Anitta with the costume used in the presentation made alongside singers Rema and Lisa Iude Richele / Disclosure ♫ OPINION ♬ Anitta's participation in the third and final opening ceremony of the 2026 World Cup – as a member of the cast of the show presented yesterday, June 12, at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles (USA), in the United States, and broadcast on a global scale on TV and the internet – represented a goal for the Brazilian artist on the international field. One more. There are those who minimize the international rise of Girl from Rio due to prejudice against a singer coming from the historically marginalized universe of funk on the outskirts of Rio. However, Anitta has already established herself in recent years as a name that symbolizes current Brazilian music in foreign eyes, as once happened with the singer Carmen Miranda (1909 – 1955), with the composer Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927 – 1994) and, in the niche of Latin jazz, with the singer and composer Ivan Lins. For the Latin pop market, Anitta is already the face and voice of Brazilian music produced in the 21st century. Well-received, Anitta's performance with Nigerian singer Rema and Thai rapper Lisa – member of the South Korean K-pop group Blackpink – singing the song “Goals” crowned the artist's rise and was a highlight of the international trail blazed by Anitta in the last decade. The singer's performance at the ceremony that opened the 2026 World Cup in the United States showed, once again, that Anitta has arrived. Only those who don't want to see it don't see it. And much of the world saw the Brazilian's goal at the Los Angeles stadium. Anitta (right) performs with singer Rema and rapper Lisa at a stadium in Los Angeles (USA) Reproduction / X FIFA