17 Oct 2018  |   05:50am IST

Singing cheers for FC Goa

‘Wave Your Flag’, a new song by Six String Production cheering on the FC Goa Team, is out on social media with Goan youngsters displaying their music and dance talent for the video. Café speaks to Georgie Dias, a member of Six String Production, to learn morea

Dolcy D’Cruz

‘Wavin’ Flag’ by K’naan was an

international football anthem, but ‘Wave your Flag’ by the Six String Production is touching the hearts of Goans around the world. The song was released on social media almost a week ago and has received over 50,000 views on Youtube. ‘Wave Your Flag’, produced by Six String Production, has become the Goan favourite anthem for the current season of Indian Super League.

Georgie Dias, a musician and band member of the Runks, conceptualised the song keeping in mind the love Goans have for football and music. The song is directed by Josephfern D’Souza and Pankaj Karapurkar with music arrangements by Georgie Dias and the musical talents of Sheldon Gomes, Georgie Dias and Edelbert Azaredo. Jeslan Ferrao, Georgie Dias and Sabino Dias are the lyricists of the song, which features the voices of Velroy Fernandes, Jeslan Ferrao, Alison Gonsalves, Shunaina Baptista, Ancy Gonsalves, Georgie Dias and Sabino Dias. Mixing and mastering is by Royston Noel. The song was recorded at Veltuned Studio Goa. The cinematographer is Josephfern D’Souza and Pankaj Karapurkar and editing has been done by Josephfern D’Souza. The dance crew featured in the video is We Step Dance Crew and the video is powered by Coca Cola and Loud Medics. The cast of the song includes Grizel D’Costa, Celeste Fernandes, Mellernie Mendes, Seny Baretto, Swizel Cardozo, Siena Diniz, Karol Soares and Franjoy Furtado, Joyston Costa, Noel Soares, Deitan Lewis, Engelbert Azaredo and Clayton Rodrigues.

“We started working on the song keeping in mind the fact that it’s been four seasons that FC Goa is trying hard to get the cup home. Hence, the theme ‘Wave Your Flag’; it’s time to bring the cup home. Six String Production is back with another football anthem this time for Forca Goa (ISL 2018). It took us approximately four days to complete the audio part of the song and six days to complete the video, from shooting to editing. It was fun but at the same time it was hectic as managing a huge team is no easy task. Ultimately, the song turned out to be great and it’s doing well. As of now we’ve got 50k views in a week’s time. I am hoping the excitement shown in the song will give a little boost of energy to our team as it’s time to bleed blue for our Gaurs,” says Georgie.

The video has been aesthetically shot with scenes of the beaches of Goa and the serenity of the state, highlighting the passion of the youngsters who love to play football, especially on the beach. Waving the orange and blue flags of FC Goa through the villages of Goa, the video shows that the love for the football team surpasses age and gender. The song is in English and Konkani with a rap segment by Sabino Dias.

“We believe music can convey our message. This song is more about us Goans and Forca Goa and also the Goan spirit of football. We Step Dance Crew brought a whole new vibe to the video and their energy was unbelievable. We’ve also hit a huge number of viewers this time with this video compared to our previous video ‘Dispara La Meta’, which was created for the FIFA World Cup,” concludes Georgie.