The relationship between world music and football championships It was always very tight, but in general it limited itself to spreading the official theme of each edition. This year, however, many arguments have appeared that seek to encourage the national team and Messi, with the secret hope of pulling off a global coup.
The great example is of course Guys, now we’re excited againthe new version of the old hit by The flywhich became a boom that was sung with more intensity as Argentina was on its way to the World Cup.
Today it is undoubtedly the soundtrack to every match and every celebration. But there are many others that have not yet achieved the desired viralization.
all kinds of songs
There is no stylistic limit for a song about the World Cup: it can be rock, trap, cumbia or quartet. It just needs to be catchy, invite spontaneous folk songs and talk about supporting the Argentina national team and Lionel Messi.
Some shyly appear on Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube accounts, waiting for viralization. Others collect press releases and expect mainstream media coverage. Everything is alright.
Peter Syndrome: “In small steps”
The band Peter syndrome He came up with a song that pays tribute to Messi, Short Steps.
The group consists of Nicolás Grosso (singer, composer and leader), Miguel Fernández (drums), Matías “Peter” Gabetta (guitar), Federico Samper (guitar) and Mauro Gómez (bass). They are currently working on their third album.
As an anecdotal fact, Nicolás spent two years in the first Almirante Brown and since he was in the lower ranks he devoted himself to composing songs with the guitar.
The band does rock, melodic pop and funk.
Messi’s quartet: “What are you looking at, idiot?”
There is no doubt that the words of Messi “What are you looking at stupid?” they immediately became a phrase that will go down in history and its use will be daily for any type of situation.
With humor and a very quick reflex, the youtuber Cordovan Luke Requena he put together a song with the words of La Pulce and verses like: “Go back to Holland and stop bothering” and “Above all you have to bank what Van Gaal says, let’s not give him any more balls, we are in the semi-final.”
The author has 350,000 subscribers on his channel and has previously created highly viral topics such as Reggae by Leone (more than 6 million views), The Passion of Riquelme, and even a song with vocals by Ibai Llanos.
In its first three days, the topic garnered 370,000 visits.
DJ Tao and Callejero Fino: Turreo Sessions #723
One month ago, DJ Tao he threw his Turreo session #723 next to the rapper beautiful street and not only the video exceeds the 43 million views Rather, it was spontaneously chosen by a huge number of fans in Qatar to use in their Tik Toks to support the Argentina national team.
So far, this new version has already been used in more than 40,000 Tik Tok videos that have gone viral. For example, that of the mundialismo.arg account, which has 3 million views, or that of the “En Una Baldosa” account, which accumulates more than 2 million views.
One of the attractions to choose it is its text, which in the margin says “Welcome to Argentina, the land of Maradona, of fernet, of roast, creator of fashion, mate, folklore…”
The grandmother and the little girl
Another viral video is the captivating one “Grandma la la la la la la”which is not a song in itself but quickly became popular due to the unusual and cute situation of the partying grandmother.
A 7 year old girl named Janna made another viral hit: flea to fleadedicated to Messi and which says “Because you are a giant and you have no rivals, this year you will bring the Cup from the World Cup”.
From Rosario and Viedma
The band Sap, from Rosario, made A World Dream. It is a power trio, consisting of Germán “El Vikingo” Creiscell on guitar and vocals, Eduardo Ruis on bass and Esteban “ET” Camerlo on drums.
Further south of the country, a songwriter from Viedma called Edelmiro “Edel” Farias He also made an argument for the flea: The Champions.
Andrés Mazzeo and the 12 monkeys
For his part, Andrew Mazzeo He threw I want you to know and from Paraná the band joined 12 monkeys He too joined the musical frenzy of the World Cup a month ago and composed his song dedicated to Scaleneta.
The success of L-Ghent
Also quick in reflexes, the popular L-Ghent He put together his football theme in an Instagram story in support of the Argentina national team in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Under the title “The World Cup song?”, he shared a post that also contained the lyrics of the song. “The gang is crazy / Dale Messi, bring us the cup / I’m from Argentina, land of Maradona”, say the first verses.
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Source: Clarin
