6:49 I think you have to take into account that Riot had been doing this kind of thing for a bit when K/DA originally came out. Multiple champions had had music videos to promote their release. Their first virtual band was the metal band Pentakill in 2014, where they had a full album to promote the skin line, and they have put out two more albums for that group in 2017 and 2021. They also put out an EDM album, so I think that shows how willing they were to explore different genres. Kpop really grew a lot around 2016-2017 I believe. So I think it makes a lot of sense for them to pick up on that trend and try what they had been doing with Pentakill but with a Kpop group instead.
Yeah, K/DA stuff is MINDBLOWINGly cool. Definitely check out the artists involved, they all have great music I've been listening to for years. I believe they went out of their way to adjust the animated movements of each character to make them look realistic which is so neat. You'll have to check out Mave if you haven't yet, they are an AI generated virtual girl group. There's a lot of controversy around it, but their track Pandora is so good. I don't have a huge problem with AI generated kpop groups as long as we keep them in a separate category because i still want my kpop with the human element that helps me feel more connected to them.
9:41 They already kind of did this actually! Riot made a 40minute long Live interactive concert for their metal band Pentakill, with the artist rigged to their character so it would move with them!! One of the best experiences with riot music imo! You should totally check it out^^
So how did this happen? Well, Riot had to pause Arcane because Christian Linke wanted to rewrite the whole season. That's why the animation studio had close to nothing to do in the meanttime and in order to not loose the good animators, they went in with a random project idea of their music department which the idea of K/DA. That is why their first song "popstars" is animated by Fortiche - the animation studio behind Arcane. Riot did not expect this "out of the blue RESCUE project" to blow up like it did and so they continued the kpop journey with K/DA and did more songs like this one "MORE". Today, we arrived at the boy group Heartsteel. And they make a shit ton of money with the skins and it made League really popular among non-players ;) I think a collab song of these 2 virtual groups would be an awesome project! Also: They already did a VR concert with their metal band pentakill where they used full body tracking. ;D
KDA was around long before Arcane. Pentakill was actually Riot's first "band" and music related skin line. I belive making the music videos for Riot is what got them to use that same studio for Arcane
@@ShadeThought No, KD/A was not around before Arcane. It was released earlier (2018) as I described but Arcane started back in 2015. There was no KD/A whatsoever on the horizon at that time. However, it is true they have worked with Fortiche (animation studio of Arcane) before which , is in fact, the very first animated music video they did. And this was "Get Jinxed". It is the theme music video of Jinx and was a test at that time if that kind of media will pop off in the community. And because they have a unique approach on camera perspective, they decided to start Arcane with Fortiche as well. And as a time stalling project, KD/A came in, in order to keep the animators working while Arcane S1 was rewritten. These are all facts you get to know when you watch "Arcane- Bridging the Rift". It is true, that Pentakill was in fact the very first 'virtual band' they made. They have 3 albums released so far.
@redroseibarahime8755 not sure what you're referring to as "Arcane" if you're not referring to the show that came out in 2021. Arcane was based off of the Runeterra universe, which yes technically the lore that Arcane comes from existed before KDA, but Arcane itself did not exist until after KDA
@@ShadeThought I am indeed referring to the show and I recommend watching the "making of" documentary which is called "Arcane: Bridging the Rift". Arcane is the name of the show and within the show defined as the ability to wield magic naturally as a talent. In the League unviverse we had no such definition as "Arcane" so far [even though we knew about hextech and chemtech] until the release of the show - same with shimmer. The show is based of the League of Legends universe which has nowadays the card game Legends of Runeterra as the main lore driving source. But Riot expands the lore through other games and media as well. So did the show Arcane as well [and retcons some parts]. Most of what is told in Arcane was revealed for the first time and it was explicitly told recently that Arcane is canon now. Riot is working towards a unified lore approach through all releases they do from now on. The production of the show Arcane took 6 years - from 2015-2021. So definetly, this was earlier than KD/A. Even though the release of KD/A was in fact earlier due to the fact, that they needed some stalling time for Arcane production as I explained in my first comment.
@redroseibarahime8755 I don't need to watch a documentary for a game I've been playing since launch lol. I'm telling you how it happened from a League Players perspective when it all happened. KDA came out first, there's no question that 2018 came before 2021 lol.
@@MattablesIf you haven't watched it yet, do it! Second season is coming out in november, and i swear i binged soooo many reactions to the first season when i got into it xD There's so much excellent design and animation and story telling in that show, and music (both soundtrack and score), and all in 9 episodes!
9:13 I think ik a group that does do it PLAVE they're a Kpop Boy Group who actually Livestreams, Has MVs using these kinds of models (Maybe not as good but They're the closest so far) Idk if people will like them or not, I do like their songs "Why?" And "Wait For You"
The Enlish voice for Seraphine is Jasmine Clark which is an artist, the chinese voice is lexie liu which is also an artist( shes also listed in ther title)
KDA got me down the GIDLE rabbit hole if you haven't heard any of their music! Soyeon (Akali) is the leader and main rapper, and Miyeon (Ahri) is one of the main vocalists. Their group have also done performances of POPSTARS and it's really good!! I'm hoping one day they do a MORE cover.
While I'm spamming your comments, I wanted to mention that Le Sserafim just did a collaboration track with Overwatch, the video game. The track is pretty soothing and low key with pretty visuals. From what I've heard about League of Legends songs, i believe they have their own production team or work with a specific one and then bring in various artists. New Jeans just did their anthem for this year's world championship. It's pretty cool if you haven't checked it out yet. Also, San from Ateez just released a special dance project video to Warriors, a previous League of Legends promotion song. San's performance is absolutely stunning
So they directed this just like a real music video. They wrote the music and got that all produced. They they sat down with a video production team, storyboarded this out, created all the shots and camera moves just like a real video would. Then the 3d team went and created the sets. I know for a lot of it they actually had the girls come in and do motion capture to drive the dances. The more static poses were likely just done by the animation team. Then the video shots went to post production where they add in flares, color grading, and in a lot of shots there's a really subtle crystalline overlay causes refraction of the shot. LOTS of stuff happening here, but treating it like a legitimate video shoot made it look this good.
Love this!! The animation in the riot music videos is always amazing, they're really good at picking the right studios to animate for them! Like someone else also said, they even tweaked the animation on each character during the dance scenes to match their personality more, stuff like that makes it feel/look so much more real! If you're interested in animation T B Skyen has videos on a lot of the animated content that riot publishes! For this music video specifically he has a video explaining how the animation works! 😌
You're just stating facts here. They knocked this out of the park. Personally, Akali gets my pulse up, but Ahri loks amazing. They all do. A cinematographer broke this down and there are some seriously professional grade things going on in this video. Things you don't notice but he did. It's pretty crazy the level of detail in terms of camera movies and set design that they went too.
there are 5 more songs (1 MV, 1Lyric Vid and 3 Concept vids) from K/DA, and 3 albums from the pentakill skins, same type of virtual band but metal (with 1 MV and a full virtual live concert)
Why does K/DA exist? Well….. in the midst of Arcane production troubles (project put on hold ) Riot needed something for the animation studio to stay afloat. So…… this happened.
3:00 that's not really artwork on the motorcycle... that's a REAL motorcycle design made by Ducati specifically for K/DA. Sold out instantly. Same with her helmet.
Really love your reactions so far! Sadly i just found you today. But i have a lot to watch :D (LoL Stuff, K-Pop Stuff). But I really enjoy watching you reacting! Subscribed
This concept is it. You're an Ahri simp...questionable, cap. I'm about Evelyn personally but biases aside what More could you ask for? This could be the future and Riot is waaaaay ahead of the curve. You could easily be a Vtuber too. Your voice is pleasant and has a nice rasp to it, plus personality. I can see it happening. Go for it!
We really have different opinions towards vtubers. I just find them SO creepy lol I'd rather not see anyone and listen to a voiceover than watch an anime character with weird ass proportions and/or design which is actually a human being ahah Idk maybe it's just just me, but they're really unsettling
So Villain is next?
If that’s what you all would like :)
@@Mattablesyes
@@MattablesI mean.. Yeeaaa..?
Yees ! @@Mattables
Yes, that and POP/STARS
6:49 I think you have to take into account that Riot had been doing this kind of thing for a bit when K/DA originally came out.
Multiple champions had had music videos to promote their release. Their first virtual band was the metal band Pentakill in 2014, where they had a full album to promote the skin line, and they have put out two more albums for that group in 2017 and 2021.
They also put out an EDM album, so I think that shows how willing they were to explore different genres.
Kpop really grew a lot around 2016-2017 I believe. So I think it makes a lot of sense for them to pick up on that trend and try what they had been doing with Pentakill but with a Kpop group instead.
I love K/DA and True Damage. Those groups and Arcane are the best things to come out of Riot by a big margin.
“IT’S K-POP… BUT DIGITAL… AND GAME CHARACTERS!”😂 yeah, yeah it is.
Yeah, K/DA stuff is MINDBLOWINGly cool. Definitely check out the artists involved, they all have great music I've been listening to for years.
I believe they went out of their way to adjust the animated movements of each character to make them look realistic which is so neat.
You'll have to check out Mave if you haven't yet, they are an AI generated virtual girl group. There's a lot of controversy around it, but their track Pandora is so good.
I don't have a huge problem with AI generated kpop groups as long as we keep them in a separate category because i still want my kpop with the human element that helps me feel more connected to them.
they are? i thought Mave are just 3D models being animated--similar with Plave (even tho they're more to being vtubers)
@@yumekzmz3891 yeah, I was confused about it a bit too, but their Wikipedia page says they are AI generated. Not sure exactly what that entails
Definitely reccomend Popstars (and if you got time for the show, Arcane!)
9:41 They already kind of did this actually! Riot made a 40minute long Live interactive concert for their metal band Pentakill, with the artist rigged to their character so it would move with them!! One of the best experiences with riot music imo! You should totally check it out^^
So how did this happen? Well, Riot had to pause Arcane because Christian Linke wanted to rewrite the whole season. That's why the animation studio had close to nothing to do in the meanttime and in order to not loose the good animators, they went in with a random project idea of their music department which the idea of K/DA. That is why their first song "popstars" is animated by Fortiche - the animation studio behind Arcane. Riot did not expect this "out of the blue RESCUE project" to blow up like it did and so they continued the kpop journey with K/DA and did more songs like this one "MORE". Today, we arrived at the boy group Heartsteel. And they make a shit ton of money with the skins and it made League really popular among non-players ;)
I think a collab song of these 2 virtual groups would be an awesome project!
Also: They already did a VR concert with their metal band pentakill where they used full body tracking. ;D
KDA was around long before Arcane. Pentakill was actually Riot's first "band" and music related skin line. I belive making the music videos for Riot is what got them to use that same studio for Arcane
@@ShadeThought No, KD/A was not around before Arcane. It was released earlier (2018) as I described but Arcane started back in 2015. There was no KD/A whatsoever on the horizon at that time. However, it is true they have worked with Fortiche (animation studio of Arcane) before which , is in fact, the very first animated music video they did. And this was "Get Jinxed". It is the theme music video of Jinx and was a test at that time if that kind of media will pop off in the community. And because they have a unique approach on camera perspective, they decided to start Arcane with Fortiche as well. And as a time stalling project, KD/A came in, in order to keep the animators working while Arcane S1 was rewritten. These are all facts you get to know when you watch "Arcane- Bridging the Rift".
It is true, that Pentakill was in fact the very first 'virtual band' they made. They have 3 albums released so far.
@redroseibarahime8755 not sure what you're referring to as "Arcane" if you're not referring to the show that came out in 2021. Arcane was based off of the Runeterra universe, which yes technically the lore that Arcane comes from existed before KDA, but Arcane itself did not exist until after KDA
@@ShadeThought I am indeed referring to the show and I recommend watching the "making of" documentary which is called "Arcane: Bridging the Rift". Arcane is the name of the show and within the show defined as the ability to wield magic naturally as a talent. In the League unviverse we had no such definition as "Arcane" so far [even though we knew about hextech and chemtech] until the release of the show - same with shimmer. The show is based of the League of Legends universe which has nowadays the card game Legends of Runeterra as the main lore driving source. But Riot expands the lore through other games and media as well. So did the show Arcane as well [and retcons some parts]. Most of what is told in Arcane was revealed for the first time and it was explicitly told recently that Arcane is canon now. Riot is working towards a unified lore approach through all releases they do from now on.
The production of the show Arcane took 6 years - from 2015-2021. So definetly, this was earlier than KD/A. Even though the release of KD/A was in fact earlier due to the fact, that they needed some stalling time for Arcane production as I explained in my first comment.
@redroseibarahime8755 I don't need to watch a documentary for a game I've been playing since launch lol. I'm telling you how it happened from a League Players perspective when it all happened. KDA came out first, there's no question that 2018 came before 2021 lol.
Ooo!! Welcome!! After this it will be (G) Idle reactions!! (G) Idle are a beast and I stan for them so hard!! So much talent!!
Also, i would absolutely watch Arcane with you
I think it would be fun!!
@@MattablesIf you haven't watched it yet, do it! Second season is coming out in november, and i swear i binged soooo many reactions to the first season when i got into it xD There's so much excellent design and animation and story telling in that show, and music (both soundtrack and score), and all in 9 episodes!
I need MORE K/DA 😂😂
9:13 I think ik a group that does do it
PLAVE they're a Kpop Boy Group who actually Livestreams, Has MVs using these kinds of models (Maybe not as good but They're the closest so far)
Idk if people will like them or not, I do like their songs "Why?" And "Wait For You"
Thier first song was Popstars, then they dropped the album with this, Villian, the drum goes dum etc
The Enlish voice for Seraphine is Jasmine Clark which is an artist, the chinese voice is lexie liu which is also an artist( shes also listed in ther title)
KDA got me down the GIDLE rabbit hole if you haven't heard any of their music! Soyeon (Akali) is the leader and main rapper, and Miyeon (Ahri) is one of the main vocalists. Their group have also done performances of POPSTARS and it's really good!! I'm hoping one day they do a MORE cover.
you know... if the Halo creators made a k-pop group with Master Chief that would be crazy
While I'm spamming your comments, I wanted to mention that Le Sserafim just did a collaboration track with Overwatch, the video game. The track is pretty soothing and low key with pretty visuals.
From what I've heard about League of Legends songs, i believe they have their own production team or work with a specific one and then bring in various artists.
New Jeans just did their anthem for this year's world championship. It's pretty cool if you haven't checked it out yet.
Also, San from Ateez just released a special dance project video to Warriors, a previous League of Legends promotion song. San's performance is absolutely stunning
Ah, just found your Gods reaction, looking forward to checking out
So they directed this just like a real music video. They wrote the music and got that all produced. They they sat down with a video production team, storyboarded this out, created all the shots and camera moves just like a real video would. Then the 3d team went and created the sets. I know for a lot of it they actually had the girls come in and do motion capture to drive the dances. The more static poses were likely just done by the animation team. Then the video shots went to post production where they add in flares, color grading, and in a lot of shots there's a really subtle crystalline overlay causes refraction of the shot. LOTS of stuff happening here, but treating it like a legitimate video shoot made it look this good.
The person behind Evelynn's design have all my respects.
I absolutely LOVE K/DA! More is my favorite track for sure.
Riot is a music company that some time make game
the first KDA song that came out years ago made me want to play LoL to be honest.
GIDDLE 😭 0:17
lol, "giddle".
Wait till you watch the Worlds opening ceremony when they put the characters on stage :D
K/DA brought me into League
Love this!! The animation in the riot music videos is always amazing, they're really good at picking the right studios to animate for them! Like someone else also said, they even tweaked the animation on each character during the dance scenes to match their personality more, stuff like that makes it feel/look so much more real! If you're interested in animation T B Skyen has videos on a lot of the animated content that riot publishes! For this music video specifically he has a video explaining how the animation works! 😌
TB Skyen's videos about riot's animated stuff is SO GOOD
Flap flap
WAIIITTT, More came out 3 YEARS AGO??!!! I REMEMBER WHEN IT SAID ONE WEEK AGO 😢
You're just stating facts here. They knocked this out of the park. Personally, Akali gets my pulse up, but Ahri loks amazing. They all do. A cinematographer broke this down and there are some seriously professional grade things going on in this video. Things you don't notice but he did. It's pretty crazy the level of detail in terms of camera movies and set design that they went too.
lets gooo glad you finally watched KDA. Their first song Pop/Stars is also really good
04:08 : i wanna see MORE something like this...
its kinda funny for me, cz the song it self titled MORE..
there are 5 more songs (1 MV, 1Lyric Vid and 3 Concept vids) from K/DA, and 3 albums from the pentakill skins, same type of virtual band but metal (with 1 MV and a full virtual live concert)
Why does K/DA exist? Well….. in the midst of Arcane production troubles (project put on hold ) Riot needed something for the animation studio to stay afloat. So…… this happened.
3:00 that's not really artwork on the motorcycle... that's a REAL motorcycle design made by Ducati specifically for K/DA. Sold out instantly. Same with her helmet.
God this songs still so good 😩
If you like the KDA design you may wanna check Starguardians if you didnt so far.
👍Super cool!!! 🖖❤
They have it already a friend of mine's has it
Pentakill next ye?
A gorgeous human with a gorgeous reaction! Thank you for the vdea! Excited for so much more!
stooooppppp :3
Did anyone show him the hologram from worlds
I'm assuming you've seen Arcane too, right? XD literally the only things i know about league i learned because i love arcane ahaha
Evelynn is my idol
Next : react everything goes on
How did you scroll back SO slow on the youtube video? Mine always goes back like 5 secs
I believe it's the period and comma keys.
idk about the v-tuber models i think people like more the anime style then this 3d i dont think its future
code miko??
gidle lmao
Seraphine is the cutest lil bean there is
tyst joejoe
Really love your reactions so far! Sadly i just found you today. But i have a lot to watch :D (LoL Stuff, K-Pop Stuff). But I really enjoy watching you reacting!
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This concept is it. You're an Ahri simp...questionable, cap. I'm about Evelyn personally but biases aside what More could you ask for? This could be the future and Riot is waaaaay ahead of the curve. You could easily be a Vtuber too. Your voice is pleasant and has a nice rasp to it, plus personality. I can see it happening. Go for it!
We really have different opinions towards vtubers. I just find them SO creepy lol
I'd rather not see anyone and listen to a voiceover than watch an anime character with weird ass proportions and/or design which is actually a human being ahah
Idk maybe it's just just me, but they're really unsettling
I JUST WANNA BE AHRI?
It's not as fun when you lie about having seen these before