Being tapped to perform at the opening ceremony in Qatar, the ‘Euphoria’ singer debuted the full-English song, ahead of the kick off. Starting his performance solo, he was later joined onstage by Qatari singer Fahad Al Kubaisi.
Clad in a sparkly black jacket, he showed off his energetic dancing moves along with a bunch of backup dancers.
“Look who we are, we are the dreamers/ We make it happen, ’cause we believe it,” he sings in the motivational single.
“Look who we are, we are the dreamers/ We make it happen ’cause we can see it.”
BTS Army tuning in for the opening ceremony, had only the nicest things to say about the singer and his upbeat performance.
“To see Jungkook in an Arab, Muslim country, performing on its land for the biggest festival the world has ever known, the #WorldCup, merging 2 worlds together, through the very talented Fahad Al Kubaisi & Jungkook! It was very magical to witness,” read a tweet.
Another said, “YOU WERE BORN TO SHINE JUNGKOOK.”
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— surf (@yoxrfav) 1668956711000
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— Puja Talwar (@talwar_puja) 1668965966000
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— Yoli ⇄ ☔️️Fan account (@KoosYoyo) 1668969167000
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— My Hope (@J_Hope_ILoveU) 1668984129000
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— Farah⁷ Dreamers✨ (@euphorialights) 1668971285000
Jungkook, a member of the K-pop superband BTS, set a new US record and swept iTunes charts with his World Cup song. As soon as the song was released, it shot to the top of music charts in numerous countries all over the world, reports aceshowbiz.com.
Just 13 hours after it first dropped, the single had already reached No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs charts in at least 102 different regions, including the world’s eight biggest music markets, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Canada, Australia, Germany and Italy.
Additionally, ‘Dreamers’ set the new record for the fastest official FIFA World Cup song to hit No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart in the United States.
The song took only 2 hours and 11 minutes to top the chart, according to South Korea’s News Herald.
Besides Jungkook, who was billed as the main act, the World Cup opening ceremony featured Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman, who delivered a speech about the “emotions that connect us all now.”
He added: “We gather here as one big tribe and Earth is the tent we all live in.”
