Lynks Turns Football Confusion Into Queercore World Cup Chaos
It is always the wonderful world of high-energy, queer industrial-electro-pop DIY artist Lynks. A little club-night blender. A little football pub chant. A little “did they just turn the World Cup into a neon drag fever dream?” energy.
Formerly known as Lynks Afrikka, the unapologetically uncategorisable performer has comically unleashed on our funny bones an “accidental” England World Cup parody tune entitled “Kick the Ball!!”
And yes, the concept is blessedly simple: kick the ball, into the goal, because that is the game, it is called football. Shakespeare could never. FIFA could never. Your uncle yelling at the television could maybe, but not with this much eyeliner and industrial-pop bounce.
Lynks delivers “Kick the Ball!!,” an accidental England World Cup parody anthem built from chant hooks, DIY chaos, queer-club voltage and exactly enough football knowledge to be dangerous.
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Spotify lists “Kick the Ball!!” as a 2026 single by Lynks, while NME described the track as an “accidental” England World Cup parody banger. Which is exactly the lane: half football song, half piss-take, half gay-chaos math that somehow adds up to three halves and still wins the match.
The funny part is that it works because Lynks does not overthink the sport. Instead, the track attacks football from the point of view of someone who has absorbed the basics through national panic, beer garden chanting, patriotic delusion and the eternal British hope that this time, maybe, the men will simply kick the ball correctly.
That is where Lynks shines. The project has always been a collision point: drag, theatre, club music, blunt comedy, queer culture and industrial-pop ridiculousness moving at full speed with a wink sharp enough to cut through a stadium screen.
Heavenly Recordings’ artist bio calls Lynks “unapologetically uncategorisable,” and that fits. This is a performer who can make a song about football feel like it wandered out of a sweaty club night, crashed into a pub full of England shirts and somehow left with everybody chanting the chorus.
“Kick the Ball!!” also arrives during the exact kind of World Cup mood that turns novelty songs, terrace chants and completely unserious hooks into national brain worms. Sometimes the best football song is not the one trying hardest to be historic. Sometimes it is the one that understands the assignment is simply: kick ball, scream chorus, look unhinged, repeat.
Inside Lynks’ “Kick the Ball!!” World Cup Video.
The gallery captures the visual chaos of Lynks’ official “Kick the Ball!!” video, from football-kit fever and chant-ready staging to the kind of DIY absurdity that makes the parody feel like an instant cult anthem.
The accompanying official music video visuals are exactly as wonderfully ridiculous as the song deserves. It is football-pageantry parody with Lynks’ signature self-aware club-kid bite: big gestures, big faces, big “we researched football by watching vibes only” spirit.
The best novelty anthems know how to be stupid on purpose. “Kick the Ball!!” knows. It does not need a tactical breakdown, a winger heat map or a middle-aged panel show debate. It needs one goal, one chorus and Lynks turning England-football hope into DIY pop performance art.
Press play on thee accompanying official music video visuals below. The World Cup may have its official songs, but Lynks may have accidentally made the one with the most actual pulse.
Watch Lynks’ “Kick the Ball!!” Official World Cup Music Video.
Press play for Lynks’ official “Kick the Ball!!” World Cup music video, a queer industrial-electro-pop football parody built for chants, laughs and accidental anthem status.
Sources: Spotify lists “Kick the Ball!!” as a 2026 single by Lynks; NME described the track as an “accidental” England World Cup parody banger; Heavenly Recordings provided Lynks artist context; Lynks’ official site provided artist links; Lynks / YouTube provided the embedded music video.
