Pitbull, Lopez World Cup Song a Flop? The official World Cup song is definitely striking a chord - the wrong one with many in host country Brazil. Since the recent release of FIFAs We Are One (Ole Ola), hordes of fans in Brazil have been slamming the official 2014 Cup theme. Many expressed their frustration on Twitter under the tag (hash)VoltaWakaWaka - a plea for the return of the widely loved song that Colombian artist Shakira performed for the 2010 tournament in South Africa. Although Brazilian Claudia Leitte is also featured in the official theme, critics say they dont understand why Cuban-American rapper Pitbull and Bronx-born Puerto Rican singer Jennifer Lopez were chosen for the song when there are so many other great musicians in the land of Bossa Nova. They also complain that the song is mostly in English and Spanish, leaving only a few seconds at the end for Leitte to sing in her native Portuguese. What I dont like about the music is that its a poor, dull, generic pop theme, said Gaia Passarelli, a Brazilian music journalist and a former VJ for MTV Brazil. Its a shame considering Brazils rich musical tradition, which is admired all over the world. Shakira does have a song on FIFAs official World Cup album, the driving Dare (La La La). By Sunday, a video of it featuring Barcelona players such as Argentinas Lionel Messi and Brazils Neymar had been viewed nearly 27 million times on YouTube in the three days since its release. But its not the designated official song for the event.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:10:01 +0000
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