Taylor Swift made an sudden soccer reference on Friday with the discharge of her new album, “The Lifetime of a Showgirl.”
The 12-track report options the music “Wi$h Li$t,” through which the American pop star compares the dream of signing a contract with Actual Madrid to different lofty ambitions akin to successful an Oscar or the Palme d’Or on the Cannes Movie Pageant.
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“They need that freedom, residing off the grid. They need these three canines that they name their youngsters. And that good surf, no hypocrites. They need all of it. They need a contract with Actual Madrid,” says the artist.
It is not the primary time Swift has crossed paths with the Spanish giants. In Could 2024, she carried out two sold-out exhibits on the Santiago Bernabéu throughout her Eras Tour, drawing 130,000 followers throughout back-to-back nights.
Actual Madrid even joined in on the enjoyable, posting the observe to their social channels shortly after the album’s launch.
This additionally is not the primary time {that a} main musician has made point out of the workforce of their songs.
In 2018, Canadian rapper Drake referenced Actual Madrid on his 2018 music “Blue Tint” from the album “Scorpion” when he stated “I stay like Ronaldo however I by no means been in Madrid.”
Reggaeton artists, together with Anuel AA and Dangerous Bunny, have additionally talked about the membership of their songs, additional cementing their standing into popular culture.
Different artists who talked about Actual Madrid in songs
The previous Actual Madrid defender launched this music as a “message” to the membership he represented for 16 seasons and with which he had a bittersweet farewell in 2021. The title of this music is synonymous with the fountain the place Actual Madrid followers collect within the Spanish capital to have fun successful a title.
Highlighted verses:
I gave you a crown, you gave me wings
I did not know they have been simply to make me go away
And I have a look at you now, you are still simply as lovely
Life teaches you that nobody is indispensable
Zuna & Miami Yacine – “Actual Madrid” (2017)
This German rap music additionally makes use of Actual Madrid as a logo of success. Zuna and Miami Yacine current it as a logo of greatness, evaluating the workforce’s UEFA Champions League successes to a way of life.
Highlighted verses:
Wir kommen wie Actual Madrid
Champions-League-Sieger wie Actual Madrid
(“We arrived like Actual Madrid. Champions League champions like Actual Madrid.”)
Mägo de Oz – “Soy del Madrid” (1994)
The Spanish people steel band makes use of this music to have fun their ardour for Actual Madrid. The music serves as an anthem for followers, evoking the membership’s previous, boasting its observe report, and mentioning a few of its legendary gamers.
Highlighted verses:
In case you’re from Madrid
And you want good soccer
Right here the ‘Saeta’ performed
Making this workforce
The perfect on the planet
Dangerous Nova – “Hala Madrid” (2024)
This Cameroonian city music observe pays tribute to Actual Madrid, its historic motto, and the gamers on the squad that lifted the UEFA Champions League trophy in 2024. It additionally mentions legends akin to Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo, and the membership’s present president, Florentino Pérez.
Highlighted verses:
Tu peux douter de tout
Ton homme ou ta femme
Doute de tout
Mais ne doute jamais du Réal Madrid
(You may doubt the whole lot. Your man or your girl. Doubt the whole lot. However you may by no means doubt Actual Madrid.)
The Refrescos – “Aquí no hay playa” (1989)
The Madrid-based pop-rock and ska band implicitly contains Actual Madrid of their largest hit, which displays with dry humor the absence of the ocean within the nation’s capital.
Highlighted verses:
You may shout that it is the capital of Europe
You may win the League (you may win the Cup)
You will confidently declare it is the capital of Spain
However when August comes, oh properly!
There isn’t any seashore right here.
Arcángel Ft. Sech – La Varita (2024)
The American singer, alongside the Panamanian, not directly mentions Actual Madrid within the music. Though among the lyrics discuss with a “Bicho” (Cristiano Ronaldo’s nickname), the clearest reference to the Merengue workforce is to Florentino Pérez, the membership’s president.
Highlighted verses:
Inform me, come to my VIP
And go away that little bug-sniffing (bicho) man
Florentino, I will signal you, yeah, wow
She had a boyfriend, however he is free now
Anuel Ft. Ozuna – Perfecto (2021)
Anuel has repeatedly acknowledged that he is a soccer fan, particularly Spanish soccer. He references his love of the sport in a number of of his songs, such because the one he launched in 2021 with Ozuna, through which he remembers Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure from Actual Madrid.
Highlighted verses:
I misplaced you want when Cristiano left Actual Madrid for Juve
Los Planetas – The Actual Madrid Artist (2002)
Jota, the frontman of the Spanish band, is thought for his anti-Madrid sentiment, which he captures within the music launched in 2002. The lyrics discuss with the refereeing controversies which have plagued Actual Madrid all through its historical past.
Highlighted verses:
As a result of the Actual Madrid artist is right here
That the referees virtually all the time whistle in his favor
White hunters with black hearts
You must wager on the successful horse
