I love Ok-pop virtually as a lot as I really like League of Legends, so once I heard that the 2023 World Championships can be happening in Seoul this yr, my coronary heart skipped a beat. Did this herald the long-awaited return of KDA, League’s fan-favorite Ok-Pop band? The sting of my seat was properly and really worn away.
Sadly, the reply to that query is not any – behemoth NewJeans will really take heart stage at League of Legends Worlds 2023. Whereas they could lend their voices to Ahri, Akali, Evelynn, and Kai’Sa in spirit, on the floor it appears to be like just like the MOBA‘s idol queens received’t be returning this time round. The place they’re dominating, although, is TikTok, the place a fanmade KDA anthem has us lamenting what may have been.
Titled “All Eyes On Us’” a la Jisoo’s “All Eyes on Me,” the monitor is the brainchild of Simon Rosenfeld (the creator of final yr’s viral monitor ‘Heroes‘) and TikTok artist Myla, with lyrics from multi-platinum musician Linda Quero.
Whereas we’ve solely seen a teaser up to now (the total tune drops in the present day) All Eyes On Us has already accrued over 200k views on TikTok, sitting at 200 feedback, too.
“Out of nowhere considered one of our posts began to explode,” the crew tells PCGamesN. “We felt excited, but in addition relieved. We had been engaged on this tune since late 2022 and concerned far more folks than we often do, and it felt like our efforts have been being rewarded and that the tune really resonated with different KDA followers.”
Channeling a few of the thumping bass of League’s different band, True Injury, with the playful, melodic vocals of Ahri (or G-IDLE’s Miyeon), there’s rather a lot to like about All Eyes On Us. “‘All Out’ has been considered one of our go-to references in relation to high quality of sound design and vocal manufacturing in a lot of our tasks,” they inform me, and you may hear its essence interwoven via the crew’s newest endeavour.
Whereas I like NewJeans, part of me does lament not having a KDA-focused Worlds this yr. Certainly one of my first ever interviews on this trade was for KDA All Out and the discharge of Seraphine, so the group actually does have a particular place in my coronary heart.
I’m not ruling their involvement out fully, although, merely given that we acquired a shock banger from Jackson Wang final yr forward of Lil Nas X’s now-iconic Star Walkin’, so who is aware of what’s in retailer for this 2023. I’m manifesting KDA Code Pink okay, let me have my second.
In the event you’re trying ahead to Worlds, although, then I counsel taking a look at our listing of the entire upcoming League of Legends skins – Worlds 2023 Renekton is trying hearth. We even have a rundown of League of Legends patch 13.19 – the one the match will probably be performed on – so to attempt to guess which champ’s getting permabanned.