to TikTok.
How E-commerce Teams Can Replicate This Ad
E-commerce teams don't necessarily have to rent expensive studios or shoot everything from scratch. A hybrid approach combining AI generation with physical product footage can dramatically lower marketing costs:
- AI-Generated Environments: Use the prompts provided above to generate high-quality backdrops—whether Scandinavian, minimalist, or Japandi-style living rooms.
- Green-Screen/3D Product Integration: Render your physical sofa product in 3D, or film the assembly process against a green screen. Overlay these real elements onto the AI-generated living room background.
- Native Voiceover (Hook): Hire native-speaking creators on UGC platforms to record the expressive opening voiceover, or customize dynamic audio tracks to match the visual pacing.
Creative Extension Ideas for the Home & Living Category
If you are promoting other products in the home and living space, you can adapt KHOY's structure for these variations:
- Storage & Organization (e.g., Collapsible Organizers): Open with a messy closet and a frustrated sigh. Show a fast-paced, satisfying sequence of the organizer popping open and items being neatly stacked away, ending with a clean, therapeutic closet reveal.
- Bedding & Sleep (e.g., Weighted Blankets): Start with someone tossing and turning in bed (highlighting insomnia). Transition to a slow-motion shot of a weighted blanket draping smoothly over them, ending with a peaceful morning scene filled with warm sunlight.
- Kitchen Appliances (e.g., Air Fryers): Start with an extreme close-up of a unique recipe and a voiceover saying, "Wait, you can cook this in an air fryer?" Show quick cuts of the appliance starting, food sizzling, and family members happily sharing a meal.