In the early morning of December 14th and 15th, "The Lonely Warrior" sung by singer Eason Chan and "Believe" sung by the band Sodagreen were played live in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar.
According to the official information of the FIFA World Cup, in addition to "The Lonely Warrior" and "Believe", "Reverse War" sung by singer Zhang Jie will be played live in the third-place match of the Qatar World Cup. In addition, the Chinese version played live in the finals The songs are still being voted on. Currently, "Snail" sung by singer Jay Chou and "Heart Wall" sung by singer JJ Lin are up for selection.
For "The Lonely Warrior" to "break into" the World Cup and the Chinese music scene to "enter" the semi-finals of the World Cup, public discussions have been lively.
In the early morning of December 14, many Chinese viewers who watched the game live at Lusail Stadium or viewers who had lived in China posted on the Weibo platform the video of "The Lonely Warrior" being played at Lusail Stadium. In the live video, some viewers expressed that they were "so excited that they couldn't help but sing along" and "whose DNA moved".
On December 14, the Weibo topic #Eason Chan reached the World Cup Semi-finals also attracted a lot of attention. Ran Ciyuan saw on the Weibo platform that as of 19:00, the topic had 1.8 points that day. billion reads.
Picture/#Eason Chan reached the World Cup Semi-finals# Weibo topic, source/Screenshot of Ranciyuan
Only for domestic viewers watching the live broadcast, "The Lonely Warrior" seems " Sowing loneliness."
“I don’t pay attention to the music played during the World Cup games, and I don’t even know when the music will be played. But yesterday I learned through Weibo hot searches that “The Lonely Warrior” will be played at the stadium.” On December 14, Feifei, a World Cup viewer, told Ran Ciyuan that Feifei, who had watched the semi-final between Argentina and Croatia through live broadcast, had not heard "The Lonely Warrior".
The reason is that "The Lone Warrior" is played before the game. A spectator who was watching the semi-final between Argentina and Croatia told Ranciyuan, ""The Lone Warrior" was played before the game." The video posted by this spectator also showed that there were only a few spectators in the stadium when "The Lone Warrior" was played. In the audience's video comment area, some users asked, "How far in advance was this shown? Not many viewers came."
According to China News Service, "It's still close to the start of the game at 10 o'clock that night." Within an hour (about two o'clock in the morning on December 14th, Beijing time), the Croatian team came to the Lusail Stadium to warm up, and the song "The Lone Warrior" rang out in the stadium.
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