Criticism of Stenström's World Cup
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Criticism of Stenström's World Cup song - chorus is not new

Thomas Stenström's official World Cup song is drawing reactions from fans. The chorus is not new: it can be heard in a soundtrack the artist wrote for a 2023 Swedish television series, according to SVT's Kulturnyheterna.

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The World Cup song "Leva för alltid" was released on Friday, but on social media many have reacted to the fact that the chorus is not newly written.

According to SVT, it is taken from an earlier Stenström song that was the soundtrack to the Swedish television series "Leva livet" from 2023.

"It's a three-year-old song. It wasn't about football and the World Cup then - and it still isn't. Do it again, do it right," reads one of the comments on the artist's Instagram account.

Before the song's release, Stenström told Kulturnyheterna that he and a friend wrote the song several years ago.

Yes - the shell of it, that's how it works. There are different ideas. There's a verse there and a chord there.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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