Jakarta (ANTARA) - Glorious by Indonesian electronic music trio Weird Genius has been chosen as the official song of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia, the football governing body announced on Friday.

With the announcement, FIFA also unveiled a preview of Glorious featuring Weird Genius and three Indonesian singers— Lyodra, Tiara Andini, and Ziva Magnolya. The full track will release on March 31, 2023, the day of the tournament draw.

Glorious, an uplifting and energetic track that embodies the essence of triumph and victory, will be the official audio track of the tournament and will accompany the energy, electricity, and entertainment on show on the pitch,” FIFA wrote in a statement.

Rising stars in Asia, Weird Genius have accumulated more than 2.2 million subscribers on YouTube and regularly hit more than 1 million listeners on Spotify every month.

They are three-time Anugerah Musik Indonesia award winners and their hit Lathi was Indonesia’s most-searched-for song on Google last year.

Meanwhile, Lyodra, Tiara Andini, and Ziva Magnolya were the three finalists in Season 10 of the Indonesian Idol, and they are currently trending among the top young superstars in Indonesia, the governing body said.

All three have distinctive vocal styles and identities, and their albums and singles have often gone viral, reaching the top of various music and digital-streaming platform charts numerous times, it added.

Weird Genius said that the FIFA U-20 World Cup will be full of young and exciting talent so their song, Glorious, will match the energy.

"We want fans across the country to have the same level of anticipation and enthusiasm for this song as they do for witnessing the game’s future legends in the flesh," they added.

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