{"id":44451,"date":"2022-10-07T18:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-official-soundtrack-release-all-female-line-up-inspires-the-globe-to-light-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T18:00:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T16:00:08","slug":"fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-official-soundtrack-release-all-female-line-up-inspires-the-globe-to-light-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-official-soundtrack-release-all-female-line-up-inspires-the-globe-to-light-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022\u2122 Official Soundtrack release: all-female line-up inspires the globe to Light The Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            ZURICH, Switzerland, October 7, 2022\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Light The Sky is the fourth release from the multi-song FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022\u2122 Official Soundtrack; the single features four of the Arab world\u2019s most famous female singers \u2013 Balqees, Nora Fatehi, Manal and Rahma Riad; the single\u2019s music video celebrates female referees officiating at a FIFA World Cup\u2122 for the first time ever.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Light The Sky<\/em>\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3yq0OoO\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3yq0OoO<\/a>), a stunning collaboration including four of the Arab world\u2019s most famous female singers, is the latest release to hit the airwaves from the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022\u2122 Official Soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>The spellbinding single features the haunting vocals of Emirati singer Balqees, Moroccan-Canadian sensation Nora Fatehi, Iraqi superstar Rahma Riad, and award-winning singer-songwriter Manal from Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The song\u2019s atmospheric and edgy music video\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3REV8hv\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3REV8hv<\/a>) also celebrates the groundbreaking inclusion of female referees at the first-ever FIFA World Cup\u2122 in the Middle East by featuring all six officials who were selected for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>St\u00e9phanie Frappart from France, Salima Mukansanga from Rwanda and Yoshimi Yamashita from Japan will take charge of matches in Qatar, while Neuza Back from Brazil, Karen D\u00edaz Medina from Mexico and Kathryn Nesbitt from the USA will be assistant referees.<\/p>\n<p><em>Light The Sky<\/em> is the fourth single on the Official Soundtrack, following global hits <em>Hayya Hayya<\/em> <em>(Better Together)<\/em>, <em>Arhbo<\/em> and <em>The World is Yours to Take<\/em>, with more releases to follow ahead of the start of the tournament on 20 November.<\/p>\n<p>The multi-song Official Soundtrack, <strong>spearheaded by the FIFA Sound strategy<\/strong>, is bringing together artists, fans and players to share their passion by combining the universal languages of music and football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Light The Sky<\/em> tells us to \u2018shout if you\u2019re with me\u2019 and brings to life the spirit of communal celebration of the FIFA World Cup \u2013 an energising message as we look forward to a game-changing tournament of firsts,\u201d FIFA Entertainment Executive and song producer RedOne says. \u201cThis is an inspirational song with its roots firmly in the Middle East. It is also fitting that the first-ever female referees at a FIFA World Cup are part of this release that will connect with football and music lovers of all ages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans can listen to <em>Light The Sky<\/em> here\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3rB605F\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3rB605F<\/a>) and watch the music video here\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3C8Id1K\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3C8Id1K<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022tm-official-soundtrack-release-allfemale-lineup-inspires-the-globe-to-light-the-sky?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland, October 7, 2022\/APO Group\/ &#8212; Light The Sky is the fourth release from the multi-song FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022\u2122 Official Soundtrack; the single features four of the Arab world\u2019s most famous female singers \u2013 Balqees, Nora Fatehi, Manal and Rahma Riad; the single\u2019s music video celebrates female referees officiating at a FIFA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}