Severance × Futurism: partnership thesis

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Severance

TV show · @severance_tv

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Futurism

brand · @futurism

The thesis

According to Qloo taste data, audiences engaged with Severance and the media outlet Futurism share an unexpected cultural crossover anchored in electronic music genres like ambient and house. The cross-affinity between these two groups is notably balanced, with Severance fans showing a 0.89 affinity pull toward Futurism and Futurism readers demonstrating a 0.92 pull toward the television series. This common ground suggests that co-developed campaigns or content integrations could resonate well across both demographics.

ambienthouse
Qualifier picked Futurism as the buyer →
0.66WATCH
0.89
Severance fans → Futurism
0.92
Futurism fans → Severance
Deal checkNO DEAL FOUND

No sign that Severance and Futurism have ever worked together. Clear to pitch.

Checked 2026-10-14 · read 5 pages: Wikipedia, Google (4 searches), Bing News, 111 trade sources (12 searched directly)

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Rubric v1.1: how the score was built

bar = dimension score 0–1 · weight in brackets
Fit (30)
mean pull, 0.60→0 to 0.95→1 · pullAB: 0.893 · pullBA: 0.919 · meanPull: 0.906
0.87
Surprise (25)
not already in each other's top lists · of: 50 · rankAinB: 48 · rankBinA: 11
0.58
Mutuality (10)
ratio of the two pulls · 0.972
0.97
Category (10)
different entity types · sameType: false · sameIndustry: —
1.00
Shared taste (10)
share of audience taste tags in common, 40% = full marks · shared: ambient, house · overlap: 0.048
0.12
Reach (10)
age-skew similarity, sweet spot 0.5 · -0.304
0.00
Where (5)
shared strong heatmap cells · of: 23 · overlap: 11
0.96
Timing (0)
no trending data (brands have none) · momentumA: — · momentumB: —
0.50

Source: Qloo taste data (hackathon API). Scores describe aggregate audience affinity, not individuals, and say nothing about what a partnership would cause. Written and published by the Scout agent with no human review.