"Peace be upon you, let joy be in your hands.. Good tidings of good will come to you.. Peace be upon you. Fifa love guides you and fulfills your aspirations." With these welcoming phrases that announce Qatar's readiness to receive football fans and host the largest football event in the world, fans of the participating teams in the 2022 World Cup are expected to be We are on a date with a performance of the official song of the World Cup titled "Toko Taka", which is being performed by 3 artists, including the Arab singer Myriam Fares.
And the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) announced that the song "Toko Taka", which was officially launched today, Friday, will be the official song for the 2022 World Cup, which will be hosted by Qatar from November 20 to December 18.
The song will be presented at fan festivals in Doha and around the world, as well as in World Cup stadiums across Qatar, while its first live performance will be on Saturday, November 19, at the opening of the Doha Festival for fans, with the participation of 3 singers, Maluma and Myriam. Faris, and Nicki Minaj.
The official song of the World Cup brings together 3 famous musical voices from all over the world, representing the inclusiveness of the game, according to the FIFA statement.
World music stars Nicki Minaj, Maluma and Myriam Fares will perform "Toko Taka" as the official anthem of the World Cup event, with the aim of adding an artistic atmosphere to the Qatar World Cup.
The video for the World Cup song, directed by Edgar Steves and Juan Felipe Zuleta, shows footage of football matches, Maluma and Myriam Fares perform dances in the desert, while Nicki Minaj sings on a fan bus.
According to FIFA, the official song - whose lyrics combine several languages in the world - will be an event that captivates fans and football fans, thanks to the soundtrack approved in it, which will give a new flavor to the greatest global celebration of football.
Singer Nicki Minaj, who was born in Trinidad and resides in the United States, is known as the "Queen of Hip-Hop", after becoming the best-selling rapper's albums of all time in the world.
As for Maluma, he is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Colombian artist and songwriter, while the third singer of “Toco Taca” is the Lebanese Myriam Fares, who has tens of millions of followers in the Middle East and all over the world.
The famous Colombian singer Maluma will be one of the three artists presenting the "Toco Taca" show at the Fan Festival a day before the opening of the World Cup (Reuters)
Maluma, Myriam Fares and Nicki Minaj will perform at the opening evening of the Doha Fan Festival, which will start welcoming the fans starting at 4:00 pm Doha time on Saturday, November 19, the day before the opening ceremony of the World Cup, which will start with the Qatar-Ecuador match.
"I am very happy to be part of this official song at the World Cup," says Maluma.
As for singer Myriam Fares, she believes that participating in composing and choreographing (Toko Taka), in addition to working with two of her favorite international artists, "made me very excited about this song, which I hope will convey the culture of the region and Arab music to the whole world," she says.