JJ Bull (FitbaThatba)

Songs about footballers that are not about footballers

JJ Bull performs under that name, with FitbaThatba as the name of his YouTube channel and Bandcamp, and describes himself there as international superstar soccer loopstation synth pop magic, with songs about footballers that are not really about footballers. NME and the Independent say he is from Aberdeen and moved to London about 13 years before mid-2026 to work in television; he was 40 in June 2026. By day he is a football journalist for The Telegraph and now a tactical analyst for The Athletic, with football analysis on YouTube. Live he builds songs on a loop station, keyboards, vocals and effects; Still Listening notes he has also worked on the TIFO football podcast. NME says he has been in bands since 15, was runner-up for best newcomer at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards, and cites LCD Soundsystem, Marc Rebillet, The Fall, Phoenix and Frightened Rabbit.

Attack! came out on Bandcamp on June 20, 2025, with titles like "Carlo Ancelotti", "Adriano 99 Shot Power" and "Dan Burn Has No Doubts". In March 2026 "The Very Unofficial Scotland World Cup Song (bread and circuses)" launched on Instagram and Spotify and went viral, picked up by Sky Sports News and Talk Sport and by BBC Scotland airplay. NME ran a feature on June 11, 2026, comparing him to LCD Soundsystem, and Out of Your League followed on June 12; the Independent interviewed him on June 24. He told it UEFA filmed him performing "John McGinn Has the Power of the Dinosaurs" at McGinn's house at 7am, and that McGinn knew exactly who he was. A Bristol festival crowd singing his songs back led to a support slot on Goldie Lookin' Chain's UK tour from September 2026, and setlist.fm lists 27 setlists, 20 of them in 2026, including Rotterdam's Left of the Dial festival on October 23, 2026.

Whether he is the same person as the Aberdeen JJ Bull behind Ou Sont Les Elephants (2010) and the Pirates (of the Aberdee-en) EP on a separate Bandcamp is not stated in any source we read; the origin matches, but we do not assert it.