Riot Games announced that it will collaborate with the newly reunited American rock band Linkin Park to sing the theme song of the 2024 League of Legends (LoL) World Championship, “Heavy Is The Crown”, which is expected to premiere at 22:55 on the evening of September 24.
The League of Legends World Series lasts for one month and will go through three stages: the qualifying round, the points round and the knockout round to compete for the world championship of the year. Every year, well-known creators are invited to create an exciting exclusive theme song. The players of the season combine their own main character skills to appear in the MV, and the animation depicts the team’s mental journey in the competition for the first place.
The 2023 League of Legends World Championship theme song “GODS” was created by the K-POP girl group NewJeans, and the 2022 “STAR WALKIN” was performed by rapper Lil Nas X and was performed at the opening ceremony.
Linkin Park is a rock band founded in 1996 by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson and others. They debuted in 2000 and swept the world with famous new metal songs such as “In the End” and “Numb”. After 2012, their style of music has become closer to pop music, and their CD sales have exceeded 100 million copies worldwide.
In July 2017, Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington committed suicide, and the band suspended its activities until September 6, 2024, when Linkin Park announced that new lead singer Emily Armstrong and new drummer Colin Brittain would join the band and start again. The new single “Void Machine〉Streaming exceeded 80 million views in two weeks.
This time, Riot Games and United Park have joined hands to create the theme song of the 2024 League of Legends World Championship, “Heavy Crown”. Mike Shinoda, a member of the group, has performed in the Netflix animation “Arcane”The world premiereHe has been playing “League of Legends” since he was a child. As the second season of the animation will be aired on November 9, he also responded to the official tweet as soon as possible.
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— Mike Shinoda (@mikeshinoda) September 5, 2024
The theme song MV of the “League of Legends” 2024 World Championship will be unveiled at 22:55 on the evening of September 24, Taiwan time. United Park is expected to perform at the opening ceremony of the World Championship on November 2. “Heavy Crown” will also be included in the band’s new album “FROM ZERO” released on November 15.
Introduce your #2024 World Championships National Anthem Artist: @linkinpark 👑
The “Heavy is the Crown” music video will be released on September 24th at 8am PT: https://t.co/M1nHDC0hou pic.twitter.com/ZotsvzuDBx
— League of Legends (@LeagueOfLegends) September 23, 2024
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— Mike Shinoda (@mikeshinoda) September 22, 2024
