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American singer Jennifer Lopez was supposed to the official song at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Brazil. However, her agent FIFA (the organisers of the tournament) that she has out. The agent said: "Regretfully, Jennifer Lopez will not be this year's World Cup opening ceremonies." Neither the star nor her agent a specific reason why, but it due to "production issues". Lopez was to join the rapper Pitbull and Brazilian star Claudia Leitte onstage ahead of the opening game between hosts Brazil and Croatia. FIFA on its website that the song, "We Are One (Ole Ola)," would now be just by Pitbull and Ms Leitte.

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