Shakira's performance at the 2026 World Cup opening ceremony marks her fourth appearance at the planet's biggest football event in the past 20 years, while Italy has participated in only three.

Shakira, Bruna Boy, J Balvin, and a host of singers energized the first World Cup opening ceremony on June 11 (local time).

Football superstar Lionel Messi appears alongside Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland in the "Dai Dai" music video, the official song for the 2026 World Cup.

Madonna, Shakira, and BTS are set to perform at the World Cup final halftime show on 19/7 at MetLife Stadium in New York, US.

Shakira, known as the "queen of World Cup music", is set to release a new song on 14/5, cheering on the world's biggest football tournament.

"Un Estate Italiana" is considered one of the iconic World Cup songs, its melody still moving audiences nearly 40 years after its release.