Nora Fatehi to Perform FIFA Song at Canada World Cup Opener as 18-Track Soundtrack Expands
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 12
Nora Fatehi to Perform FIFA Song at Canada World Cup Opener as 18-Track Soundtrack Expands
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 12
Summary
Toronto will host Nora Fatehi on Friday as the Canadian-born Bollywood star performs official FIFA song “Siir Siir” at the World Cup opening ceremony.
“Siir Siir” was inspired by a Moroccan football chant heard during this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, and Fatehi said she wants the multilingual track to project unity, representation and multiculturalism.
The performance carries personal weight for Fatehi, who left Toronto at 22 to build her career in India and called returning for a home-soil World Cup ceremony “surreal.”
18 songs make up FIFA’s official soundtrack, with Shakira and Burna Boy among the featured artists after performing “Dai Dai” at the Mexican opening ceremony on Thursday.
Morocco remains central to Fatehi’s World Cup story: the video was shot in Morocco, and she said she will back the team in Group C against Scotland, Haiti and Brazil.