--- title: World Cup Song: Jennifer Lopez Talks We Are One (Ole Ola) with Pitbull description: The singer, whose new album comes out June 17, tells how she ended up the track canonical: https://time.com/2871065/world-cup-anthem-jennifer-lopez-talks-official-song-we-are-one/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-13T16:40:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:24:24.837Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: World Cup Official Song: Jennifer Lopez on Making We Are One (Ole Ola) og:description: The singer, whose new album comes out June 17, tells how she ended up the track og:url: https://time.com/2871065/world-cup-anthem-jennifer-lopez-talks-official-song-we-are-one/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: World Cup Official Song: Jennifer Lopez on Making We Are One (Ole Ola) twitter:description: The singer, whose new album comes out June 17, tells how she ended up the track twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # World Cup Anthem: Jennifer Lopez Talks Official Song "We Are One"  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Jun 13, 2014 4:40 PM CUT  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Jun 13, 2014 4:40 PM CUT In [this week’s issue of TIME](http://time.com/2863217/pop-chart/ "undefined"), mega-entertainer Jennifer Lopez discusses first loves and her new album, _A.K.A._, dropping June 17\. She also dished on how she got involved with this year’s official World Cup song, “We Are One (Ole Ola),” which she performed with Pitbull and Claudia Leitte at the June 12 opening ceremony. Turns out, a deep love of soccer wasn’t part of the equation: --- > “” --- To which there’s only one thing to say: Ole! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2871065/world-cup-anthem-jennifer-lopez-talks-official-song-we-are-one/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2871065/world-cup-anthem-jennifer-lopez-talks-official-song-we-are-one/"},"headline":"World Cup Anthem: Jennifer Lopez Talks Official Song \"We Are One\"","datePublished":"2014-06-13T16:40:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:24:24.837Z","description":"The singer, whose new album comes out June 17, tells how she ended up the track","url":"https://time.com/2871065/world-cup-anthem-jennifer-lopez-talks-official-song-we-are-one/","keywords":["celebrities","Music","Football","Q&A","Pitbull","Soccer","World Cup","Jennifer Lopez"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2871065/world-cup-anthem-jennifer-lopez-talks-official-song-we-are-one/","name":"World Cup Anthem: Jennifer Lopez Talks Official Song \"We Are One\""}}]}] ```