Brazil (Declan McKenna song)
"Brazil" is a song by English singer, songwriter, and musician Declan McKenna. It was released as the lead single from McKenna's debut studio album, "What Do You Think About the Car?" on 4 December 2015. The song was written by Declan McKenna and produced by Max Marlow. Critical reception. After putting just one song on his Bandcamp page, around forty managers heard of the song and rushed to his next gig to try to sign him. The song was written about the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the dismal poverty in the country and the corruption  surrounding Sepp Blatter and other FIFA officials. BBC News called the song an extraordinarily mature song for a 16-year-old songwriter. Matt Wilkinson at "NME" called it "one of the best songs" of 2015, he said, "This bright’n’breezy Hertfordshire teen's first track 'Brazil' was one of the best songs of last year, recalling Jamie T right at the start of his career and being easily the finest song to ever be written about corruption in football." Live performances. On 25 May 2016, McKenna performed the song live on the late-night talk show "Conan", which was shown on  TBS. He performed the song live at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2017 on the BBC Introducing Stage. Music video. A music video to accompany the release of "Brazil" was first released onto YouTube on 2 December 2014. The music video was directed by Dan Stokes. Personnel. Credits adapted from Tidal.