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American Jennifer Lopez was supposed to perform the official song at the ceremony of the World Cup in Brazil. However, her told FIFA (the organisers of the ) that she has pulled out. The agent said: "Regretfully, Jennifer Lopez will not be attending this year's World Cup opening ceremonies." the star nor her agent gave a reason why, but said it was due to "production ". Lopez was going to join the rapper Pitbull and Brazilian star Claudia Leitte ahead of the opening game between hosts Brazil and Croatia. FIFA announced on its that the song, "We Are One (Ole Ola)," would be sung just by Pitbull and Ms Leitte.

The World Cup song has been a since the 1966 World Cup in England. In recent World Cups, people have been that the song has not represented the country the competition. At the South Africa World Cup in 2010, the Colombian singer Shakira sang the song. In 1998, Puerto Rican star Ricky Martin sang the song for the World Cup. Many Brazilians do not like the 2014 song. They say it has a weak Brazilian , is performed by non-Brazilian musicians and is sung largely in Spanish and English, with a few of Portuguese at the end. Brazilian composer and music Leonardo Martinelli said the song has been "stripped of local ".

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