Overview
- Shakira performed the World Cup's official song "Dai Dai" with Burna Boy at Estadio Azteca on June 11, closing a high‑profile opening ceremony.
- Video from the event shows Shakira dancing as stadium security and staff gently ushered her off the pitch after the set.
- Users on social platforms seized on her sunglasses, hair and stage movements to argue she was replaced by a body double, producing viral posts and speculation.
- Other fans pushed back, pointing to features such as a forehead scar and platform sneakers as evidence it was Shakira, and no independent verification has confirmed the double theory.
- The episode has diverted attention from FIFA's broader music and fundraising rollout around "Dai Dai" and matters because it shows how quick visual ambiguity can fuel widespread, unverified claims ahead of her July 19 World Cup final halftime performance.