BTS will perform as a co-headliner at the halftime show of the FIFA World Cup North America 2026 final on the 19th, with the match set for a stadium in New Jersey, New York, in the United States. The announcement puts the group back on the World Cup stage four years after Jungkook helped open the 2022 tournament in Qatar.
Jungkook was the first Asian artist to headline the FIFA World Cup in 2022, according to the World Music Awards, which also said he will become the first male artist and the first Asian artist to perform in multiple FIFA World Cup events. In that earlier appearance, he sang the official soundtrack, “Dreamers,” a song that later became the first on FIFA’s official YouTube channel to reach 400 million views and has since passed 440 million views.
The numbers around “Dreamers” help explain why Jungkook’s return carries so much weight. The track has more than 529 million accumulated streams on Spotify, and it set records on U.S. iTunes and Billboard as the first official soundtrack of a World Cup. The World Music Awards framed the next appearance as Jungkook returning to the same stage after his 2022 performance, this time alongside BTS at the final.
That comparison has also placed him in the company of Shakira, whose World Cup performances remain a reference point for crossover pop appeal at the tournament. For readers following that angle, MogazMasr has also revisited the official songs of past World Cups in “Shakira Dai Dai: el repaso de las canciones oficiales del Mundial,” and looked at the singer’s latest World Cup nod in “Dai Dai Shakira: el nuevo guiño de Shakira al Mundial 2026.” Another recent feature, “Medio Tiempo en la final del Mundial 2026: Shakira, Madonna y BTS,” tracked the names most closely associated with the halftime spotlight.
What comes next is clear: BTS is now booked for one of the most watched stages in global sport, and Jungkook enters it with a World Cup resume already backed by record streaming numbers and a rare return engagement. The 2026 halftime show will test whether that momentum can be matched, or even surpassed, on the sport’s biggest night.
