With about nine months left until the FIFA World Cup 2026 officially kicks off, excitement is already sweeping across the globe with intense qualifying matches taking place on every continent. Next year’s biggest sporting event will be co-hosted by the United States, ¢αиα∂α, and мєχι¢σ, and is expected to become a global festival – not only of football but of music as well.
Music has long been considered a “tradition” and a spiritual connector of the World Cup. Every tournament has an official song or anthem that becomes iconic, representing the entire season of celebration and being played everywhere — from stadiums and cafés to social media.
Legendary World Cup songs include Waka Waka by Shakira, We Are One (Ole Ola) by Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez, Live It Up by Nicky Jam and Will Smith (яυѕѕια 2018)… and most notably, Dreamers by Jungkook in the most recent 2022 World Cup.
Jungkook’s participation marked a major turning point — a unique crossover between the global K-pop fandom and the worldwide football community. His performance brought new au∂ιєnces to the World Cup and made the event leave an even stronger cultural imprint across the globe.
As World Cup 2026 approaches, fans have high hopes for another spectacular performance or an equally memorable official song — and some are even hoping BTS themselves might take center stage. This wave of excitement and anticipation sparked even more buzz when V and ARMYs recently mentioned “BTS World Cup song” during a Weverse conversation.
The situation began when a fan posted: "Can’t we do a BTS song World Cup?" to which V replied: "Oh...? Good idea, let’s do it next time".
Since then, speculations have flooded social media, with many fans convinced that V was spoiling BTS’s involvement in producing the official song for FIFA World Cup 2026 — drawing huge attention from netizens.
However, some fans quickly pointed out that these posts might have misunderstood the original poster’s words and V’s reply. In reality, the "BTS song World Cup” mentioned by the OP referred to a type of “Balance Game" - a game that presents two opposing or difficult choices, and the participant must pick the one they prefer or find most suitable.
In this situation, it revolves around choosing between two BTS songs in each round, with participants picking the one they like more and continuing to compare different pairs until the most loved song among their 200 songs is found.
V clearly seemed to interpret it in this light as well, rather than hinting at a World Cup song by BTS. While V is known for occasionally “spoiling” upcoming projects for fans — knowing ARMYs love those little teases — it seems this event is not yet in the cards.
Although fans were a little disappointed when the misunderstanding was cleared up, they still hold on to hope that FIFA organizers will prioritize featuring BTS in next year’s event. After all, Jungkook was invited once in the past — and with BTS set to make their full group comeback in 2026, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to expect the organizers to invite the “21st Century Pop Icons” to draw even greater global attention.
