The Endless Summer: Papi, Gronk Release Latest Dunkin' Donuts-Themed Music Video

Dunkin' Donuts has released a new video featuring Red Sox DH David Ortiz and Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski called "Dunkin' Paradise" in which the two sing a "laid-back summer tune," according to Andre Khatchaturian of NESN.com (6/1). In Massachusetts, Christopher Smith noted this is the "second straight year the two have made a Dunkin Donuts summer anthem commercial." The new video "includes Gronkowski doing the limbo dance, sit-ups on a lounge chair and a cannonball into a pool." Ortiz "simply does a lot of dancing and singing with Gronkowski -- no jumps into the pool" (MASSLIVE.com, 6/1). In Boston, Matt Juul wrote while the tune "probably won’t win a Grammy anytime soon, it’s still fun to see Gronk and Big Papi sing about iced coffee while chilling with a dog at a pool party" (BOSTONMAGAZINE.com, 6/1). ESPN’s Sarina Morales said the song is her "new ringtone." ESPN’s Randy Scott noted the ad "auto-tuned Big Papi, and it was still horrible.” But he added, “It’s going to be stuck in our heads all day” (“SportsCenter,” ESPN, 6/2).

THE END OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP? FOXSPORTS.com's Arielle Aronson noted the end of the video "pays tribute to Ortiz's upcoming retirement" from MLB. The clip closes with Ortiz and Gronkowski "walking off into the sunset as Ortiz says, 'I'm gonna miss this man'" (FOXSPORTS.com, 6/1).