If anyone is interested in the storyline of this video (Warning it's long) : This video follows Kim-Hyuk-kyu (Player ID : Deft) who won the League of Legends World Championship with DRX last year (2022). Him and another player went to the same high-school in Korea. This player is named Faker and is considered the goat of League of legends with 3 (now 4) worlds title under his belt. They both have the same age and started to play League competitively at the same time. (2013) The first combat shows the difference between Deft and Faker career. Deft is fighting a blue buff while Faker is fighting the baron a much more powerful monster. Deft made his debut in a team called MVP Blue which was basically a low team in the LCK (Korean League) while Faker was already winning his first world title. Then in 2014, Deft and his team (Samsung Blue) got obliterated by their sister team (Samsung White) in the semi-finals at worlds. In the video Deft is losing to Pawn who was his former teammates in Samsung Blue. Then in 2015, Deft alongside Meiko in EDG lost to Fnatic in quarter-finals. (Skip in the video. During this period Deft : - 2016 : Lost to ROX in the quarterfinals (EDG) - 2017 : Did not qualify for Worlds (KT) - 2018 : Lost to IG in the quarterfinals (KT) - 2019 : Did not qualify for Worlds (KZ) 2020 was a devastating year for him, Deft’s team was composed of incredible skilled player individually and promising young talents (Doran, Psyosik, Chovy, Keria). But they lost against DWG. Keria the one who tried to protect him was his lane’s partner. They had a brotherly relationship with each other. Keria promised Deft to win him a World championship one day. But at the end of 2020 they parted ways, Deft was the one to encourage Keria to accept the T1 offer (Faker’s team) since it was such a big opportunity for Keria. In 2021 Deft injured his hand and everyone thought it was going to be the end of his career without ever winning a single world championship (He won others trophies but World is the most important and prestigious). But Deft decided to give himself a last shot in 2022. DRX in 2022 was considered at best mediocre. They barely scraped into Summer playoffs but they lost early and finished 6th (LCK has only 4 spots for worlds). Then they had only one last shot at the regional qualifiers. They had 2 grueling 5 game series to unexpectedly make it to Worlds. But nobody had any expectations for them at worlds.They breezed through Play-in against weaker team. In group stage they faced Europe best team and for some the second best Chinese team. Everyone thought they wouldn’t make it but they managed to top the group knocking off TES (Chinese team). It was unbelievable at the time. In the quarterfinals they were against EDG the former reigning champion and one of Deft’s former team. He played against Meiko and Scout two of his former teammates. DRX fell 0-2 in this series, 1 game away from elimination. Game 2 was particularly heartbreaking, Deft was hitting the opponents base but at the last hit he couldn’t end the game and they lost. It was a one million moment. It’s hard to explain but let’s just say that almost every team would have had their mental crushed by such a game. But DRX managed to turn around the series and won 3 games in a row. In the interview post-match they celebrated Deft’s birthday. He cried saying it’s the only happy birthday he got in 8 years since he would always lose in quarter-finals at worlds. Then they went against GENG. DRX got crushed by them in LCK 0-6 (2 BO5) but that was actually their easiest series. DRX won 3-1. Deft got to face Doran and Chovy also former teammates. (Doran is the one in the video) But even so they were still the heavy underdogs against T1 (Faker and Keria’s team). Everyone thought T1 was too high of a wall for them. In Game 3 DRX should have won but T1 stole 2 barons and won the game. Then Game 5 was extremely nerve-racking, while DRX had the lead T1 stole again a baron in a one thousand scenario. Everyone was scared of Game 3 repeating itself but DRX managed to win the game and lifted the world trophy. Keria truly gave Deft a World Championship but not the way he wanted. (Well now he also has one) If anyone is interested in the 2022 DRX Run I recommend the Lol Esport documentary on the subject. (Sorry for my English, I’m not a native speaker)
girl you sound SO SMART. even if you didnt know the game/universe very well, you still got everything that was happening right, im really happy that you enjoyed!
Riot Games (League of Legends company) have a really good Music department, they have some really good bands/groups with the game's characters (Pentakill, KDA, True Damage, Heartsteel). They started bringing K-Pop with KDA (Soyeon and Miyeon from GIDLE), and then startet working with more pop artists (like Lil Nas X and Imagine Dragons). BUT New Jeans was definitely a suprise for the fans from both sides and I think they did a really good job (even if the song is "less powerfull" than League fans are used to, Words Anthems is a very serious thing in League)! In the MV, we see the path of Deft, a korean League player, through his career, facing some of other famous players in some championship's moments. The other character with glasses is Faker, the most famous a victorious League player. Deft and Faker actually went to school together, and the MV portraits Deft trying to surpass Faker as a League player (spoiler alert: Faker won the Words 23 and Deft's team wasn't even in the finals). There's tons of references of League competitive history that goes over a decade, its a really good MV. And I think Riot's objective with brining NewJeans is being achieved: rise attention to them with a name thats hyped in the moment. (sorry for my english, is not my birth language).
as a league fan and a kpop fan... riot makes all my dreams come true! btw the person that sacrificed himself is Keria, hes a huge newjeans fan and Im pretty sure he won worlds this year just to see them live xD So yeah he gave his all once for Deft but rn bro is the best support player in the world and he was able to change the way the game is played, Keria is an absolute genius. And his present carry Gumayusi is still jealous of Keria's friendship with Deft xD
Riot makes AWESOME animated stuff! They do SO GREAT at that! Their Music Videos are just OFF THE CHAIN! Oh, right, and they also made this one game that some people play...
The history in this video is about korean player Deft and his journey throughout Worlds (biggest tournament in League that brings together teams from all over the world) and his desired victory in Worlds 2022. It starts with the image of him going to the same high school as Faker (literally GOAT of the League of Legends), Mapo High School in Seoul. Then we switch to the moment when he first starts grinding and getting better in league, thats also his rookie year in the team called MVP Blue (the golem he fights with is also called blue, that's a quite accurate reference) meanwhile in the background Faker attemps to kill baron and take his first Worlds trophy (in 2013). Next scene, when Deft is on the stage playing tournament in the colors of Samsung Blue team we see the fight between him on Lucian and PawN (his former teammate from team Samsung Blue) on Jayce. This is a reproduction of the situation from the match when the Samsung Blue and Samsung White teams clashed. PawN killed him in the same way as we can see in the video. That's his first defeat at Worlds in semi-finals. Deft leaves Korea and seeks for adventure in China. He joined Edward Gaming (EDG) in 2014. Guy sitting next to him is Meiko, EDG support. He plays in that team since today. In the video we can see them getting attacked by Rekkles, former ADC of Fnatic (currently sub support). Fnatic were fighting against them in quarter-final match and won with 3-0 score. That was 2nd time Deft got denied at Worlds. The moment when he pushes himself away from the desk and these fireballs flies around him represents his another fails to attemp and win Worlds (2016 lost in the quarters against ROX Tigers, 2017 in the new team - KT Rolster - failed to qualify, 2018 lost in the quarterfinals against IG [upcoming winner of Worlds 2018] and 2019 in the new team - King-zone DragonX - failed to qualify) Another team switch, this time Deft joins DRX. This time we see him fighting alongside his former teammate Doran (currently playing for Gen.G) against Dplus KIA Canyon (guy presented as Graves) and Showmaker (guy presented as Syndra). As Showmaker tries to attack Deft, Keria (currently support for T1 but played with Deft in the same team at that time) shows up, looks at him sadly and sacrafices himself so he can survive. But despite this he still falls and gets killed. That's another hit for Deft as he gets eliminated from Worlds 2020. 2021 he got eliminated in the quarterfinals once again when his new team, Hanwha Life Esport lost to T1 3-0. Deft after then became 1st player to play in 5 World Championships in 5 different teams. When he is undernath ice, he starts crying. At that time he thought that was his last chance of achieving something at Worlds, that he wouldn't have another one because he tried so many times and yet he still wasn't able to win. But it was about to change in 2022. That was the year when he and team of underdogs did something incredible, something that probably isn't gonna be repeated ever again. He gets lifted with his team on the platform to get in the arena and fight their way to the trophy. First, he fights EDG and his former teammate on support, Meiko. The game he played on Draven was actually game 3 when they were already losing 2-0 and did reverse sweep to finish with 2-3 and take the series. Next fight as before was against his former teammate Doran as Renekton. It was actually game 4 when Deft was playing Varus and that ended the series for DRX with 3-1 score. At the end there was a final boss, T1. With his former teammate Keria and Faker. It was one of the best series that were played in this tournament and with the final roster on DRX with Aatrox, Hecarim, Azir, Caitlyn and Bard they made it and finished their underdog run with 3-2 score. Deft was finally happy and lifted his desired trophy. That was long but i hope i covered everythight that was unclear for people new in the League of Legends esport :)
if ur interested in this kind of soundtrack/concept, netflix has a show called Arcane thats based off of this game its soooo good 😭 also newjeans killed this its right up my alley
quick context to the video: Follows the journey of Deft, a league of legends professional who is currently one of the biggest veterans in the scene. It portrays his results from previous worlds competitions to near historical accuracy (same teammates and characters played). Then it ends with his underdog victory in last years tournament (2022). His team last year was not in the conversation for winning the whole tournament at all, and wasn't even expected to make it past the quarter finals so it was a special story especially for a player of his caliber that had never won this tournament before
I really liked the fact that New Jeans and Le Sserifim kind of traded off sounds in these gaming collabs, but I cant help but want to hear LS sing this and NJ to sing "Perfect Night".
Yeah i was surprised too they actually use their full vocal range on this song for the first time and i was amazed at how deep they can sing because their usual stuff is just them using light soft airy vocals.. they are amazing vocally.. all of them.
NO. I LOVE the energy you brought to this and how dedicated you were to understanding the mv even without context - it really leveled up the reaction! this is my fav reaction of GODS so far, i’m glad you enjoyed it :) MADE MY DAYY ❤❤❤
Thank you Cait! i'm a fan of League since 2018 and i still can't believe the producers around songs and cinematic, they are amazing! The story line around the teams are so emotional every year, they put a lot of details in this. And thank you for the attention and details you give in all your reactions, you are my fav
Context: the first person you see is Deft (main character) he has been a player for over ten years and have never won the Champions, so it's kinda his journey. The second one you see is Faker, he is the BEST LoL player in the world, at the moment, and he will be playing against him a lot in the video. So, Deft's constantly playing and losing games a the champions, with diferent teams, until the very end, which is the 2022 Worlds, when he finaly win against T1 (Faker´s team). Hope it´s helpfull
One of the running jokes in the League of legends community is that Riot (the makers of the game) made the game just to promote their music and at this point, probably true 😂
League of legends does epic music and MV for their game and it's e-sports championships. They are literally how I discovered kpop years ago, because Soyeon and Miyeon from I-DLE are members of their virtual kpop group called KDA (acronym for scoring in game for kills. deaths. assists) Soyeon's raps in that group are what caught my attention and the rest is history. She voices an assassin names Akali and Miyeon voices a seven tailed fox mage named Ahri. Worth checking out their music and any other Worlds performances or Cinematics by League. Quite a few well known western artists also participate in these virtual groups. There a hip hop group, a boy group (they're new, you said you've checked them out) and a metal group too.
Have a look at all their others if you get the chance! My top three recommendations: "The Call", "Warriors", "Rise"! They're really good at making music! They also made a k-pop group from some of the characters. The group is called K/DA (highly recommend seeing that too if you haven't) Their title tracks are "Pop/Stars" and "More". Two of (G)i-dle's members voice two of the group's singers. Some Twice members also cover one of K/DA's songs ("I'll show you" is the name) Also you're pretty good at reading the meaning of the music video for someone that isn't familiar with LoL game ^^ Really enjoyed this reaction!
2022 Worlds was so emotional. Like, the way they framed the Finals for that was like an anime. Faker, the antagonist. Deft, the protagonist. It's an underdog story that has layers and layers of amazing story behind the motivation of the players that it almost seem like a storyline was made in real life. Riot making it the focus of the World 2023 Anthem and showing just how tense the finals was last year is so good. It's great to see that even though you didn't know the game, you paying attention to the MV and getting the gist of it means that Riot did a great job conveying the story for last years Worlds. Also, I don't know if you notice, but before the Bridge part of the song. Where you were saying "Don't sacrifice yourself" to Deft's teammate, that was Keria. The same player that is seen in the black and red sweater near the end as he fights alongside Faker, on the opposite side of the person he "sacrificed" himself for.
Keria accepeted a new master "the demon king" became the antagonist lost a heart breaking finals in 2022 then came back in 2023 when nobody expected took down 4 super teams from lpl with the same demon king and all his 4 children and now its the villain arc again. what is called back with vengance. so yeah deft won. but the unkillable demon king is called so because he rises again and again untill he claims the throne with his children to reignite nother dynasty.
The character name is Deft the player of LOL , in this mv tell all about how he come through in the world of tournament.. what can I say it's very touching mv after knowing they stories .. thanks to newjeans .. ❤❤
If you're wanting something else that riot has also produced, there's a Virtual Group called KDA that has (G)I-dle Members Soyeon and Miyeon in it. There's More, The Baddest, and Pop/Stars (and a few more). Riot is pretty good about copyright so as long as you're not watching anything with Imagine Dragons in it, you're good to react to it, including their Live Stage Performances! :)
Nice react! You should do one for the Worlds 2023 Opening Ceremony, it was really good and both Newjeans and Heartsteel perform their respective songs LIVE, meaning GODS and Paranoia
Btw that guy who's sacrifices himself to protect(that name is keria ) they're playing each other as teammates but om worlds 2022 keria is not in the same team as deft, then guess what they meet each other as a enemy on the final 😢
ok so explaining the video: the main character is a pro player of league of legends, he has competed in several worlds championships before but lost all of them until last year that he won, the video is telling his story, every time he lost until he won
It just goes to show how good the animators are at storytelling that someone can come in with NO knowledge and completely understand the storyline even if they don't know the names of the players! Let's GO!!!
There's a whole world of video game music, and large gaming companies with their own in-house producers/composers. So gaming companies do take music very seriously as it can draw appeal to the games itself just by good music. Riot is one of those who produces pop music and collab with artiststo create amazing songs like these (and the many that people already recommended). Quite the fun rabbit hole to dive into
You should totally check out more league of legends content!! Other World Anthems, Season start cinematics and K/DA, True Damage (+pentakill if you like metal)
Was really cool to see someone who doesn't know the story actually pay attention to what was happening in the video/song and you basically got the entire thing! Great reaction
Fun fact: Riot Games , the creators of League of legends, have their own music department and producers that produce these songs. They just grab artists to sing these songs. It is big, especially the World Finals anthem. Lil Nas X did last years song.
Riot Games is a music company. With 200 years of music production experience, they have produced groups and bands like K/DA, True Damage, Pentakill, and recently Heartsteel. Oh, and they make some small games on the side too like League of Legends and Valorant
Riot Games has some of the best songwriters and composers in the business. If this was your first taste, I highly recommend you react to their other music. It's all pretty godly.
Yeah so league has an insane amount of music they make for their game Usually for the worlds ceremony’s (worlds is what they call their esports championships it’s the most popular esports game in the world) and are known for producing FIRE music Some other K-pop collars relating to league is -K/DA - is a virtual K-pop group consisting of 2 American artists (Madison beer and jaira burns), 2 Korean artists (Soyeon and miyeon from Gidle) and a Chinese member (Lexi lui) - they also have a song which features some twice members I’m sure you have had LOOOADs of requests for it just wanted to give some more context - RIIZE for 2018 worlds finals feat Bobby of ikon (they also have a performance that doesn’t get blocked by UA-cam cause riot doesn’t really care abt that) - - True damage - which is a virtual hip hop/K-pop group feat. Keke Palmer, Becky g, two rappers and soyeon again also an awesome song
I think this is the perfect opportunity to react to K/DA and True Damage as well! Soyeon and Miyeon from G-Idle are involved and both groups have AMAZING SONGS.
Yeah the only think I know about League of Legends is when Riot Games gets kpop idols to do the songs. From KDA to now, that's all I know. The MVs are always so artistic and stunning (makes sense for a game company) and whoever they get for the songs, from writing, production, all of it is phenomenal.
If you just discover League songs, you must check everything. All of their songs has been real music since the beginning of the game. You listen to Kpop so I advise you to begin with some K/DA songs but all the others are top tier as well.
I'm so glad to see your reaction to this. I didn't expect it I have a question tho is there a list of groups/ artists you stan on this channel. (I couldn't find one, so if there is such list , I'm sorry😅). I just think such list would be useful. Because it might be a little bit confusing (for me personally). For example, I know you stan NCT and DKB, but I can't be sure about NewJeans, or Aespa, or WOODZ so I can't be sure who to expect in some series. Anyways, thanks for your hard work and fun reactions ^^
I've never commented but love your vids! I'd recommend KDA if you haven't watched their videos. I know you'll enjoy it a lot more as its practically KPOP and the videos are amazing!
❤with Riot Live stages you are alright as long as you edit anything with "Imagine Dragons" because while Riot doesn't have a problem, ID recording company is sketchy.😅 KDA is also a Riot k-pop group, you can also check them out (Members G-Idle are apart of this group as well as Twice (for 1 song). Oh and they have a mini album 2022 Jackson Wang did a performance and it was AWESOME.
I know you gotta lot of things to do not you DEFINITELY should react K/DA. It's a kpop group made up of 4 characters of League of Leyends. Miyeon and Soyeon from G-Idle are two of the voices in there. They have two main tracks: Pop Stars being their debut and MORE their comeback. Hope you react to them someday❤❤
@caitlinbensonn will you also be checking out K/DA? It has an excellent story because their debut feels exactly like a Kpop group debut. There was a lot of internal pushback against their inception from some of the members of the Riot team, dividing the devs on whether they should or shouldn't pursue it. But when Pop/Star got released, it was an unexpected banger because how can a game company make such an awesome kpop song? Of course the goal was to sell the skin but K/DA is definitely their biggest music artists.
If you want, I would like suggest you to watch "Rise - league of legends", this song is fantastic. I literally lost my words when I heard that song for the first time, I love it so much. Thank you very much for the reaction!
Love that version of New Jeans! But....can I suggest the cover of this song by Serafina Ch.? I think she made a really nice cover of GODS.... Serafina is a VTuber with a realy nice voice
I'm so glat to see your reaction to this (i didn't expect this at all) I have a question tho, is there a list of groups/artists that you stan on this channel? (I couldn't find one, so if there is such list sorry 😅) I find it a little bit confusing, for example I know you stan NCT and DKB, but I can't be sure about NewJeans or ITZY even if you've already seen almost everything by them. And you have said that you really liked WOODZ but I'm not sure if I should expect him in a Deep Dive. I just think such list would be useful. Anyways, thanks for your hard work and fun reactions ^^
Girl same im not a fan of the League Pro Scene but this mv got me hooked on the dramaaa like fr this some juicy stuff i read like playing against his past teammates? Nahh im done
I agree with the other comment you do NOT sound dumb and you putting your thoughts and questions about the game was cutie🫶. Riot honestly pops off with the K-pop and their main big competition stuff.
People didnt really like this song in Brazil from what I've heard. It's not actually a bad song per se but compared to other songs produced by league, especially for the wolrds anthem, people felt like new jeans didnt bring the epicness effect that other singers could. I personnally dont like this either but the instrummental tho... girl its a bop lol
Please please listen to more of League of Legends songs!! Besides their groups of champions they also have so many good Worlds songs they're so goooooood
If anyone is interested in the storyline of this video (Warning it's long) :
This video follows Kim-Hyuk-kyu (Player ID : Deft) who won the League of Legends World Championship with DRX last year (2022).
Him and another player went to the same high-school in Korea. This player is named Faker and is considered the goat of League of legends with 3 (now 4) worlds title under his belt. They both have the same age and started to play League competitively at the same time. (2013)
The first combat shows the difference between Deft and Faker career.
Deft is fighting a blue buff while Faker is fighting the baron a much more powerful monster.
Deft made his debut in a team called MVP Blue which was basically a low team in the LCK (Korean League) while Faker was already winning his first world title.
Then in 2014, Deft and his team (Samsung Blue) got obliterated by their sister team (Samsung White) in the semi-finals at worlds. In the video Deft is losing to Pawn who was his former teammates in Samsung Blue.
Then in 2015, Deft alongside Meiko in EDG lost to Fnatic in quarter-finals.
(Skip in the video. During this period Deft :
- 2016 : Lost to ROX in the quarterfinals (EDG)
- 2017 : Did not qualify for Worlds (KT)
- 2018 : Lost to IG in the quarterfinals (KT)
- 2019 : Did not qualify for Worlds (KZ)
2020 was a devastating year for him, Deft’s team was composed of incredible skilled player individually and promising young talents (Doran, Psyosik, Chovy, Keria). But they lost against DWG.
Keria the one who tried to protect him was his lane’s partner. They had a brotherly relationship with each other. Keria promised Deft to win him a World championship one day.
But at the end of 2020 they parted ways, Deft was the one to encourage Keria to accept the T1 offer (Faker’s team) since it was such a big opportunity for Keria.
In 2021 Deft injured his hand and everyone thought it was going to be the end of his career without ever winning a single world championship (He won others trophies but World is the most important and prestigious). But Deft decided to give himself a last shot in 2022.
DRX in 2022 was considered at best mediocre. They barely scraped into Summer playoffs but they lost early and finished 6th (LCK has only 4 spots for worlds). Then they had only one last shot at the regional qualifiers. They had 2 grueling 5 game series to unexpectedly make it to Worlds. But nobody had any expectations for them at worlds.They breezed through Play-in against weaker team. In group stage they faced Europe best team and for some the second best Chinese team. Everyone thought they wouldn’t make it but they managed to top the group knocking off TES (Chinese team). It was unbelievable at the time.
In the quarterfinals they were against EDG the former reigning champion and one of Deft’s former team.
He played against Meiko and Scout two of his former teammates.
DRX fell 0-2 in this series, 1 game away from elimination.
Game 2 was particularly heartbreaking, Deft was hitting the opponents base but at the last hit he couldn’t end the game and they lost. It was a one million moment. It’s hard to explain but let’s just say that almost every team would have had their mental crushed by such a game. But DRX managed to turn around the series and won 3 games in a row.
In the interview post-match they celebrated Deft’s birthday. He cried saying it’s the only happy birthday he got in 8 years since he would always lose in quarter-finals at worlds.
Then they went against GENG. DRX got crushed by them in LCK 0-6 (2 BO5) but that was actually their easiest series. DRX won 3-1. Deft got to face Doran and Chovy also former teammates. (Doran is the one in the video)
But even so they were still the heavy underdogs against T1 (Faker and Keria’s team). Everyone thought T1 was too high of a wall for them. In Game 3 DRX should have won but T1 stole 2 barons and won the game.
Then Game 5 was extremely nerve-racking, while DRX had the lead T1 stole again a baron in a one thousand scenario. Everyone was scared of Game 3 repeating itself but DRX managed to win the game and lifted the world trophy. Keria truly gave Deft a World Championship but not the way he wanted. (Well now he also has one)
If anyone is interested in the 2022 DRX Run I recommend the Lol Esport documentary on the subject.
(Sorry for my English, I’m not a native speaker)
nicely explained
I was about to go off and type this all off before seeing your comment 😂
Nicely done 👏
producer needs to make a movie from this story
Your english is great, haha ! Thanks for explaining the whole thing to Caitlin and to all those who didn't know the story or even cared about it :)
The deep voice is danielle and the super high note is hanni
yes and hyein
Yea the high notes in the background is both Hanni and Danielle
Anyone who majors in music knows the notes they hit at the end? It sounded like high stuff and I'm curious how high they can hit
@@atlust2105 Sounds like a F#6 if you mean the "ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gods" part. And I think that's Hanni.
What's your thoughts about their live perf?
girl you sound SO SMART. even if you didnt know the game/universe very well, you still got everything that was happening right, im really happy that you enjoyed!
OMG 😭 I was so worried I sounded dumb haha thank God! It’s been really fun trying to figure everything out! Thank you! 💕
@@caitlinbensonnplease check up k/da
Minji confirmed the original lyric for the second verse was “Bad B*tch woke up and chose violence” but they changed it for young fans 😭😭😭💀💀💀
They better say that!
Riot Games (League of Legends company) have a really good Music department, they have some really good bands/groups with the game's characters (Pentakill, KDA, True Damage, Heartsteel). They started bringing K-Pop with KDA (Soyeon and Miyeon from GIDLE), and then startet working with more pop artists (like Lil Nas X and Imagine Dragons). BUT New Jeans was definitely a suprise for the fans from both sides and I think they did a really good job (even if the song is "less powerfull" than League fans are used to, Words Anthems is a very serious thing in League)!
In the MV, we see the path of Deft, a korean League player, through his career, facing some of other famous players in some championship's moments. The other character with glasses is Faker, the most famous a victorious League player. Deft and Faker actually went to school together, and the MV portraits Deft trying to surpass Faker as a League player (spoiler alert: Faker won the Words 23 and Deft's team wasn't even in the finals). There's tons of references of League competitive history that goes over a decade, its a really good MV.
And I think Riot's objective with brining NewJeans is being achieved: rise attention to them with a name thats hyped in the moment. (sorry for my english, is not my birth language).
small correction in that they started working with pop artists way back, such as Warriors by Imagine Dragons wayyyy back in 2014
as a league fan and a kpop fan... riot makes all my dreams come true!
btw the person that sacrificed himself is Keria, hes a huge newjeans fan and Im pretty sure he won worlds this year just to see them live xD
So yeah he gave his all once for Deft but rn bro is the best support player in the world and he was able to change the way the game is played, Keria is an absolute genius. And his present carry Gumayusi is still jealous of Keria's friendship with Deft xD
I don't give a POO about league but they release BANGERS everytime.
Pls react to every KDA song, literal masterpieces.
Riot makes AWESOME animated stuff! They do SO GREAT at that! Their Music Videos are just OFF THE CHAIN!
Oh, right, and they also made this one game that some people play...
@@jamescurfman3284what's that game
Deft's story is simply beautiful, 10 years of his sporting life is incredible, THE GOAT ADC DEFT
The history in this video is about korean player Deft and his journey throughout Worlds (biggest tournament in League that brings together teams from all over the world) and his desired victory in Worlds 2022.
It starts with the image of him going to the same high school as Faker (literally GOAT of the League of Legends), Mapo High School in Seoul.
Then we switch to the moment when he first starts grinding and getting better in league, thats also his rookie year in the team called MVP Blue (the golem he fights with is also called blue, that's a quite accurate reference) meanwhile in the background Faker attemps to kill baron and take his first Worlds trophy (in 2013).
Next scene, when Deft is on the stage playing tournament in the colors of Samsung Blue team we see the fight between him on Lucian and PawN (his former teammate from team Samsung Blue) on Jayce. This is a reproduction of the situation from the match when the Samsung Blue and Samsung White teams clashed. PawN killed him in the same way as we can see in the video. That's his first defeat at Worlds in semi-finals.
Deft leaves Korea and seeks for adventure in China. He joined Edward Gaming (EDG) in 2014. Guy sitting next to him is Meiko, EDG support. He plays in that team since today. In the video we can see them getting attacked by Rekkles, former ADC of Fnatic (currently sub support). Fnatic were fighting against them in quarter-final match and won with 3-0 score. That was 2nd time Deft got denied at Worlds.
The moment when he pushes himself away from the desk and these fireballs flies around him represents his another fails to attemp and win Worlds (2016 lost in the quarters against ROX Tigers, 2017 in the new team - KT Rolster - failed to qualify, 2018 lost in the quarterfinals against IG [upcoming winner of Worlds 2018] and 2019 in the new team - King-zone DragonX - failed to qualify)
Another team switch, this time Deft joins DRX. This time we see him fighting alongside his former teammate Doran (currently playing for Gen.G) against Dplus KIA Canyon (guy presented as Graves) and Showmaker (guy presented as Syndra). As Showmaker tries to attack Deft, Keria (currently support for T1 but played with Deft in the same team at that time) shows up, looks at him sadly and sacrafices himself so he can survive. But despite this he still falls and gets killed. That's another hit for Deft as he gets eliminated from Worlds 2020.
2021 he got eliminated in the quarterfinals once again when his new team, Hanwha Life Esport lost to T1 3-0.
Deft after then became 1st player to play in 5 World Championships in 5 different teams.
When he is undernath ice, he starts crying. At that time he thought that was his last chance of achieving something at Worlds, that he wouldn't have another one because he tried so many times and yet he still wasn't able to win. But it was about to change in 2022. That was the year when he and team of underdogs did something incredible, something that probably isn't gonna be repeated ever again.
He gets lifted with his team on the platform to get in the arena and fight their way to the trophy. First, he fights EDG and his former teammate on support, Meiko. The game he played on Draven was actually game 3 when they were already losing 2-0 and did reverse sweep to finish with 2-3 and take the series.
Next fight as before was against his former teammate Doran as Renekton. It was actually game 4 when Deft was playing Varus and that ended the series for DRX with 3-1 score.
At the end there was a final boss, T1. With his former teammate Keria and Faker. It was one of the best series that were played in this tournament and with the final roster on DRX with Aatrox, Hecarim, Azir, Caitlyn and Bard they made it and finished their underdog run with 3-2 score. Deft was finally happy and lifted his desired trophy.
That was long but i hope i covered everythight that was unclear for people new in the League of Legends esport :)
if ur interested in this kind of soundtrack/concept, netflix has a show called Arcane thats based off of this game its soooo good 😭 also newjeans killed this its right up my alley
As a league fan. Your genuine reactions to the video itself, rooting for Deft, Calling in the Squad, etc. Just fun to watch!
quick context to the video:
Follows the journey of Deft, a league of legends professional who is currently one of the biggest veterans in the scene. It portrays his results from previous worlds competitions to near historical accuracy (same teammates and characters played). Then it ends with his underdog victory in last years tournament (2022). His team last year was not in the conversation for winning the whole tournament at all, and wasn't even expected to make it past the quarter finals so it was a special story especially for a player of his caliber that had never won this tournament before
I really liked the fact that New Jeans and Le Sserifim kind of traded off sounds in these gaming collabs, but I cant help but want to hear LS sing this and NJ to sing "Perfect Night".
Yeah i was surprised too they actually use their full vocal range on this song for the first time and i was amazed at how deep they can sing because their usual stuff is just them using light soft airy vocals.. they are amazing vocally.. all of them.
I actually didn't understand the hate this song had. I mean, New Jeans ATE this. I was so hyped with the song fr.
NO. I LOVE the energy you brought to this and how dedicated you were to understanding the mv even without context - it really leveled up the reaction! this is my fav reaction of GODS so far, i’m glad you enjoyed it :)
MADE MY DAYY ❤❤❤
Thank you Cait! i'm a fan of League since 2018 and i still can't believe the producers around songs and cinematic, they are amazing! The story line around the teams are so emotional every year, they put a lot of details in this. And thank you for the attention and details you give in all your reactions, you are my fav
I've never clicked so fast OMG
Lmao same
SAME HAHAHA
Me too😂
SAME lol
SAME
They performed this at the opening ceremony for Worlds 23 if you want to watch it
Context: the first person you see is Deft (main character) he has been a player for over ten years and have never won the Champions, so it's kinda his journey. The second one you see is Faker, he is the BEST LoL player in the world, at the moment, and he will be playing against him a lot in the video. So, Deft's constantly playing and losing games a the champions, with diferent teams, until the very end, which is the 2022 Worlds, when he finaly win against T1 (Faker´s team).
Hope it´s helpfull
League of Legends is the most popular game in Korea. Felix and Chan also plays it. They mentioned it in some interviews 🥰
League songs are great, and their collabs with kpop are the best tbh. You should check KDA music, it has Soyeon and Miyeon from (g)i-dle in them
One of the running jokes in the League of legends community is that Riot (the makers of the game) made the game just to promote their music and at this point, probably true 😂
League of legends does epic music and MV for their game and it's e-sports championships. They are literally how I discovered kpop years ago, because Soyeon and Miyeon from I-DLE are members of their virtual kpop group called KDA (acronym for scoring in game for kills. deaths. assists) Soyeon's raps in that group are what caught my attention and the rest is history. She voices an assassin names Akali and Miyeon voices a seven tailed fox mage named Ahri. Worth checking out their music and any other Worlds performances or Cinematics by League. Quite a few well known western artists also participate in these virtual groups. There a hip hop group, a boy group (they're new, you said you've checked them out) and a metal group too.
Have a look at all their others if you get the chance! My top three recommendations: "The Call", "Warriors", "Rise"! They're really good at making music!
They also made a k-pop group from some of the characters. The group is called K/DA (highly recommend seeing that too if you haven't) Their title tracks are "Pop/Stars" and "More". Two of (G)i-dle's members voice two of the group's singers. Some Twice members also cover one of K/DA's songs ("I'll show you" is the name)
Also you're pretty good at reading the meaning of the music video for someone that isn't familiar with LoL game ^^ Really enjoyed this reaction!
2022 Worlds was so emotional.
Like, the way they framed the Finals for that was like an anime.
Faker, the antagonist. Deft, the protagonist.
It's an underdog story that has layers and layers of amazing story behind the motivation of the players that it almost seem like a storyline was made in real life.
Riot making it the focus of the World 2023 Anthem and showing just how tense the finals was last year is so good.
It's great to see that even though you didn't know the game, you paying attention to the MV and getting the gist of it means that Riot did a great job conveying the story for last years Worlds.
Also, I don't know if you notice, but before the Bridge part of the song. Where you were saying "Don't sacrifice yourself" to Deft's teammate, that was Keria.
The same player that is seen in the black and red sweater near the end as he fights alongside Faker, on the opposite side of the person he "sacrificed" himself for.
Keria accepeted a new master "the demon king" became the antagonist lost a heart breaking finals in 2022 then came back in 2023 when nobody expected took down 4 super teams from lpl with the same demon king and all his 4 children and now its the villain arc again. what is called back with vengance.
so yeah deft won. but the unkillable demon king is called so because he rises again and again untill he claims the throne with his children to reignite nother dynasty.
The character name is Deft the player of LOL , in this mv tell all about how he come through in the world of tournament.. what can I say it's very touching mv after knowing they stories .. thanks to newjeans .. ❤❤
fun fact : Deft is the only League of Legends player that having underdog story like this, 10 season lose and finally claiming the most wanted thropy
If you're wanting something else that riot has also produced, there's a Virtual Group called KDA that has (G)I-dle Members Soyeon and Miyeon in it. There's More, The Baddest, and Pop/Stars (and a few more). Riot is pretty good about copyright so as long as you're not watching anything with Imagine Dragons in it, you're good to react to it, including their Live Stage Performances! :)
Nice react! You should do one for the Worlds 2023 Opening Ceremony, it was really good and both Newjeans and Heartsteel perform their respective songs LIVE, meaning GODS and Paranoia
This and that one world song where the character keeps collecting weapons from each enemy he defeated is THE BEST WORLD SONGS FOR ME
I love this song soo much
you need react final opening ceremony worlds 2023 too 😮
She said it'll be on her patreon
@@Irish_Gordyahh i see thanks for information 🤝
Y’all needa watch the video before commenting lmao
@@Ruby-lee33yeahh until end video👍
I've had God's on replay ever since its come out
League of legends cinematics and music are incredible, I loved that you paid so much attention in the story of the mv
The lowest note in bridge handle by Danielle and also in highest part of chorus also Danielle
Btw that guy who's sacrifices himself to protect(that name is keria ) they're playing each other as teammates but om worlds 2022 keria is not in the same team as deft, then guess what they meet each other as a enemy on the final 😢
ok so explaining the video: the main character is a pro player of league of legends, he has competed in several worlds championships before but lost all of them until last year that he won, the video is telling his story, every time he lost until he won
newjeans love💓💓💓
It just goes to show how good the animators are at storytelling that someone can come in with NO knowledge and completely understand the storyline even if they don't know the names of the players! Let's GO!!!
I REALLY REALLY LOVE GRACE LEE VOICES. LIKE OMG THEY DESERVE A SONG THAT REALLY SHOW THEIR SKILLS
now caitlin…we need a full on KDA reaction…
There's a whole world of video game music, and large gaming companies with their own in-house producers/composers. So gaming companies do take music very seriously as it can draw appeal to the games itself just by good music.
Riot is one of those who produces pop music and collab with artiststo create amazing songs like these (and the many that people already recommended). Quite the fun rabbit hole to dive into
most of the songs game companies released hits harder istg😭
Deft and DRX in Worlds 2022 literally a miracle run, they can even make a movie based on him
You should totally check out more league of legends content!! Other World Anthems, Season start cinematics and K/DA, True Damage (+pentakill if you like metal)
THE FACT THAT IM WAITING FOR YOUR REACTION TO THIS IN THE MOST PATIENT WAYYY😭😭😭😭
Was really cool to see someone who doesn't know the story actually pay attention to what was happening in the video/song and you basically got the entire thing! Great reaction
Fun fact: Riot Games , the creators of League of legends, have their own music department and producers that produce these songs. They just grab artists to sing these songs. It is big, especially the World Finals anthem. Lil Nas X did last years song.
Riot Games is a music company. With 200 years of music production experience, they have produced groups and bands like K/DA, True Damage, Pentakill, and recently Heartsteel. Oh, and they make some small games on the side too like League of Legends and Valorant
Riot Games has some of the best songwriters and composers in the business. If this was your first taste, I highly recommend you react to their other music. It's all pretty godly.
you are the ONLY reactor i've seen that doesn't play league yet paid attention and understood the story of the mv
Yeah so league has an insane amount of music they make for their game
Usually for the worlds ceremony’s (worlds is what they call their esports championships it’s the most popular esports game in the world) and are known for producing FIRE music
Some other K-pop collars relating to league is
-K/DA - is a virtual K-pop group consisting of 2 American artists (Madison beer and jaira burns), 2 Korean artists (Soyeon and miyeon from Gidle) and a Chinese member (Lexi lui) - they also have a song which features some twice members
I’m sure you have had LOOOADs of requests for it just wanted to give some more context
- RIIZE for 2018 worlds finals feat Bobby of ikon (they also have a performance that doesn’t get blocked by UA-cam cause riot doesn’t really care abt that)
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- True damage - which is a virtual hip hop/K-pop group feat. Keke Palmer, Becky g, two rappers and soyeon again also an awesome song
Idk whyyy but I get emotional when the dude’s friend sacrifices himself 😢 i don’t even play this game lol
I think this is the perfect opportunity to react to K/DA and True Damage as well! Soyeon and Miyeon from G-Idle are involved and both groups have AMAZING SONGS.
NEWJEANS 💙
Just in case you don't know, Heartsteel and NewJeans performed live. Just type Worlds 2023 Opening Ceremony and you'll be able to watch it.
Never played League of Legends but I show up every year for the Worlds Anthems. All of them slap!!
One interesting fact: league of legends has one champion/character named Caitlyn in it 😂
Sebastien najand is honestly kinda crazy with it, he has composed a lot of bangers for league including the k/da songs and this one of course
Although this was completely different for NewJeans, this song is definitely the vibe that lol music gives everytime.
Yeah the only think I know about League of Legends is when Riot Games gets kpop idols to do the songs. From KDA to now, that's all I know. The MVs are always so artistic and stunning (makes sense for a game company) and whoever they get for the songs, from writing, production, all of it is phenomenal.
If you just discover League songs, you must check everything. All of their songs has been real music since the beginning of the game. You listen to Kpop so I advise you to begin with some K/DA songs but all the others are top tier as well.
YES GIRL THIS SONG HITS EVERY TIME
I'm so glad to see your reaction to this. I didn't expect it
I have a question tho is there a list of groups/ artists you stan on this channel. (I couldn't find one, so if there is such list , I'm sorry😅). I just think such list would be useful. Because it might be a little bit confusing (for me personally). For example, I know you stan NCT and DKB, but I can't be sure about NewJeans, or Aespa, or WOODZ so I can't be sure who to expect in some series.
Anyways, thanks for your hard work and fun reactions ^^
The video is the story of Deft the opening character. It’s his journey to winning Worlds 2022.
I've never commented but love your vids! I'd recommend KDA if you haven't watched their videos. I know you'll enjoy it a lot more as its practically KPOP and the videos are amazing!
Absolutely love your reactions 💯❤️
I hope you'll get to Dreamcatcher's "OOTD" whenever you have a chance ☺️🥰
Nah she ain't ready for that one 😅
❤with Riot Live stages you are alright as long as you edit anything with "Imagine Dragons" because while Riot doesn't have a problem, ID recording company is sketchy.😅
KDA is also a Riot k-pop group, you can also check them out (Members G-Idle are apart of this group as well as Twice (for 1 song). Oh and they have a mini album
2022 Jackson Wang did a performance and it was AWESOME.
you going crazy about what's happening in game but then also the song like it's all too much haha. i loved it so much!
Not this sending me back down the LoL rabbit hole 🤣 Literally just spent 2h30m catching up on everything that's happened
New jeans performed this song at the league of legends championship by the time you already released this video
the song is a bang and gives goosebumps but she is cute and gives butterflys
Newjeans absolutely killed this
Girl you HAVE to do kda man it is amazing like heartseal on crack with gidle
Members it’s so good man
Always a pleasure to watch you love ❤️❤️❤️
I know you gotta lot of things to do not you DEFINITELY should react K/DA. It's a kpop group made up of 4 characters of League of Leyends. Miyeon and Soyeon from G-Idle are two of the voices in there. They have two main tracks: Pop Stars being their debut and MORE their comeback. Hope you react to them someday❤❤
League of legends tracks are just chef’s kiss tbh! you can check their other stuff, i’m pretty sure there’s one with baekhyun
I’ve already checked out the one with baekhyun 🤍
@caitlinbensonn will you also be checking out K/DA?
It has an excellent story because their debut feels exactly like a Kpop group debut. There was a lot of internal pushback against their inception from some of the members of the Riot team, dividing the devs on whether they should or shouldn't pursue it. But when Pop/Star got released, it was an unexpected banger because how can a game company make such an awesome kpop song?
Of course the goal was to sell the skin but K/DA is definitely their biggest music artists.
gidle also made something with league of legends thats how i got into the game
If you want, I would like suggest you to watch "Rise - league of legends", this song is fantastic. I literally lost my words when I heard that song for the first time, I love it so much.
Thank you very much for the reaction!
Love that version of New Jeans!
But....can I suggest the cover of this song by Serafina Ch.? I think she made a really nice cover of GODS.... Serafina is a VTuber with a realy nice voice
You should check out Heartsteel perfomance with Baekhyun 💞💞 I suggest to watch some fancams too because you can hear and see them better
3:48 xD
If you haven't discovered K/DA yet, you're in for a treat...
I'm so glat to see your reaction to this (i didn't expect this at all)
I have a question tho, is there a list of groups/artists that you stan on this channel? (I couldn't find one, so if there is such list sorry 😅) I find it a little bit confusing, for example I know you stan NCT and DKB, but I can't be sure about NewJeans or ITZY even if you've already seen almost everything by them. And you have said that you really liked WOODZ but I'm not sure if I should expect him in a Deep Dive. I just think such list would be useful.
Anyways, thanks for your hard work and fun reactions ^^
Girl same im not a fan of the League Pro Scene but this mv got me hooked on the dramaaa like fr this some juicy stuff i read like playing against his past teammates? Nahh im done
you have only scratched the surface if this is the only worlds song you have reacted to
Uwuuuu pls check out the opening ceremony it’s so great
Riot Games ( riot music ) make BANGERS. This one is like almost just as epic as Legends Never Die
caitlin: YEAA C'MON WHOOP HIS ASS
Crazy that this song was supposed to be for Ateez but hybe just bought it for new jeans 😭
@@mxlnh 그거 사실아님
Lets go league of legends series, KDA is fire too
bro ulted the blue buff though
I agree with the other comment you do NOT sound dumb and you putting your thoughts and questions about the game was cutie🫶. Riot honestly pops off with the K-pop and their main big competition stuff.
I really wanted to see your reaction for the live performance but its not there in UA-cam 😢
LOVE the new angle and camera
REACT TO EVERY KDA SONGS PLEASE SOOJIN AND MIYEON ARE IN THEM
Hanni never disappoints
People didnt really like this song in Brazil from what I've heard.
It's not actually a bad song per se but compared to other songs produced by league, especially for the wolrds anthem, people felt like new jeans didnt bring the epicness effect that other singers could. I personnally dont like this either but the instrummental tho... girl its a bop lol
Please please listen to more of League of Legends songs!! Besides their groups of champions they also have so many good Worlds songs they're so goooooood