The singer, dancer and actress Chanel, born in Havana in 1991, who represented Spain in Eurovision with SloMowill sing the official theme of the Spanish Soccer Team in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which will be called Toke.
“I feel very identified with that team spirit, in mine we are all very united, and also because of the discipline as a professional dancer, singer and actress,” said the Cuban artist during the press conference this Friday held in Madrid.
The woman from Havana was very grateful for putting her voice on the theme, which joins the long list of songs that have accompanied the soccer competition and that include the waka waka of Shakira or The cup of Life by Ricky Martin.
“It wasn’t made with the World Cup in mind, but it has a lot of magic and all the sense; things have been aligned,” Chanel clarified about the origin of this song, which retains its original lyrics and was the first to come up on the trip made by the last April to Miami in search of authors who would help her expand her repertoire after SloMo.
“My entire dance team is in this song, prepare your quadriceps. I have a lot of soreness, I can’t even run,” said the actress.
“It was not made with the World Cup in mind, but it has a lot of magic and all the sense; things have aligned,” Chanel clarified about the origin of this theme
Like that success with which he finished in third place at Eurovision 2022, among the authors of Toke is Leroy Sánchez and it will be part of his debut album, which will be released by Sony Music throughout 2023.
As of this weekend, Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) began to present some fragments of the theme until the key date of October 24, approximately one month before the start of the World Cup (from November 20 to December 18), when the public corporation will premiere the video clip exclusively a few hours before its landing on all digital platforms.
“Chanel is a tremendous artist who shares with us values such as discipline and team spirit and we are sure that she will put the batteries into the team,” said Luis Rubiales, president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Also present at the press conference.
On whether it has not represented any moral conflict for him to put one of his themes at the service of what a part of society calls “the World Cup of shame” for being held in a country that persecutes the LGTBQ + collective with prison sentences or even death, Chanel was blunt.
“I am very clear about my principles and the further and more people I can take my message, the prouder I will be,” said Chanel, herald of the last Pride in Madrid
“I am very clear about my principles and the farther and more people I can take my message, the more proud I will be,” said who was precisely the herald of the last Pride celebration in Madrid.
Regarding whether she has considered that, following the example of other teams such as those of England, the Netherlands or Germany, the captain of the Red should wear a bracelet with the rainbow flag, the artist has also expressed herself.
“I can’t speak for other people, but I would be very proud to wear that bracelet,” she stressed.
At this point, Rubiales has intervened to specify that the RFEF has not “rejected anything” regarding this initiative. “Our team already wears a bracelet that bears the word respect which includes attacks on the LGTBQ+ collective and, in any case, it is possible that we will soon have news about it,” he added about a possible alternative measure.
Chanel Terrero, who came from Cuba with her mother to Olesa de Montserrat, Barcelona at the age of three, has forged her career since she was very young, with singing, ballet and acting classes. In fact, she is known on stage for her participation in musicals like Mamma mia!, Flashdance or The Lion King.
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