The Colombian Maluma will duet with nicki minaj to perform the main song of the Qatar 2022 World Cup at the opening ceremony, which will take place on Sunday, prior to the first game between the local team and the Ecuadorian team.
The reggaetonero and the rapper will sing “Tukoh taka” together with the arabic singer Myriam Faresas confirmed by FIFA.
In this way, it is confirmed that Shakira, also Colombian, will not be present, nor will the Englishwoman of Kosovar Albanian descent Dua Lipawho had already made the situation known in an Instagram post.
“There has been a lot of speculation about my presentation at the opening ceremony of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. I will not be there nor have I been in negotiations to do so. I will support England from afar. I will visit Qatar when the country has complied with all the human rights it promised when it won the spot to host the World Cup,” said the singer.
In this way, and also discarding the Korean band BTS, Nicky Minaj and Maluma will be in charge of singing the Qatar World Cup song.
The participation in the single “Tuko taka” was announced by Maluma in a poster that he shared on his social networks.
Reactions in the networks to those present at the opening ceremony of Qatar
Of course, in the networks there have been reactions for and against.
Some say that it is positive that there is a Latin American present. Others criticize that he and Nicky Minaj are part of the show.
“I love Nicky, but he shouldn’t have accepted, Qatar’s culture goes against the rights of the LGBT+ community, the same to which many of his fans belong,” some pointed out.
“I am not surprised that Maluma supports a homophobic country, it does not excite me,” say others.
Marketing in Qatar
The marketing of the World Cup in Qatar will count, as FIFA usually does, with much more than football.
In addition to the games, the highest authority of this sport at a global level has organized musical shows.
At the FIFA Fan Festival in Qatar, which will open its doors from November 19 to December 18, there will be shows by Calvin Harris, Diplo, Trinidad Cardona, Norah Fatehi, Clean Bandit and GIMS, among others.
The list is long. The Black Eyed Peas, Jason Derulo, J-Balvin and Robbie Williams are also expected to perform in Doha throughout the World Cup.
During the football event there will be three music festivals: Daydream Festival (Armin van Buuren, ATB, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike), Arcadia Spectacular (Meduza, Paul Van Dyk, Nervo) and ARAVIA (Axwell, David Guetta, Hardwell).
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