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the video short, Shakira appears on the field of Maracaná
Stadium, joined by dancers. “Here in this place / You belong,”
she sings in English, a male voice harmonizing with her. “What
broke you once / Made you strong.”
According to her post, the full song will arrive May 14.
The FIFA tournament will kick off on June 11 with Mexico taking
on South Africa at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The final
is scheduled for July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford,
New Jersey, just outside New York City.
Shakira is no stranger to World Cup anthems. Her song “Waka Waka
(This Time For Africa)” was the official song of the 2010 World
Cup held in South Africa.
“Dai Dai” is not to be confused with Coca-Cola’s official anthem
for the FIFA World Cup 2026, a reimagination of Van Halen’s
“Jump” that features Colombian singer J Balvin, drummer Travis
Barker, pop/R&B singer Amber Mark and guitarist Steve Vai.
Mark’s rich, crystalline voice is the first heard on the track;
she sings the song’s original English lyrics. Vai transforms its
iconic guitar; Barker amplifies its percussion.
The greatest difference is found in Balvin’s contributions. He
wrote a new verse — in Spanish — atop production courtesy of his
collaborator L.E.X.V.Z, a sound he described to the Associated
Press in March as “Brazilian funk with hard strings, kind of
like hip-hop.”
“‘Jump’ is not a fútbol song,” he said of the original, using
the Spanish word for soccer. “So that’s why I had to put the
Latin love and passion for fútbol (in the lyrics).”
That's certainly something Shakira knows a thing or two about.
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