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A Bible Belt track without a pulse – it’s no surprise fans hate the 2026 FIFA World Cup song Lighter

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A Bible Belt track without a pulse – it’s no surprise fans hate the 2026 FIFA World Cup song Lighter
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A Bible Belt track without a pulse – it’s no surprise fans hate the 2026 FIFA World Cup song Lighter
The new track from US country singer Jelly Roll, Mexican singer Carín León and Canadian producer Cirkut feels like a cheap bourbon hangover.
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Sashaflick Mar 29, 2026 +176
It’s the most middle of the road country song I’ve ever heard. It evokes nothing about the spirit and global celebration that the World Cup track is traditionally supposed to do. There’s no way they asked him to write a World Cup song and this is what he came up with. This song was already written as a B-Side for his next album. If you listen to the lyrics it’s about him losing some weight for a WWE match and about how much better he feels about himself for it. It’s disgustingly selfish and egotistical. Or, he has written it about the World Cup and that’s equally as bad.
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churchofpain Mar 29, 2026 +68
he should go back to doing drugs.
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AppendixN Mar 29, 2026 +1
It’s too late for him to join the 27 Club but I still think he should try.
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churchofpain Mar 29, 2026 +1
I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone. I just think he looked better and his music was better back then.
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AppendixN Mar 29, 2026 +1
He’s never looked good and his “music”has always been trite, saccharine, derivative shite.
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churchofpain Mar 29, 2026 +1
The only adjective I used was “better”
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Classic-Exchange-511 Mar 29, 2026 +27
Everything you just described is a microcosm of America. Im struggling to think of a more appropriately themed song for a US hosted world cup
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surle Mar 29, 2026 +1
The"America... F*** yeah!" theme from America, World police?
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ayoungmanfromtheuk Mar 29, 2026 +1
Huge mistake letting them host it then 
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memeparmesan Mar 29, 2026 +1
Yes, it genuinely was.
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MonsieurReynard Mar 29, 2026 +1
A song about Ozempic maybe
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gold_and_diamond Mar 29, 2026 +202
When I think of sports and athleticism, I immediately think of Jelly Roll.
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ganoveces Mar 29, 2026 -127
bro is fit af
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xynix_ie Mar 29, 2026 +1
So is my garage disposal.
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BarnabyYouWanker Mar 29, 2026 +1
I’ve never seen a typo so heavily downvoted
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memeparmesan Mar 29, 2026 +1
No he’s not lmao
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Quimbymouse Mar 29, 2026 +57
I haven't watched a WWE show in quite awhile...but them trying to turn Randy Orton heel by having him RKO Jelly Roll only for Randy to get a huge pop from the crowd made me smile.
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Opening-Valuable-204 Mar 29, 2026 +85
I have never once voluntarily listened to or even thought about Jelly Roll, he's one of the most paint-the-numbers industry plants I've ever seen
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timmyintransit Mar 29, 2026 +1
Morgan Waller would like a word
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KevinR1990 Mar 29, 2026 +1
Jelly Roll is the kind of musician who, twenty years ago, would've been big on *American Idol*. Not much of a musician or songwriter, but he can carry a tune and he has a story to him (former rapper and drug dealer who got clean and found God after doing time in prison) that plays exceptionally well in the Bible Belt.
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MagnusRunehammer Mar 29, 2026 -36
He not a plant, he was a rapper who was on a song that crossed over and show maga people love him?
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ElCiclope1 Mar 29, 2026 +37
A song that crossed over what..? And being a rapper doesn't preclude you from being a plant. He's about as real as Mr. Potato Head.
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JediMasterKev Mar 29, 2026 +42
Lets see how long i can avoid this song.
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PointsOfXP Mar 29, 2026 +12
Eternally in my experience. Haven't heard a single track on the radio or have had one pop up with all the recommended music on my Spotify which always just throws the popular shit at you
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Khaeos Mar 29, 2026 -31
I watched the Gangnam Style video  Never heard baby shark. Never heard what the fox says. There's one a few years ago that, when I said I hadn't heard it  my girlfriend at the time immediately started typing to play it and I was like **hold on what are you doing?** and I'm pretty sure that precipitated our breakup.
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Chazzybobo Mar 29, 2026 +18
Yeah sure seems like a red flag (you, not her)
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PapaCaqu Mar 29, 2026 +15
Is this song about the World Cup or Jelly Rolls weight loss journey?
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ayoungmanfromtheuk Mar 29, 2026 +1
Yeah it's a song about jelly rolls weight loss 
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gingerisla Mar 29, 2026 +28
It's exactly the type of song I expected for a MAGA world cup. It will play when Trump enters the field to present the cup to the w*****.
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CliffBiffington Mar 29, 2026 +12
So himself then.
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coloradoblue84 Mar 29, 2026 +1
Bold of you to assume Trump will give up the trophy once it's placed in his hands. They'll probably need to have a backup on hand for the winning team, after Trump toddles off the field with the one they give him to present.
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gingerisla Mar 29, 2026 +1
I can totally see him pulling a Salt Bae and trying to pry the trophy from the players' hands to pose with it.
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DogVacuum Mar 29, 2026 +1
He might be busy slaughtering children.
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hotknives Mar 29, 2026 +6
Dude is such a grifter 
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pomod Mar 29, 2026 +6
That sucked.
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Krakshotz Mar 29, 2026 +1
It’s a song for an advert for a pick-up truck. Not for the World Cup. Also, Mexico and Canada are joint hosts with zero involvement. I’d rather have had a song by Justin Bieber than this shite
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phoneacct696969 Mar 29, 2026 +1
The people in charge of making decisions have no fuckin clue what’s going on.
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daussie04 Mar 29, 2026 +1
Could they not have bothered to have a collaboration between artists from all 3 host countries
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TraditionalBlood6988 Mar 29, 2026 +7
Was Shakira busy ?
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mold_crow Mar 29, 2026 +1
The only Jelly Roll I like is Jelly Roll Morton
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GoodtimeZappa Mar 29, 2026 +1
It drives me nuts that people know this idiot, but have no idea who Morton was because they'd criticize him even more.
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CliffBiffington Mar 29, 2026 +3
My understanding is that all his songs are about his struggles with drugs.
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Iamjustlegs Mar 29, 2026 +1
Dude used to be a juggalo rapper lol
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NuPNua Mar 29, 2026 +3
This is the problem with giving the world cup to a country with no footballing culture, they don't know how to write a song lads want to chant on the terrace after a few jars. Vindaloo is a better song than this.
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blackweimaraner Mar 29, 2026 +1
And ironically, Seven Nation Army is a chant that football fans use a lot in matches, even in previous World Cups.
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Hullu__poro Mar 29, 2026 +1
Heard this song once and forgot it immediatly. 
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garanvor Mar 29, 2026 +1
As a Brazilian living in Canada, to me it speaks volumes that there is a sepulchral silence about the World Cup in my local Brazilian community.
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ThatDudeUKnow92 Mar 29, 2026 +1
ICP knock off Faygo clown music gets sober and becomes a shitty country music Jesus grifter. Shit music for people who have terrible taste.
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HungHippoHippy Mar 29, 2026 +1
Sounds like AI. It's very similar to AI song, Walk my Walk that charted on spotify. Generic as f***. [breaking Rust - Walk My Walk](https://youtu.be/OU71XDWYeIk?si=ohSaYV_ezhS7arwC)
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