During the touching performance, Lukas sang the opening and closing lines of the song<\/p>\n
\n\tTen minutes before kickoff of the 2026 World Cup opening match between the United States and Paraguay on Friday, Katy Perry<\/a> appeared on the field in a glittering silver dress alongside 10-year-old Norwegian singer Tius Luka. <\/p>\n \n\tSurrounded by flags from different countries, the duo launched into a rendition of \u201cWonder\u201d from Perry\u2019s seventh studio album 143. During the heartfelt performance, Lukas sang the opening and closing lines of the song. At then end of their duet, Perry lifted Lukas into an embrace as the crowd at Los Angeles\u2019 SoFi stadium cheered. <\/p>\n \n\tIn a social media clip posted<\/a> ahead of their performance, Perry shared that Lukas recorded his part of the song in 2021 when he was five years old. \u201cI heard his vocal in 2023 and was inspired to write the verses for \u2018Wonder\u2019 and added it to my sixth album,\u201d she wrote. \u201cTius is 10 now and flew all the way to LA from Norway to sing this song with me.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tEarlier in the day, Future<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Tyla<\/a>\u00a0kicked off the\u00a0World Cup\u00a0ceremony with a high voltage performance <\/a>of \u201cGame Time,\u201d the seventh single from the\u00a0official\u00a02026 FIFA World Cup<\/a>\u00a0album. They were followed by\u00a0Lisa<\/a>\u00a0of Blackpink, Brazilian icon\u00a0Anitta<\/a>, and Nigerian superstar Rema, who delivered \u201cGoals,\u201d another electric\u00a0World Cup\u00a0track for fans.<\/p>\n \n\tCanada\u2019s opening game against Bosnia and Herzegovina also took place today in Toronto, the\u00a0opening ceremony\u00a0<\/a>featured performances from Michael Buble, Alanis Morissette, Alessia Cara, Eliana, Jessie Reyes, Noah Fatehi, Sanjoy, Vegedream, and William Prince. Friday night\u2019s opening ceremonies in Los Angeles and Toronto were two of three blowouts FIFA organized for the opening matches of the 2026 World Cup. At Thursday\u2019s\u00a0official opening game in Mexico City<\/a>, for Mexico versus South Africa, the show featured Shakira and Burna Boy performing their official tournament song, \u201cDai Dai.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \t