2023 VALORANT Champions Opening Ceremony Performance Ft. Grabbitz, bbno$, emei, Jazz, and ericdoa

Relive the 2023 VALORANT Champions Grand Finals Opening Ceremony presented by Mastercard featuring a live performance of the 2023 anthem ‘Ticking Away’ by @GrabbitzMusic and @bbnomoney, Ignition remix with @its_emei and Jazz Alonso, and greater than one by @ericdoamusic .
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[@bbnomoney]

thanks for having me gamers ily pog

[@arnold8629]

Poggers

[@pengu0-]

Indeed very pog are you still bronze though?

[@sAndY0549]

poggers!!!!

[@Skepside]

Lets go gamers ily poggers

[@valorinho]

tu é o maior, doidão

[@Zodakis]

Grabbitz voice is amazing

[@morganlyle829]

He's honestly so good. Check his other songs out.

[@DrgoFx]

No hate, his falsetto is absolutely solid. But his vocal fry could use a bit of work, honestly. Like it's good, but his vocal fry is not the greatest I've heard and definitely not the greatest falsetto singer than can do vocal fry. But I will admit, that falsetto is CLEAN for someone that does vocal fry.
Again, not hating. I can't sing a falsetto that cleanly, but like Johnny Hawkins comes to mind for a singer that can hit that falsetto and has a far wider vocal fry range.

[@Zodakis]

@@DrgoFx fair enough

[@rawful502]

I was a fan of his music before I started playing Valorant, and I am really happy for all of the success he has had as a result. He definitely deserves all of the love coming his way, and he is a hell of an artist.

[@ignishikari1854]

Would've been nicer if it were his voice live and not prerecorded on this specific recording :\

[@its_emei]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME VALORANT!!!!

[@quin2196]

YOU ABSOLUTELY KILLED IT! 🫶

[@NickIsQBFox]

You were amazing Emei!!! I absolutely loved it!!

[@dathpowerman]

hello sending love and appreciation u are always welcome

[@michymochy3004]

The scream I let out when I saw you on screen, WHAT A COLLAB

[@christopherlins1466]

Damn you ate and left no crumbs sis 🔥

[@Saeshi.]

The trophy coming down with the piano gave me shivers! Amazing work!

[@pedritopambisito4389]

Fr, that was amazing

[@seanwan30]

Piano? lol

[@rrr349]

2:31

[@notantmanwaztaken]

@@seanwan30 he meant plane, but he probably spelt it wrong so it autocorrected

[@batigolmc5733]

@@notantmanwaztaken He meant piano

[@GrabbitzMusic]

Valorant over everything

[@phetmoz]

Dang this comment got buried, amazing performance my dude.

[@johnpanicker7590]

You were awesome!!

[@brendank5413]

That's not easy to do live, absolutely killed it

[@sasukeuchiha6485]

Funfact: I searched for his comment

[@solomonpierce2676]

amazing performance bro

[@TheAthlonx3]

The hype when the 'Die For You' played was fking insane. The transition was godly. Imagine being in the arena during that moment lol.

[@kaea_val]

I wish I was there so bad I could cryyyyy

[@OfficialPLRoox]

​@@kaea_valyeah same

[@ashimataru]

The lighting literally.. chills. The silhouette??..

[@julianav.4031]

I was tearing up here while rewathing this, I'd probably be sobing like a baby if I was there XD

[@Robbie1179]

I was there! It was the first esports event I've ever been to. It was fucking great. Totally worth it.

[@khanhliennguyen1964]

Shout out to all artists and Riot staffs. This is the most epic open ceremony of VCT.

[@kaea_val]

I wish I could’ve watched all this in person. I think the opening ceremony is this grand because it’s in Riot’s city but hopefully they keep this up.

[@almostgodgamingval]

@@kaea_val Its first franchised finals thats why grand

[@ButterDog11]

for real! this was so epic i have goosebumps
also im your 1000th like :D

[@coreyhaynes7951]

Riots ceremonies are always absolutely awesome.

[@WiddlPeppuwu-sx3rx]

It's crazy how lit riot open ceremonies are compared to my favorite pro esports which was early days Overwatch league and the cringe DJ Khalid ceremony

[@ingmatuss4163]

The part when Grabbitz enters the stage singing Die for you ALWAYS gives me goosebumps

[@legendff8755]

same here bro🔥

[@Cplayz08]

Bro the whole thing gave me goosebumps

[@LaNoir.]

I sure would die for him

[@emilianorosario5935]

I love Ticking Away but Die For You remains to be such a banger of a song. Best song they’ve released.

[@justiceplay3518]

Debatable, but still is true. Both of them are actually bangers

[@user-wh4fx4cn1t]

Idk bro. I would actually say ticking away is the best so far because although die for you is catchy, it doesn't have that same hype and enthusiasm that a champions song should have. It feels more sad and slow until the end.

[@robbe8625]

​@@user-wh4fx4cn1tagreed

[@Uwa-Hoya]

Ticking away X Die for you is the best one.

[@hypernova6093]

@@Uwa-HoyaI agree them mixing it them together was the best way to do it. They play off each other perfectly showing the Kia Forum was just so awesome in that black and white filter.

[@Xiaoxiao738]

Honestly fabulous job by the dancers, that dude at 5:30 literally does 4 backflips in a row flawlessly.

[@saviolbnful]

bro thinks hes Samira from league

[@haymandisciple4121]

@@saviolbnfulhe might as well be

[@OriginalSniperLol]

lmao ong

[@squirtings]

WE LOVE ERICDOA!!!!!!!

[@Sy0tu]

For real🗣

[@sebz8362]

the twitch chat hated his performance

[@chestzr]

@@sebz8362 nothing new about the twitch community

[@tokae6734]

Yea just twitch chat in its normal environment

[@BM-zm1jl]

​@@chestzrthe audio was mega scuffed. It was nothing like what you're hearing here

[@RubGoose]

This was honestly one of the sickest moments in Valorant history imo. The Kia Forum stage is insanely cool!

[@julianav.4031]

I feel like Grabbitz will be for valorant what Imagine Dragons is for League of Legends and I'm here for it, all his songs are bangers!

[@takesoJT]

Grabbitz is to Valorant what Imagine Dragons is to League of Legends. The perfect soundtrack.

[@szafjr]

Die for you of Grabbitz still gives me goosebumps
The transition from die for you to ticking away is so good

[@eol251]

Grabbitz just carries the music for the Riot team at this point

[@freerun4370]

For Valorant side definitely. For League we have Imagine Dragons, Zedd, The Word Alive, Newjeans etc. Pretty much everyone except Lil Nas.

[@oranzbowl]

@@freerun4370nas did really well what are u talking about lol

[@Nyatsuru]

The whole stage design and concept is INSANE! Huge props to the team in the back!!!

[@mohamederrida7459]

nah this is way too good of a performance , the specials effects referencing the agents is so good too, well done

[@7tripleA]

ericdoa slayed this. love him for getting this opportunity & hoping for more 🙏🙏🙏

[@Kurimuzu]

completely agreed!!!!!

[@catalyst6264]

Bbno$ and Ericdoa are the best parts of this for sure, I loved ONE so much and seeing it live was dope, glad he got that opportunity to be able to perform with such a huge audience watching

[@SH0GAN]

ericdoa goated
bbnozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@NickIsQBFox]

This was amazing!!! I came here to watch emei's performance and she did so awesome! Grabbitz and bbno$ also did amazing as well, the whole ceremony was awesome!!

[@riofrost9571]

The part
when the trophy was come out is insane 10:10

[@Leoqard]

Haven't got that many chills for a while, absolutely was not expecting this as a first time VCT viewer, was even cooler live through twitch, can't imagine how incredible it must have been irl at the kia forum. Major props riot!

[@simply_Finch]

Same! They absolutely did not have ti go this hard for a gaming tournament, but I'm so happy they did. It was cool to see the performers were Riot fans and actually played the games (but admitted they weren't very good at them lmao)

[@manelgenin4051]

The chills when grabbitz started singing aie for you

[@SkirmishX]

This takes the cake for best Valorant Champs performance, Riot finally able to put on a spectacular for a live audience is awesome :D

[@atoxft]

IKR! I already died of excitement while watching it on Stream because I wasn't expecting this! By far the best Ceremony they've done! ❤

[@TheVonMatrices]

I expected something better than the lame show from 2022 but this vastly exceeded my expectations.

[@atoxft]

​@@TheVonMatrices fr same, I was praying "please don't let the ceremony be a flop like last year" - turned out to be even better than 2021 - I was speechless, especially when the Spike exploded

[@Khoalinski69]

This is the best Grand Finals I have ever watched in VCT
The amount of chills that I had when watching this ceremony was crazy

[@spyden3.016]

That choreography by bbnomoney was incredible. 11/10 amazing

[@blwhalphaVODS]

Better performance then last year. Quality improved

[@c0smicat6]

ericoda turning around mic into a gun was such a cool transition from him, love that guy

[@kat6038]

dude the transition into the valorant 2023 theme at 7:07 was so damn epic

[@gabrielkeni7965]

Out of all the live performances in a riot event i think Grabbitz was definitely one of the best

[@mhmmdbdd]

after LOL Worlds 2019 opening ceramony , VALORANT Champions 2023 opening ceramony is so good GJ RİOT :)

[@nyannet]

this was so amazing to see in person!! the first was so unexpected everyone was like "whoaa" lmao also could feel the heat from the 2nd floor still

[@p3ter360]

最高にカッコ良すぎるオープニングセレモニーだった
現地で見たかった〜〜…！

[@helenemierswa8587]

emei!!! so proud of u girl

[@its_emei]

💜💜💜

[@FilipeeX]

like thats just insanely good
my favourite part was the reignition one (with emei), it was so good, everything.. the entire segment was just a round of valorant, it has a story to it

[@nz2748]

It really gave me chills when die for you started, and the transition to ticking away was also insane🔥
Grabbitz is sick af💀 W opening ceremony for sure.

[@Detox2224]

The ult effect of Sova in Re-ignition gave me real goosebumps🤩

[@kyleonmfg7596]

timestamp?

[@gabrielacrismareanu4753]

​@@kyleonmfg75963:07

[@HippoWannaBe___YoruMain]

OMG IM IN LOVE WITH THIS GUY's VOICE !!! 6:15 GIVES ME CHILLS! NO ON IS BETTER THAN HIM HE HAS THE BEST NOSTALGIA FOR ME IN VALORANT!!!

[@justiceplay3518]

Well, the whole song is just a banger ngl

[@najmaht.a.1314]

emei and jazz, attacker vs defender..... god i love riot opening ceremonies 😭😭😭✨✨✨

[@jazzalonso]

Thank youuu 🫣🫣

[@MacGab2000]

song name? can't find it anywhere@@jazzalonso

[@jazzalonso]

@@MacGab2000 it’s coming out on September 1st but you can pre-save it now, it’s called Re-Ignition ☺️🤟

[@captaintalon4485]

​@@MacGab2000It out now. It's called Re-Ignition

[@rengginanglorjuk2619]

this is much simpler but way better than worlds 2023

[@K3NZ]

ikr

[@MafiaQueenHaerin]

They did amazing!!! Grabbitz voice is just amazing!! They did so, so good!!

[@vitorangelo4055]

4:10
Me: DUDE ,stop dancing and defuse this shi*

[@jakasuryadi4428]

broooo only 1M views?
it's better than opening ceremony World Championship 2023.

[@blurryface9910]

I'm so happy professional gaming is getting this much love. Production is reaching super-bowl status and I'm here for it

[@Monkeezy]

I can't stop watching this because of how well put together this was!

[@msmaam2040]

It's wild to see OTV here. Just a year ago they were doing completely different types of games. Honestly it's so good that they gave more eyes on val and is just making the community better.

[@staceyhu1753]

it's not unusual to not see OTV in a riot event. they've been league of legend fans and enjoying their other games like tft and valorant.

[@Loks0508]

Wait where were they at, I must've missed them?

[@sjohnson8505]

I was there in person. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

[@coldcoke9254]

awesome ceremony!! wish i was there

[@Dea7hWolf]

Seeing this live was incredible!!! 10/10

[@Noteleks]

4:45 favorite part

[@mngklui.5938]

I wonder what it feels witnessing this inside the arena 🔥

[@Mephora]

I wasn't there but such things always hit so different in person

[@Scholarstorm]

It was electric

[@praisethesun7255]

It was crazy, you could feel the heat from the pyrotechnics and the bass in your chest

[@rezz232]

I am still upset I missed the ceremony because they implemented a new bag rule on finals day that wasn't there the 2 days before. You had to check in ur bag by waiting in a 45 minute line.

[@valohabercisi]

Amazing work Fr ❤️

[@Loopy-.]

the flames gave me goosebumps too good riot keep it up!

[@ramprasath5]

6:15 Literally Goosebumps ❤‍🔥♥

[@VotexRBLX]

LETS GO ERIC

[@lcamusicyoutube]

what an epic stage.
also holy moly grabbitz KILLED those vocals!

[@ZenStar531]

Such a great year for valorant ❤

[@peklyis]

Me rewatching every week, it was just fire

[@TheRealNI7RO]

They were able to pull off a greater half time show than the Super Bowl has been able to in years!

[@ZephYanezVal]

As a American Football fan, I can attest to the truth of this statement.

[@NeonTwig]

the fact that Valorant got BBno$ to perform at VCT is truly amazing

[@FrancisTDM]

This is my first time watching a Valorant final. Everything was so well done and much better than I expected! I liked it more than the last LoL's ceremonies

[@PubicViewer]

Live performance is the best! Congrats!

[@localsofa]

this was so cool to watch live omg

[@exterminator-rc2vc]

This year's opening ceremony has been the best one so far especially the middle where the spike was planted

[@D-Jok]

Sooo EPIC!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@aJanzu]

ericdoa my goat

[@DazedCanadianYT]

Please post the Ignition remix!!! Was so good with the vocals!

[@norielamelista8047]

You nailed it Riot💯❤❤❤

[@ganoxyz]

LOVE IT ❤

[@llakel_]

CHILLS

[@anoukwnk5500]

Everyone performing was so good

[@D4nk0h]

I LOVE U GRABBITZ COOL PERFORMANCE!!

[@chrisknayzeh9307]

this was insane to watch. wish i couldve been there live!

[@hihihi3812]

CHILLS OMG

[@PranavAmbadi]

GRABBITZ YOU KILLED IT ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@catgirlleah]

THIS IS AMAZING

[@tonydak8573]

This was AMAZING!

[@DarioMarconi]

AMAZING !

[@Jotunn96]

Opening ceremonies are always a fine line between cool or trying too hard and everyone involved definitely knocked this one out of the park

[@sohari_ow1470]

thats crazy work done!! amazing

[@muhammadfadilhasan691]

yooo, this is awesomee

[@tununknowposition]

00:00 Riot Intro
00:15 MasterCard Intro
00:26 Greater than one
02:30 Ignition remix
05:53 Die for you (Transition to Ticking Away)
07:00 Ticking Away

[@Joshid1212]

live saver

[@Spring_Fragrance]

Saviour 👑

[@xabiermorales7781]

This was awesome!

[@frankreynaldgolecruz3391]

damn, this is amazing

[@christopheviens6468]

what an amazing opening ceremony

[@Jannerius]

Grabbitz always performs his banger works w riot for good artist choices

[@user-uu2hy3ie5o]

Grabbitz Valorant = Imagine Dragons League

[@PUNCHIPON]

AWESOME

[@igorpopvalorant2262]

THAT WAS SO FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@carolcruz5160]

Goosebumps!!!!

[@sebastianrivera9537]

Amazing production team big w

[@vlonkkusw]

Thank you guys

[@jayj4285]

I LOVE ERICDOA

[@glaiv4]

they did eric dirty with that autotune bruh

[@Junepiter_]

THIS IS LITTTTTTT

[@mho306]

Sil

[@Sorachris]

Best Event ever live! Love every minute especially the transition from Die from you to ticking away!

[@baguspangestu]

Lets goo 🔥🔥🔥

[@vorb5559]

So insane❤

[@hamshavathanaorzora6515]

I 've got literal chills