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Yearly, Riot places out a track for the League of Legends World Championship. (Think about Dragons really did the 2014 track, Warriors, which I single out primarily as a result of that is the one artist concerned in any of them that I acknowledge.) Right now it continued that custom with the discharge of a brand new track for the 2019 Worlds known as “Phoenix,” which includes performances by Cailin Russo and Chrissy Costanza.
(Correction: The submit initially mentioned that the final 12 months’ Worlds track was Pop/Stars by Okay/DA, however that is not really the case: It was Rise, that includes The Glitch Mob, Mako, and The Phrase Alive. Nonetheless, Pop/Stars is such a stupidly catchy Okay-pop monitor that it is nonetheless caught in my head and can in all probability be there once I die, and so I’ll proceed to make use of it for comparability functions. Do not attempt to convey me down (down down down down down) over it.)
The video begins with experience on a deserted prepare, maybe a tip of the hat to Pop/Stars, but it surely’s a really totally different kind of monitor: A slower, quieter, extra downbeat Eye of the Tiger for the esports scene. It additionally options appearances from real-world execs together with Faker and Caps, who’re both combating off a viciously nasty fungal an infection or are confronting their insecurities and fears as they pushing to achieve, and surpass, the top of their chosen occupation. I am pondering it is in all probability the latter, however, I have not actually been hip to the music since about 1993 so I do not need to over-commit to something.
My tragic unhipness, however, I’ll say that I do not suppose this monitor is kind of as much as the extent of Okay/DA’s 2018 launch. It is suitably heroic, which inserts with the overarching theme of earlier songs and the Worlds typically, but it surely’s painfully on the nostril—”You gotta conquer the monster in your head and then you definitely fly—Fly, Phoenix, fly”—and the slower tempo lacks the in-your-face hype of the irresistibly upbeat dancer. It is a good track, only a bit extra down (down down down down down, oh no it is taking place once more) than I anticipated.
The 2019 League of Legends World Championship play-in levels concluded at the moment. The motion will resume on October 12 with the start of the Group Stage. The complete schedule is here, and for those who like lyrics, we have got that, too.
What are you keen to lose?
You cowl your wounds, however beneath them
1,000,000 voices in your head that whisper, “Cease, now”
One other twist of the knife, the flip of the screws
It is all in your thoughts and it is combating you
Arm your self, a storm is coming
Properly, child…
What you gonna do now?
It is your reflection trying again to tug you down
So are you gonna die at the moment or make it out alive?
You gotta conquer the monster in your head and then you definitely fly
Fly, Phoenix, fly
It is time for a brand new empire
Go bury your demons then tear down the ceiling
Phoenix, fly
And now you are taking part in with matches, come out of the ashes
Beneath you, one million voices within the crowd they’re screaming, “Cease, now”
Properly let ’em swallow their satisfaction, you are turning the tide to true believers
Bought them within the palm of your hand, you are taking part in God now
What you gonna do now? It is your reflection trying again to tug you down
So are you gonna die at the moment or make it out alive?
You gotta conquer the monster in your head and then you definitely fly
Fly, Phoenix, fly
It is time for a brand new empire Go bury your demons then tear down the ceiling
Phoenix, fly
