Ok-pop group NewJeans will likely be releasing a tune for this 12 months’s League Of Legends World Championship.
The single, titled ‘Gods’, will likely be launched on October 4 at 6AM BST / 2PM KST. It will even launch with an animated music video from Riot Games, and NewJeans have described the tune as “a brand new expertise for all of us”.
“It was enjoyable to strive a brand new style and sound,” shared the group. “Through this collaboration, we’re pleased to current a tune that comes with each NewJeans’ and League of Legends’ distinctive colors. We hope it brings you a brand new sense of empowerment!”
While will probably be carried out by NewJeans, ‘Gods’ was written by Riot Games’ principal composer Sebastien Najand, together with Mako’s Alex Seaver – who collaborated with Pusha T for an additional League Of Legends tune in 2021.
‘Gods’ has been made to coincide with this 12 months’s League Of Legends World Championship, a serious esports event that will likely be hosted in South Korea subsequent month.
“Between Worlds going down in Korea and NewJeans’ meteoric rise, this partnership felt fated as a real cultural celebration,” shared Carrie Dun, the worldwide head of inventive, esports at Riot Games. “We suppose ‘Gods’ will set the stage for what’s sure to be an unbelievable Worlds.”
In the previous, League Of Legends‘ Worlds anthems have been created by the likes of Lil Nas X, Imagine Dragons, and Against The Current.
Outside of Worlds, Riot Games has an extended historical past of musical collaborations. The developer’s Netflix sequence, Arcane, options music from Sting, Denzel Curry, Bea Miller, and PVRIS.
Last 12 months, Riot Games Music’s Bob DeBelina instructed NME that these collaborations require musicians who’re “open-minded about stepping considerably out of their regular world and into ours”.
