The 2022 Qatar World Cup official theme song original soundtrack collection*** contains 6 songs, "Tukoh Taka" is positioned as the "World Cup fan theme song", and songs such as "Dreamer" and "Hahahaha" is defined as the "official soundtrack". Compared with "Ha Ya Ha Ya" which was released six months ago, the listening rate of "Tukoh Taka" still has a huge room for improvement.
The way it got out of the circle can be said to be "mixed with praise and criticism". Some people say it is "demonic brainwashing", while others directly complain about it. Indeed, when watching the music video of this song for the first time, most people will be confused. Beautiful women are belly dancing in national costumes in the desert, mumbling incessantly, like chanting sutras. What's so good about it? But after listening to it a few times, you will find that the lyrics and melody are very catchy.
The characteristics of the brainwashing song mainly include simple and strong rhythm, catchy lyrics, bright music style, and periodically repeated content. This song "Tukoh Taka" has the above characteristics. The song is performed by Nicki Minaj, Colombian singer Maluma and Lebanese singer Maria Fallis***. It is the first World Cup song in history to contain lyrics in English, Spanish and Arabic, reflecting the spirit of the World Cup. Influential and inclusive, and connected to the biggest moments in football fandom.
Actually, "duk-duk-dah-duk-duk-dah-dah" is not a hen laying an egg. Zhang Jichao, an Arabic professor at Ningxia University who once taught at the Confucius Institute at the University of Dubai, explained: "'Tukoh Taka' as a verb in Arabic means 'knock', and as an onomatopoeia it means 'click'. The literal meaning is 'Knock it as hard as you can'. In addition, 'Tukoh Taka' also comes from a professional football term 'Tiki Taka', which is a football tactic based on passing and control from the Spanish Barcelona Club.
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