"You lost 5-1": KSI counter-trolls RB Salzburg for remark about 'Thick of It' song being played at Santiago Bernabeu

After their loss to Real Madrid on January 22, 2025, RB Salzburg was trolled by KSI due to their remarks about his song Thick of It being played at the Santiago Bernabeu during the Champions League matchup. For context, Olajide "KSI" aka JJ released the song last year in October and was met with a lot of online backlash at the time.

While Thick of It did crack Billboard's Top 100 list, the song was met with mixed reviews; many called out the YouTuber for his music on the internet and trolled him.

Before their recent Champions League fixture with Real Madrid, RB Salzburg joined in on the trolling by insinuating that Santiago Bernabeu needs a new DJ after the song was played at the stadium.

The official X account affiliated with the football club wrote:

"KSI's 'Thick of It' being played at the Santiago Bernabeu. Amazing place you have here guys, but let us know if you need a new DJ @realmadriden."

After the match ended with RB Salzburg losing 5-1, KSI hit back with a clever pun on his song title and replied to the post on X. The YouTuber wrote:

"You lost 5-1. Turns out you were in the thick of it LMAO."

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"I would focus on winning the game": Internet's reactions to RB Salzburg trolling KSI's song Thick of It explored

As one of the most popular British internet personalities, KSI has fans from all over the world. A man of many talents, the YouTuber has been producing music for some time now and also has a career in professional boxing.

The Thick of It track was released on October 3, 2024, and soon went viral. While many fans had undoubtedly praised the song, it has also garnered a lot of negative responses since then. Popular streamers and YouTubers have also criticized the song. IShowSpeed openly trolled KSI by laughing at the singer's face during a live broadcast, even though he had shown support earlier.

It seems RB Salzburg wanted to jump on the troll train as well. Their post on X criticizing the song got a lot of traction, with some joining in to troll the song while others criticized the football club. Some X users called RB Salzburg to focus on winning the game instead of posting about Thick of It.

"I would focus on winning the game," wrote @bini_r1.

X user @Arthur_RMcf wrote:

"Fair to say you came for the music, not football." claimed @Arthur_RMcf.

Others noted how the YouTuber had moved on from feuding with Minecraft YouTubers to beefing with football clubs.

"KSI went from beefing minecraft youtubers to football clubs? really moving up in the world," said @RedCacheREAL.

Some even trolled KSI for his remark about RB Salzburg.

"How are you getting rattled by rb salzburg," asked @AudsleyLFC.

Another X user claimed the club had performed worse because they had to listen to the song.

"They heard the song and it made them perform worse buddy," wrote @Pasi_9000.

Readers should note that KSI has admitted to farming negative reactions on social media to direct attention to the song after it was released. For context, the singer was embroiled in a controversy at the time regarding the release of Lunchly.