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World Cup music: From the stadiums to the stage

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published July 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM PDT

Shakira performs on Monday, July 6, 2026, at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore. (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)

Shakira is at it again with her latest World Cup anthem. She’s just one of the pop superstars uniting for the first halftime show for a World Cup final.

Host Indira Lakshmanan hears more about the unofficial soundtrack of the beautiful game with Miguel Perez of NPR’s World Cafe.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Here & Now Newsroom