She's meeting with death in this video. The fight with the spear wielder (Pantheon, the god of war) and the figure version of her swapping back and forth represent her will to fight for her life, and her refusal to submit or run from death, so that she may be judged worthy of being given a second chance to live as a representative of The Wolf (one half of the god of Death in Runeterra). the figure version of Ambessa is forcing herself forward to Lamb (The second half of Death) to be granted continued life while proving herself worthy of it in the eyes of The Wolf.
@@leafeonftw896 It's very likely the younger version of herself had to give up her innocence in joining Noxus, likely after conflict destroyed her home (what those dancing wraiths are likely conveying), and in doing so began down the path of being the wolf's chosen. But that's what happened before. What's happening in the "now" is her fight toward Noxian Lamb and combat with The Echo of Atreus (Wolf using Pantheon's form to challenge her resolve).
I genuinely had to look up both the singer and the voice actress to make sure they weren't the same person when I first listened to the song. They do sound incredibly similar, and it's spectacular.
As someone explained, she is metaphorically fighting her own death, she is supposed to die right here on that battlefield with an arrow stuck in her, but she refuses to be devoured by the wolf aspect of death, because she is pregnant. As shown by the lyrics, she is a fighter, a leader, an ambitious person. But her greatest strenght (and weakness) is being a mother. There is some foreshadowing with shots of her baby oppening devil like eyes in her womb...
You're half right. Kindred is death, and by fighting them off Ambessa proves herself worthy of Kindred's approval, like pantheon Katarina and swain before her. Her child Mel is blessed by Kindred and so not only does she live but her child does too. (This is why in Arcane Mel has golden scars across her back) It is implied that the golden armored versions of these characters are alternate universe versions that are accepted into Kindreds Valhalla after death.
@davidsantiago7808 the child is most likely not mel, especially given the age ambessa seems to have in the video and the "devilish" look of the baby. It most likely is her son kino.
I am pretty sure this will be live performed at the worlds finals opening ceremony next week ^^ I can't wait for THAT opening ceremony - with Linkin Park on top, this will be a helluva epic opening ceremony!!
@@petrherrmann2693 League has an eSports channel on TH-cam. And there are also some streamers that will be streaming finals as well. The one I would suggest would be Caedral
They do the Orchestral thing at world finals during the opening ceremony, but I heard a lil while back ticket prices are insane now, but going to watch finals in a movie theater like they did 2 years ago, affordable and spectacular
This song and video are fantastic. Yes they’re for a skin line, but they’re also for the Netflix series Arcane based on League of Legends, Ambessa (the character in the video) is an important character in the show, as well as the mother of one of the other characters (the baby pictured in this video). It’s 100% worth a watch, it’s phenomenal.
So my theory of the meaning of this... The wolf is death, death holds off in claiming her because it sees either a possible future in her or in her daughter mel. Then we see her challenged by pantheon. I bet this is pantheon the god, not atreus the man. Represents war testing her. Also swain and katarina makes sense cuz it was is possibly Katarina that killed her son. Also Swain represents the political environment that tests her. Then finally death itself tests her. Death is chosing to keep her alive because of a possible future where she could be chosen to be a new aspect or maybe Mel. 😉 The lamb might mean her sacrificing her innocence The whole ascension thing could also just be a medafor.
Kindred doesn't chose, the individual does, acceptance of death or denial to which the "trial" begins, which mind you there is no literal trial, one just begins to envisions death attacking them through the reality that is actually happening, as shown in the still here Cinematic, the ones who bring Wolf's bite are the ones wielding the weapons against you, Kindred itself doesn't come to kill you, they are just a means of collection Lamb fires a single arrow to execute, Wolf chases you down for a fight.
The child in her belly right here is not mel. It likely is kino, her firstborn son. Who turned out pretty bad... as foreshadowed by the shots of the baby opening devil like eyes.
It's a vision given by Kindred. Kindred promise to give her a role (that is based on the skinline). You can see in the video that while training she see her child with a lamb and earlier she was sacrifying the lamb, who basically means that she can become what kindred offers her if she sacrifice her child. And when everything is complete, when her training is over, when she has done everything for it, this is what happened 7:56 and refuse the proposal of Kindred. For her child. Sorry for my english
In the world of Runeterra the Kindred (the lamb and the wolf) represent the sister essences of death. The Sheep's arrow offers a quick escape for those who accept their fate. The Wolf hunts down those who flee their end and brings them to a violent end with his relentless jaws. My interpretation is that because of the wounds she has on this aftermath war scene (which is a very important Noxian invasion on the league lore) she sees the representation of the wolf/death is coming for her, somehow she fights to survive... thats where we get all the trippy scenes of her battling, seeing herself on a throne willing to do anything to survive so the lamb intervenes, and marks the baby for death instead. She’s pregnant with Mel’s brother Kino (or maybe is Mel we don't know), who we learn in season 1 died after crossing a powerful man, that means Kino saved her life but she couldn’t save his.
i really enjoy your reactions to the league stuff so thank you for continuing with it!! one of my favorite parts about all riot's animation and music stuff is how hype it gets people who dont even play the game i think there's something really special about it. totally agree that this one is a masterpiece its gotta be in my top 5 of all time!!
Not sure if you’ve seen arcane but this character was first introduced in season 1, 3 years ago and is now being added as a champion so if you want to know more about her I recommend watching the show too was has amazing music in it too
i think they probably tried extra hard to match the voice here since ppl will see ambessa in arcane so much that we will just know her voice more than most league characters
I was HOLLERING at around 1:35 LMAOO, you can tell this poor guy has been whammied by some Blue-Eyed Soul like Bobby Caldwell, the most famous "HE'S WHITE!?" that I know of lol
You watched "Still Here" and I wonder if someone explained it for you or if you watched Necrit's 2 videos explain it yet?! Ambessa is from Noxus. Most Noxians see the wolf as death because they always fight against death, like Tryndamere in "Still Here." So, at first, the wolf came to claim her soul, but when it felt the baby in her belly (I'm not sure if it was the first or second one), it didn't give her death; instead, it challenged her to determine whether she was worthy to be "chosen by the lamb", the next skin line. The lamb showed her future if she worship the lamb. Everything happens in her mind like Tryndamere fight the delusion in "Still Here".
She's meeting with death in this video. The fight with the spear wielder (Pantheon, the god of war) and the figure version of her swapping back and forth represent her will to fight for her life, and her refusal to submit or run from death, so that she may be judged worthy of being given a second chance to live as a representative of The Wolf (one half of the god of Death in Runeterra). the figure version of Ambessa is forcing herself forward to Lamb (The second half of Death) to be granted continued life while proving herself worthy of it in the eyes of The Wolf.
I thought the lamb was her giving up her innocence as well as she got more and more wounded from war choosing to live in the life of war
@@leafeonftw896 It's very likely the younger version of herself had to give up her innocence in joining Noxus, likely after conflict destroyed her home (what those dancing wraiths are likely conveying), and in doing so began down the path of being the wolf's chosen. But that's what happened before. What's happening in the "now" is her fight toward Noxian Lamb and combat with The Echo of Atreus (Wolf using Pantheon's form to challenge her resolve).
@@cancerconnoisseur I agree.
Very nice! thank you for that!
@@cancerconnoisseur More great stuff!
The amount of passion and emotion i feel in her voice is just breathtaking
1. They picked the singer because she sounds EXACTLY like person who voices the character.
2. You really do want to know about the lore. It is great.
Sheryl Lee Ralph is a national treasure and could've easily been cast for Ambessa.
I genuinely had to look up both the singer and the voice actress to make sure they weren't the same person when I first listened to the song. They do sound incredibly similar, and it's spectacular.
The singer's turn is powerful and transmits power in its lyrics just like Sting who transmitted desperation and sadness
I LOVE this one,i literally cried the first i seen it.
I like that seasoning in that voice I get what you mean. So much soul in this singing.
Amazing reaction, Black soulful music theres nothing like it.
As someone explained, she is metaphorically fighting her own death, she is supposed to die right here on that battlefield with an arrow stuck in her, but she refuses to be devoured by the wolf aspect of death, because she is pregnant. As shown by the lyrics, she is a fighter, a leader, an ambitious person. But her greatest strenght (and weakness) is being a mother. There is some foreshadowing with shots of her baby oppening devil like eyes in her womb...
You're half right. Kindred is death, and by fighting them off Ambessa proves herself worthy of Kindred's approval, like pantheon Katarina and swain before her. Her child Mel is blessed by Kindred and so not only does she live but her child does too. (This is why in Arcane Mel has golden scars across her back)
It is implied that the golden armored versions of these characters are alternate universe versions that are accepted into Kindreds Valhalla after death.
@davidsantiago7808 the child is most likely not mel, especially given the age ambessa seems to have in the video and the "devilish" look of the baby. It most likely is her son kino.
@popkhorne5372 Well that didn't quite age well considering act 2. Girly defo got something going on.
@SiIker. probably so did kino.
@@popkhorne5372 it is officially confirmed the fetus is Mel. Kino is already born at this time.
DUDE I just realized that the singer who sings this song is Barbara from Abbot Elementary 🤯
I just yelled at my screen "BARBARA????" 😂
I've listened to this song so many dang times already
Man you never miss, I was searching for someone I liked reacting to this song but no one had yet and then I found you again man T0T
I am pretty sure this will be live performed at the worlds finals opening ceremony next week ^^ I can't wait for THAT opening ceremony - with Linkin Park on top, this will be a helluva epic opening ceremony!!
On what channels will that be streamed, do you know?
@@petrherrmann2693 on the League of Legends channel
@@petrherrmann2693 League has an eSports channel on TH-cam. And there are also some streamers that will be streaming finals as well. The one I would suggest would be Caedral
I hadn't thought of that, but you might be right 🤔
@@petrherrmann2693lol esports official channel here on YT 💗
They do the Orchestral thing at world finals during the opening ceremony,
but I heard a lil while back ticket prices are insane now, but going to watch
finals in a movie theater like they did 2 years ago, affordable and spectacular
Sheryl Lee Ralph sounded amazing here. And the video is just as amazing. 'It's a masterpiece' yep bro you said it! Great backstory for this character.
One of my favorite videos music wise
Simply glorious, her voice is perfect.
Bro Riot is definitely a media company who does games to fund their other projects. This song really is fire though!
I know that. I was just joking haha.
They should focus more on funding the studio who is doing arcane and the shows they will do after, instead of the game
This is my favorite LoL music video and song by far!!!
This song and video are fantastic. Yes they’re for a skin line, but they’re also for the Netflix series Arcane based on League of Legends, Ambessa (the character in the video) is an important character in the show, as well as the mother of one of the other characters (the baby pictured in this video). It’s 100% worth a watch, it’s phenomenal.
That was fucking powerful
So my theory of the meaning of this...
The wolf is death, death holds off in claiming her because it sees either a possible future in her or in her daughter mel. Then we see her challenged by pantheon. I bet this is pantheon the god, not atreus the man. Represents war testing her. Also swain and katarina makes sense cuz it was is possibly Katarina that killed her son. Also Swain represents the political environment that tests her. Then finally death itself tests her. Death is chosing to keep her alive because of a possible future where she could be chosen to be a new aspect or maybe Mel. 😉
The lamb might mean her sacrificing her innocence
The whole ascension thing could also just be a medafor.
Kindred doesn't chose, the individual does, acceptance of death or denial to which the "trial"
begins, which mind you there is no literal trial, one just begins to envisions death attacking them through the reality that is actually happening, as shown in the still here Cinematic, the ones who bring Wolf's bite are the ones wielding the weapons against you, Kindred itself doesn't come to kill you, they are just a means of collection
Lamb fires a single arrow to execute, Wolf chases you down for a fight.
Your theory on why the other champions were chosen for the skinline
in terms of how they all relate to Ambessa's trials is pretty cool ngl
The child in her belly right here is not mel. It likely is kino, her firstborn son. Who turned out pretty bad... as foreshadowed by the shots of the baby opening devil like eyes.
It's a vision given by Kindred. Kindred promise to give her a role (that is based on the skinline). You can see in the video that while training she see her child with a lamb and earlier she was sacrifying the lamb, who basically means that she can become what kindred offers her if she sacrifice her child. And when everything is complete, when her training is over, when she has done everything for it, this is what happened 7:56 and refuse the proposal of Kindred. For her child.
Sorry for my english
This is canon to arcane this is Mel's Mom because she is a champion to the game now.
her voice is POWERFUL... ITS PERFECT ONG
In the world of Runeterra the Kindred (the lamb and the wolf) represent the sister essences of death. The Sheep's arrow offers a quick escape for those who accept their fate. The Wolf hunts down those who flee their end and brings them to a violent end with his relentless jaws. My interpretation is that because of the wounds she has on this aftermath war scene (which is a very important Noxian invasion on the league lore) she sees the representation of the wolf/death is coming for her, somehow she fights to survive... thats where we get all the trippy scenes of her battling, seeing herself on a throne willing to do anything to survive so the lamb intervenes, and marks the baby for death instead. She’s pregnant with Mel’s brother Kino (or maybe is Mel we don't know), who we learn in season 1 died after crossing a powerful man, that means Kino saved her life but she couldn’t save his.
It for sure is kino, given how evil the shots of the baby towards the end seem.
"must be giving her a 15% damage increase or at least damage reduction cuz she keeps getting back up" has me rolling on the floor
i really enjoy your reactions to the league stuff so thank you for continuing with it!! one of my favorite parts about all riot's animation and music stuff is how hype it gets people who dont even play the game i think there's something really special about it. totally agree that this one is a masterpiece its gotta be in my top 5 of all time!!
THE ARROW WAS KILLING HER KID SO THE WOLF CAME FOR ONLY HER KID AFTER SHE FOUGHT FOR LIFE
this music video is so perfect in all terms
Her voice made me believe in Jesus again
Definitely head banging with you on this one
The shield represents the wolf 🐺
Oh im very sure that this song will be performed at the LoL world championship grand finals next week, bit im afraid its definitely sold out already😂
Sheryl Lee Ralph just godly
Not sure if you’ve seen arcane but this character was first introduced in season 1, 3 years ago and is now being added as a champion so if you want to know more about her I recommend watching the show too was has amazing music in it too
She's literally giving me The King Woman vibes
1:53 exactly my thought xD
i think they probably tried extra hard to match the voice here since ppl will see ambessa in arcane so much that we will just know her voice more than most league characters
I literally have no words
If you wanna know about the lore of this MV then check out Necrit's video on it! He also made a follow up a day or two after it.
I was HOLLERING at around 1:35 LMAOO, you can tell this poor guy has been whammied by some Blue-Eyed Soul like Bobby Caldwell, the most famous "HE'S WHITE!?" that I know of lol
I’ve been through it 😩😂
its the lady from Abbott Elementary singing?????? Jesus!
I have to say, her voice is like church ughh
You watched "Still Here" and I wonder if someone explained it for you or if you watched Necrit's 2 videos explain it yet?!
Ambessa is from Noxus. Most Noxians see the wolf as death because they always fight against death, like Tryndamere in "Still Here." So, at first, the wolf came to claim her soul, but when it felt the baby in her belly (I'm not sure if it was the first or second one), it didn't give her death; instead, it challenged her to determine whether she was worthy to be "chosen by the lamb", the next skin line. The lamb showed her future if she worship the lamb. Everything happens in her mind like Tryndamere fight the delusion in "Still Here".
i clicked on this SO FAST
Has SOME SEASONING TO IT
is so fucking funny and also legit 🎉
Im not a hundred percent on it but part of this is when she battles her cousin for the throne and kills him
You can sell a skin for I dont care how much if you attach this video to it.
You have gotta listen too the song Okay by Chase Atlantic
she has the same voice as ambessa
That's Ellen Thomas, another absolute badass lady we have to shout out too.