Shakira will perform her newest single, “La La La (Brazil 2014)” featuring Carlinhos Brown, at the closing ceremony of the FIFA World Cup™ on July 13, 2014. The single “La La La (Brazil 2014)” featuring Carlinhos Brown is available on ONE LOVE, ONE RHYTHM: THE OFFICIAL 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP™ALBUM.
This marks the third time Shakira will perform at the FIFA World Cup™, making her the first artist to have three consecutive performances at the global event. Her hit song “Waka Waka” was the last official song of the FIFA World Cup™ in 2010, and Shakira. “I have an intricate relationship with football for obvious reasons, and I truly understand what the FIFA World Cup™means to so many people, myself included – it has this innate ability to awaken a passion in us and bring together people of all races, ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. For me the World Cup carries such a tremendous personal connection as well. This will be my third consecutive FIFA World Cup™ performance, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ changed my life forever — it’s where I began the love story of my life, and now have my son Milan as a result. For all of those reasons I just feel so grateful for the opportunity to come back to perform at the Closing Ceremony of this year’s FIFA World Cup™ in Brazil, it feels right. The fans have shown the most incredible support for this song and I can’t wait to perform it for them.”
Carlinhos Brown added, “The FIFA World Cup™has touched all of us, and there will be a moment we will miss this all. When the final match fini
