Shakira & Burna Boy unveil the official music video for “Dai Dai”. The visual was directed by Hannah Lux Davis.
Colombian pop icon Shakira returns to the world’s biggest sporting stage. Twenty-six years after she first performed at a FIFA World Cup closing ceremony, she now leads the official anthem for the 2026 tournament. “Dai Dai,” a collaboration with Nigerian Afrobeats titan Burna Boy, arrived on streaming platforms on May 14, 2026, via Ace Entertainment S.ar.l. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC. The track runs four minutes. Shakira wrote the song with Burna Boy and a team of collaborators. Production credits include AC alongside the two lead artists. The title borrows from the Italian word for “go,” a universal command that translates across languages and borders.
The song blends Latin pop, Afrobeats, and global festival energy. Shakira opens with a refrain that lands as a direct address: “You knew from the day you were born that here in this place you belong / You been this brave all along / What broke you once made you strong”. Burna Boy answers with verses about sweat, blood, and the glory waiting one step away. The chorus collapses four languages into a single rallying cry: “Dai, dai, ikou, dale, allez, let’s go.” Japanese, Spanish, Italian, and French converge in a command that needs no translation. The track builds to a spoken roll call of football royalty: Pelé, Maradona, Maldini, Romário, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Beckham, Kaká, Messi, Mbappé, Salah. The countries follow: Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, the United States, England, Germany, France, South Africa, Spain, Mexico, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands.
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The official music video, directed by Hannah Lux Davis, premiered on May 23, 2026. It opens with a sequence of football icons lining up on a pitch and declaring in unison: “We’re ready.” Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, Erling Haaland, Rodri, Vinícius Júnior, Luis Díaz, Alphonso Davies, and Christian Pulisic appear in the clip. Shakira stands atop Mexico City’s Angel of Independence monument. She dances in a desert landscape with the Ghetto Kids Uganda, a youth group that supports vulnerable children through music and dance. Burna Boy appears under a starlit sky, standing on a glowing globe. The video cuts to Shakira inside a stadium, dancers in the colors of every participating nation moving behind her. Archival footage of past World Cups closes the visual.
The anthem serves a higher purpose. “Dai Dai” supports the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which aims to raise 100 million by the July final to provide children in underserved communities with access to quality education and sports. Shakira has pledged to donate her royalties from the song. Sony Music will match the first 250,000 raised. An additional dollar from every ticket sold on Shakira’s “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” tour will go to the Education Fund. The 2026 World Cup kicks off on June 11 in Mexico City. The final takes place on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Shakira will co-headline the halftime show alongside Madonna and BTS. Stream “Dai Dai” on all major platforms. Watch the official music video above.
Produced by Shakira, AC
2026-05-14 • 1 song, 4 minutes
(P) 2026 Ace Entertainment S.ar.l., under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC
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