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FIFA World Cup 2026: As excitement builds globally for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026, football fans everywhere are already tuning into the tournament’s official soundtrack. FIFA has joined hands with some of the world’s biggest music icons, including Shakira, Burna Boy, Jelly Roll, Daddy Yankee, Future, and Tyla, to craft a powerful musical lineup for the event. However, amid this football frenzy, an unexpected twist has taken the internet by surprise, catching both the sports and music industries off guard.

A 21-year-old YouTuber known as ‘Speed’ has released an unofficial World Cup anthem titled “Champions” without any formal endorsement from FIFA. The track has gone viral online, receiving such an enthusiastic response that many football fans are calling it the ‘real anthem’ of this World Cup season, even surpassing the official songs in popularity.

What makes this song particularly unique is that Speed has managed to include the names of all 48 countries participating in the 2026 tournament within the lyrics. This creative touch has given football enthusiasts across the globe a major reason to share and celebrate the song. Its impact can be measured by its rapid rise in popularity — within just two hours of release, it had already been viewed by over five lakh people.

This is not the first time Speed has made waves during a World Cup. During the 2022 tournament, he had also released a song that garnered over 200 million (20 crore) views, outperforming many of the official FIFA tracks. What’s even more remarkable is that he achieved all this independently, without any collaboration with FIFA or backing from a major music label.