Videographer reacts to K/DA - POP/STARS | Music Video - League of Legends
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Original: • K/DA - POP/STARS (ft. ...
Intro Song: King Deco - Castaway
Outro song: Abstract - I'm Good (ft. RoZe) (Prod. Drumma Battalion)
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Hey y’all thank you so much for 2k subs🤠 I’m truly blessed and thankful for the support! On another note I apologize that the quality of this video doesn’t match with the previous reaction video. I was still very much sick during this video but I tried to fool myself into thinking i was good to record. I’m feeling better now and my reaction to the Giants live show will be up soon🤠
you wanted to know about what those characters have to do with each other, yes ? they all kinda changed their Nature so to speak, Ahri went against the Soul devouring nature of her being a ninetail, Akali went against her upbringing as assassin against her master and went rogue, Kai`sa went from normal girl to a deadly hunter by pure surviving, Evelynn turned from something like a demon whisp thingy hiding in the shadows to … well … a damn hot deadly succubus of sorts ;) so they went all against the odds and won. and thats why they fit with the song so well and resonate well with the fans cause they all, at least, know Ahri`s story, i dont think there is a LoL player who doesnt know her story ;)
RaiStorM RS Thats dope! Appreciate ya for sharing🙏 did the characters from Giants have similar connections?
@@ShatteredFocusProductions none that i can see, i know their stories but the connection … maybe im missing something there but if there is one it's not as obvious as the K/DA connection.
The push out motion is for the impression of how untouchable they are.
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The characters from giants don't really share a story at all.
You know Akali's lore.
Ekko is the boy that broke time. He has an artifact that lets him stop or reverse time, however it's not totally reliable(see the video titled "The Climb" for an example).
Yasuo left his temple to pursue a war in his homelands and his master was killed in an accident while he was away. He was blamed and became a vagabond.
Senna hunted demons and ghosts with her husband, Lucian, until one of those ghosts (the warden, Thresh) killed her and stole her soul. Lucian tracked Thresh for years before he was able to damage Thresh's lantern and set Senna free. Her time in the afterlife allows her a connection to the mists (League's reference to the shadow isles, a land of undeath).
Qiyana is the 10th daughter of a civilization hidden from the rest of the world. She's also the most talented elementalist from this jungle nation. She desires the throne and is fully willing to kill her parents and all 9 of her sisters to get it. Her prowess has won her the respect of the commoners so her parents cannot simply execute or banish her. She's probably the biggest snob in all of league, she sees the entire world as beneath her.
The gal driving the cars with neon pink glasses is a succubus named Evelynn. She is invisible in her demon shade most of the game(depicted by shadows and neon glasses here) . You can’t see her coming until she’s too close. She just puts a curse on you and waits for it to charge up. Then expunges the curse and charms you causing you to walk to her uncontrollably. You have to always beware she could be there. That’s why she has that giant silhouette here. She has presence over the game map even when she’s not there. Nine tail fox girl is Ahri in the laundromat. Actually washing her former Popstar Ahri skin’s uniform. This band in the story is a sequel to Ahri’s solo career. The girl with the shoulder wing thingies is Kai’Sa. She has an ability called supercharger that gives her high move speed and attack speed. She is so fast in this she dodged Evelynn’s car and then played with the afterlight of the car stoplights. Rapper blacklight girl is a ninja named Akali. She has a shroud that covers her and makes her invisible when she’s in it. Like a smokebomb. She gets in and out of the fights disappearing in between.
Egemen Bora Uysal this is incredible🤠 thank you for taking the time to explain each character🙏I’m continuously impressed by lol sense of detail when it comes to sneaking in bits of their backstory in their videos🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions The Scene with "ninja girl" Akali and Evelynn is based on their different forms of invisibility. so in the black light scenery Evelynn's shadow is behind her because she is too close to her. in the normal lighting however akali is completely gone because she is fully invisible until she gets hit by something or leaves her smoking granade area. i was so blown away by that scene back then.
Juuno oh wow thats dope! I love how creative they got with this🤠
Ahri is also washing her Star Guardian uniform as well.
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Also Evelyn's whole thing is luring unsuspecting targets with the promise of love, and once they get to close she subjects them to unspeakable torment.
In her KDA lore she's very caring about her friends/band mates, she helps Akali with her rap, and encourages her. Evelyn's fitness and dietary routines are kept secret by her, and her dates have all gone missing.
The one with the glasses stood there in the back like this because in game she stealths when out of combat. ^^
"It's better in the dark"
Is ur Pfp Blood Moon pyke?
Also because in K/DA lore she's the diva of the group XD.
This reminds me. Go check on Sonwooang's twitter fanart for K/DA and True Damage. When Eve/Ahri/Kai'sa found out Akali started another group w/o them. Hilarious.
Something I just noticed watching it here was that it seems like Akali is meant to be stealthed when she's in the blacklight mode, because you can see Evelynn in the back of the train car during that sequence and Evelynn is almost always stealthed.
Is that evelynn she's demon right but she's hella thicc
On the tunnel shot that seemed to have a push in it was actually still a pushout that she outran haha.
And in the shot with blades in the metro it's because she is a ninja in game and she throws a lot of kunai and shurikens.
Since you mentioned you like good backstories and also have some short film projects coming you might wanna check out "Awaken" It also features a song but the main focus is showing the actual characters (not musician versions of them), very short but it's packed tight with each of the character's personality.
Also 'as we fall' is worth to check out
Asnalem appreciate the knowledge drop🙏 I’ll have to check it out🤠
THEJBOY92 Dope🤠
Awaken is incredible from a music perspective if you are into string instruments
Jalcome I am so I’m sure I’ll enjoy it!
After your Giants reaction, I liked how you added the “glitch effect” to this video.
Fiddler07 haha yea I used it a bit more prominently here😂 but i’ve been very parcial towards the effect seeing as i’ve abused it in some of my music videos🤠
Is a nice touch XD
I looove the glitch effect
That laundry things where ahri sit on top of that,also clothes that on there was reference to her old skin popstar ahri since now she join KDA
wildan akbar oh thats dope! I knew there had to be a reason for the close up. It’s the small details like this that make a video rememberable🤠
*to her skin
Popstar, Star Guardian, and Default are all in the basket, if I remember right.
Thage oh damn u might be right
"As we fall", "RISE", "Awaken", "Mortal Reminder", The live versions of K/DA and True Damage are dope aswell, and many more excellent pieces from Riot :D
oh and Cruse of the Sad Mummy!!! thats one you propably gonna love :D
Neoprenanzug I’ll check them all out🤠 I’ve also decided to check out awaken so that’ll be up on the channel later this week!
Neoprenanzug sounds funny🤠 Is it a music video?
@@ShatteredFocusProductions they are all music videos :D
@@ShatteredFocusProductions tho actually the majority of the others arent really "music videos" in style of like bands or something, but more like lore cinematics made as music videos-ish
Someone mentioned some lore but here's my take on that.
Akali in the canon is a rogue ninja that abandoned her order after a disagreement with her leader. She believed balance is better held if key people are assassinated. In K/DA lore she was a rapper that ran away from her parents dojo to pursue music.
Evelynn is a cross between Ann ero-daemon from pathfinder and an apparition. She's my favorite league champ by lore. She was a formless, ageless entity that merely existed until a great war (the rune wars) engulfed the world. She was overwhelmed by the pain and sadness caused by that conflict. After the wars ended She felt the craving of that stimulus again so She took on physical form. She chose the curvy female form because it allowed her to draw in prey easier. She seduces men and tortures and kills them (ironically without ever having sex, stills canonicaly still a virgin with no reproductive organs at all). In the context of K/DA, Eve is a diva and while she is protective of her friends, she's incredibly rude to anyone else. She's dated a number of high profile guys who have all came up missing.
Kai'sa has probably the most terrifying backstory. As a 6 year old girl she was cast into a set of caves that link her world with the void (a primal dimension full of predatory entities). She grew up in this hellscape. She gained a symbiote similar to Venom from Marvel and became an apex predator. Hunting her fears instead of becoming their prey. Her lore in K/DA is a little sparse as she is simply the group's dancer.
Ahri started the group along with Eve and brought the other two in after.
In canon lore she is a vastayan (people mixed with animals to varying degrees, see Rengar, Xayah, Rakan and Neeko for others). She has a craving for lifeforce and the ability to push emotions into others and emphatically share the emotions of others. In canon she fell in love but her hunger caused her to kill her love, and an entire village after. She seeks a way to cut that part of herself off and be free of her ever present hunger. (One of the more tragic characters).
Kymball Hight Dope! Appreciate the facts🤠
I have a feeling the despair and sadness those missing guys have caused have kept Evelyn well fed.
@@LokiToxtrocity Definitely. She's probably feeding good meals.
Don't forget Wukong!
The one you thought was a push in was still actually a pull out, it's just the car was beginning to move faster than the camera.
Was gonna say that too. XD
Really love how u noticed the camera work is nearly all pushouts.
Sairion Amrepyh glad you enjoyed it🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions It's actually all pushouts. Whole clip. Even this fragment you noticed. It's just car speeding out so fast that Evelynn looks like coming closer, but the camera is still going backwards. Look at the background. Camera never stops.
the rap breakdown that Akali does is especially cool for fans of the game. both of those characters have invisibility abilities(at different levels of invisibleness), one of them can be revealed with vision(lights turning on) and the other cant and remains invisible which is how it works in game.
B A That’s a cool touch! Thanks for pointing it out🤠
I still need to learn to watch out for wards as Evelyn.
15:20 thats from her e ability that makes that increases her movement speed for a few seconds, it looks pretty dope ingame
Ruukasu Dope! I love that touch and I’m a big fan of the sequence at 13:47 I love the aesthetic🤠
It's definitely kaisa ult not e. Since it looks like more of a blink rather than a rast run
@@Brandon20854 im talking about the vfx not the animation.
I love your reactions simply because I learn a ton of things when you analyze the video. The fact that you notice things that usually just goes unappreciated is also great. Keep up the good work and have a great day.
severedproxy Appreciate it🤠 Glad you enjoyed!
the push out motion is probably a reference to how "cool and hip" the characters are and how you can never be in the shot with them unless they are the ones moving towards you, very well put together video - credit TB Skyne
That’s one theory🤔
I think the lyrics can also help given more to your theory.
It's probably not practical but check out the other league of legends mv "Rise"
Waveree Kamaka I’ll give it a look🤠
Shattered Focus Productions it’s actually telling the story of the champion from the worlds before with a lot of reference to it
the one thing you cant recreat practically is the characters themselves, which is probably the biggest selling point of these vids, seeing these characters doing "normal" non-fantastical, kpop-y/pop-y things
B A solid point🤠
I've seen cosplays inspired by this video that look pretty close man. It Riot was backing it with money, I think you could do a lot of things. Anyways, this question inspired a thought for me..
Do you guys think in the future we'll see people with song and acting talent take on a bigger celebrity role by starring in games and then performing music as their characters? Like imagine if League of Legends was a newer game, and all the characters were made with total performance capture, voice, face and motion, and the actors who were captured for Ahri, Akali, Eve and Kai'sa were all incredible dancers and singers. It would be natural for Riot to use them to create a video such as this with the same performance capture, but they could also play actual concerts because they look and sound exactly like the characters because basically they ARE them. Such a person would also be obvious to hire for any live action movie adaptations if that ever becomes relevant. I mean who but Troy Baker would play Joel in "The Last of Us" movie?
Or is this already happening and I just can't think of any examples?
There's a video by an animator breaking this down as well. Cool to see a breakdown from a videographers angle too. One thing he points out is that during the car part the camera is still moving back. Check the walls of the tunnel. It only seems to reverse because the car speeds up and moves at the camera faster the its moving away.
Ryan Larkin Yea I see it now but upon first glance it seemed like a push in. I’m glad it’s not because it’s amazing to see a video with only one camera movement🤠
The bubbles came from all the washer's suddenly flying open while still on their spin cycles.
If you want their background in-game
Akali- Ninja
Evelynn- Lust Demon
Kaisa- Alien
Ahri- Fox Girl
Yumiko Chan appreciate it🤠
Technically, Evelynn is just a DEMON. But, like tahm kench. She got her form by making people suffer. That's a misconception
Tf are you talking about kaisa is not an alien she was human that got traped in the void corrupting her but she managed to break free, she is the daughter of kasadin
A Fox girl who steal ur life essence just to feel better😂
I am Ahri Main and love her Wombo Combos
So the list here is a bunch of references, easter eggs, or whatever from the game ;w;
Akali's the ninja girl with the daggers (kunai) and the handheld sickle (kama) since she's a ninja in-game.
The spray paint can that she holds and throws down during the second pre-chorus is a reference to one of her in-game abilities, Twilight Shroud where she drops a smoke bomb thingy.
*It doesn't show it in the GIANTS MV, but she does have another version of the blacklight effect.
Ahri's the nine-tailed fox (based off a gumiho). The clothes in the laundry basket are a reference to her older skins Popstar Ahri and Star Guardian Ahri. The bubbles that float around her point to her bubblegum persona back then when she was still a popstar.
*People make jokes about her being a student (Academy Ahri) who decides to become a popstar, then somehow becomes a Star Guardian for some weird reason. Later she reinvents herself and joins K/DA, becoming a K-Pop star. Quite random ._.
When she throws out that heart, it's a reference to one of her in-game abilities, Charm.
Evelynn's the girl who has those cool pink shades. When she gets enveloped in the smoke, it's a reference to her in-game passive, Demon Shroud where she becomes a demon thingy. Small detail, but the fur on her coat becomes spikier when she's in her shadowy 'demon' form.
Kai'Sa's the girl with the 'void jetpack.' The bullet-like things she shoots out right before the last chorus is a reference to her in-game ability, Icathian Rain. When she runs toward the camera with that purple trail behind her, it's also a reference to another ability, Supercharge, which gives her movement speed and makes her invisible. That's why you don't see her when she dodges Eve's car.
*Fun fact: The dragon in Akali's scene was actually drawn by Kai.
There's a bunch of posters-as well as other objects-pointing to other references (DJ Sona, Pizza Delivery Sivir, Pool Party Lulu, Pentakill (another band), Worlds, RISE, Odyssey).
*Not sure if all those are correct, I could've missed or misnamed some :')
I suggest you go read the universe page for a little more info~
- Zyphea - appreciate the facts🤠
To fill you up on their stories and backstories and such, first thing first, these are skins and LoL champion in their skins sometimes have different backstory/story from their base form. Sometimes it is similar to their base. You can take it as alternate universe version of those characters.
So, let's get started:
*Ahri (the nine-tailed fox blonde):*
*TL;DR of her base:* In her base story she is something called Vastaya which are offsprings of spirits and humans. She feeds on human life essence which she needs in order to survive but she hates doing it because with life essence she takes in memories of said humans. She even had a lover whom she killed because she was starving herself and she deeply regrets that.
*K/DA Ahri:* Prior to K/DA she was a soloist during her teenage years (which is referrenced in the video by those clothes sitting next to her on washing machines) but then she quit to discover herself and became a fashion icon and also a part of this band, K/DA. She is the lead vocalist for Korean parts. She is voiced by Miyeon of Kpop group (G)I-DLE.
*In the game:* She is a mobile mage/assassin that uses her crowd control ability, Charm, to incapacitate you until she burst you down with her damaging abilities.
*Akali (the ninja girl with spray paint):*
*TL;DR of her base:* In her base story she is a young ninja trained within an order of ninjas that is supposed to protect the balance of the real world and spirit world by fighting invasive spirits. But during an occupation of her country this ninja order decided not to intervene which made Akali angry and thus she left the order so she could fight the force of the invasion.
*K/DA Akali:* She is combining her martial arts with rap and punk performance. While being a part of K/DA she also works with other smaller groups and bands around the city. She is the main rapper. She is voiced by Soyeon of Kpop ground (G)I-DLE.
*In the game:* She is a mobile assassin with several movement abilities and also ability to place down a smoke in which she is invisible and untargetable which makes it really hard to fight her 1v1.
*Evelynn (the demon girl with cars and glasses):*
*TL;DR of her base:* She is an ancient spirit that materialized itself as a demon. She feeds on human suffering and discovered that humans suffer the most right after they are the happiest which lead to her strategy of pleasuring someone and then torturing them until either their body or spirit gives out. She practices the "death by thousand cuts" style.
*K/DA Evelynn:* She is a diva that does not apologize for her actions. She goes for perfection. She also has some dark history with her partners disappearing. She is the lead vocalist for English parts. She is voiced by Madison Beer.
*In the game:* She is a very sneaky assassin that uses her crowd control and invisibility to sneak upon victims, Charm them and then safely escape away. She has a shadow form after level 6 which means that unless she is attacking or really close to you she is invisible.
*Kai'Sa (the girl in the high way with afterimages and something on her back):*
*TL;DR of her base:* She was used against her will by a prophet of this dimension of nothingness called the Void as a sacrifice and she was thrown into the Void where she was supposed to die. But she merged herself with a parasite which allowed her to defend herself against the horrors of the Void and after years she found her way back.
*K/DA Kai'Sa:* She is a passionate dancer of the group and creates the choreography for the K/DA. She is voiced by Jaira Burns. btw Although she isn't the lead vocalist or something, Jaira burns as Kai'Sa has a lot of background lines and singing in the POP/STARS, like for example she goes ham at the end. Those high notes and such you hear in the background? That's Jaira/Kai'Sa.
*In the game:* She is quite mobile marksman/assassin which means she can blast you from afar and then jump next to you to kill you. Her spells can also be upgraded and then they do special things like more damage or giving her invisibility. She is quite easy to pick up and do well with her, probably the easiest out of these.
Hatesh Warkio appreciate ya taking the time to share🤠🙏🙏🙏
@10:26 holy shit I only just noticed the Pentakill poster on the train wall. Pentakill started as a 5 skins for in-game characters giving them the look of members of a metal band. Riot later gathered 5 people from various metal bands to bring the band to life and released 2 full albums for free
Something to add is that Evelynn said a artist name Kartus inspired her. Kartus being referred to would be the Pentakill Kartus. Found it on the wiki page.
Dope touch!
I absolutely love how Form of Therapy and this channel talked about kinda the same topics hahahah
Also love your habit to think about cost. Nice to hear for uninitiated like us
Jalcome glad you enjoyed the video🤠 I try my best to provide insight!
The ‘bubble’ that keeps appearing in the fox girl’s (Ahri’s) shots is actually her orb, in the game ahri uses an orb as hear main weapon, it is charged with magic and steals the life force of anyone it touches.
Pastel_Ninja dope🤠
min 9:10 it wasn t a push in! the car was accelerating and it gives you the inpresion that is a push in but if you slow mo there you can see that is actually a push out frame
cosmin stoian oh wow thats funny🤠 but why was she trying to hit her with her car🤔
She wasn t trying to hit her with the car! she was helping her to show her ultimate (ability) , that high speed dash she uses to dodge the car is also the same ability she uses in the end of the video ! This video was made to show the skins of the champions so they would be more appealing for the viewers because is a free to play game abd theironly income is form skins and stuff like that! you can see in the video that the girls ahri kai'sa akali and evelinn are showing their akills ( ahri with the charm, akali eith her stealth evelinn with her power to turn dark/inviaible and kai sa the champion that dodges the car using her HIGH mobility) I hope it made sense;)
cosmin stoian I understand the purpose behind it but....
Eve: heard you were fast
Kai: yea?
Eve: DODGE
yeah:)) something like that
fun fact between giants and kda theyre both hand drawn but at different amounts of frames per second to create the more 2d look in giants and a 3d effect in kda
I love how you try to think practical effects to recreate this on a small budget while still considering safety. Plus using the glitch effect every time you sneeze or cough.
You just earned another sub.
Ynriko Towers Glad you enjoyed the video🤠 and thank you for subbing!
Aren't what you're calling quasar lights the fluorescent light bulbs of the ceiling of the laundry mat? The laundry mat gets warped and the lights come off the ceiling. Bubbles are just from the washers. So I thought the main dance stage is just the aftermath of the laundry mat with the fluorescent bulbs sticking out of the ground.
I'm so glad you're getting into checking out league videos. They make quality cinematics and music videos. Awaken, Rise, Curse of the Sad Mummy, Pentakill Mortal Reminder, Ryze: Call of Power, Annie: Origins, Ekko: Seconds, Phoenix ft. Cailin Russo & Chrissy Costanza, Legends Never Die.... just to name a few of my favourites. They're all pretty excellent, and I'd love to see your comments on them!
Nader Eid I’ll be sure to check them out🤠
the fox girl , Ahri used to have a k-pop theme skin back in 2012 if im not wrong , and when they made this MV , they think that that skin is too "cute" and "cotton candy" so they gave her a new design and a laundry theme , you can see in the laundry basket is her outfit from the old skin
First off, I just wanna say, I REALLY appreciate you taking your time to truly absorb the video. Some people might be bothered by you going back and re-watching certain parts, but I actually was very happy to see that. I think your feedback on certain aspects of it, such as cost and practicality and the ability to recreate it etc are details not a lot of people think about when they view it, so it's a very unique and interesting perspective. I subscribed, and I'd like to see more like this in the future.
Speaking of, Riot does technically have other music videos that they have produced in the past that feature champions (characters) from within the game, though they are not quite in line with K/DA Pop/stars and True Damage Giants - those two are unique. The only other video that comes close is one they did with the "Pentakill" skin-line ; in truth, they're the OG that started it all, with each character in-game having a cosmetic skin that changes their appearance, and a lore that ties them together as a band. They even have a full album, though it does not have a music video for each song. If you're into Heavy Metal, then you'd LOVE the album.
Some of my favorites are animated videos that were done to accompany songs that were created to promote their E-sports and competitive scenes. Things like "Rise" , "Awaken", "Warriors", and "Phoenix" are just a few, which usually feature some high profile talents and are animated. Everything they make is heavily steeped in lore and references that most people wouldn't appreciate as much as an avid LoL player or fan, and yet all still have universal appeal to them. This is especially the case for K/DA and True Damage.
I'd really like to get your take on some of their other creations. Heck, doesn't even have to be music videos. They also have straight up cinematics that you might enjoy to some degree considering your videographer background.
Here's a link to their official "Music Video" playlist. Some damn good gems in there.
Happy listening/watching!
ruclips.net/video/i1IKnWDecwA/видео.html
Keep up the good work, lots of love,
Kyo.
Kyosumari There will be more videos for sure🤠 I appreciate the comment and info🙏
Apart from what others have mentioned the back stories I will forward a few more that connects True damage and KDA song
1) KDA was formed by Ahri (Fox girl) after her success in solo album [and this is the alternate multiverse of LoL] as Pop star Ahri(the laundry scene has her old clothes she left behind.
2) Akali(ninja chick) was recruited from street for her raw talent as rapper, she joined. But didnt like the massive fame that came with it. So she aparantly left and made her own underground rapper style group True damage.
Anarchy Dope🤠 thanks for the lore🙏
Actually Akali didn't leave K/DA
She created True Damage as a side project because she was inspired by Ahri and wanted to find young talents just like how she was found.
It's hard to pick a favorite between Popstars and Giants but I would have to go with Popstars
Nite It’s more catchy tbh but I personally am a bit parcel to rap🤠
Since you like the lore, hopefully I can fill in some gaps that others might not've touched on. I know some people mentioned a lot of this stuff, so sorry if it's repetitive!
The name itself, K/DA comes from something in League called Kill Death Assist (KDA). It's a statistic showing how many kills, deaths, and assisted kills a person or team has.
Ahri, the blonde nine-tailed fox (voiced by Miyeon from (G)I-DLE) in this alternate universe was a popstar before, hence the outfit in the laundromat. She has an ability that charms people and it's represented when she blows the heart to the camera and everything becomes pink. The lyrics she has of "keep your eyes on me," also kinda allude to that
Evelynn, the succubus (voiced by Madison Beer) has an ability that puts her in a stealth, so she's shrouded in shadow. That's why in the video she's usually a shadowy figure sort of looming in the background. In the lore for K/DA, it's also said that she's a diva. The long things on her are her tails which she uses to lash at her victims, same with the golden claws.
Akali, the ninja (voiced by Soyeon from (G)I-DLE) has the kama and kunai as weapons, that's why they're all over the subway (it's funny that she had the subway setting in True Damage too). She has an ability where she drops a smoke bomb and can be hidden in the cloud, which is why she has the cool transition of dropping the spray can. In the shared lore for K/DA and True Damage, it's said True Damage is a side project for her to find and expose new talent (Ekko, Qiyana, Senna, Yasuo) and that K/DA is still together.
Kai'sa, the laser girl (voiced by Jaira Burns) is originally from this place in the game called The Void. While there, this weird skin that's alive attached to her and gave her the blasters above her shoulders. She's a hunter in the game, which is why she's seen speeding around and jumps over Evelynn's car.
Andi Nicole Dope! Appreciate ya🤠
I don´t know if someone tell you but..... the concept of the band is kpop, in every group of kpop (girls or boys), each one of them have a rol to play (but every one sing and dance rally good), if i´m not wrong are like 4 rol in this tipe of band and with this girl is like that:
- ahri is in charge of visual,
esthetic and basically make every look awesome.
- akali part is the rap or hip hop part of the song, woth the flow and always is a really sick part of kpop (and band of kpop have this).
- evelynn is the diva of the band and not just for her personality, also for her boys like ariana grande style. powerful and great voice.
- kai´sa have the dance part, making the choreography of every song, they have like the incredible movements.
I´m not like expert on the kpop part, but this is kinda the basic of K/DA. Sorry my english is a little rusty.
Dope! Appreciate ya for sharing!
It's great that Riot explained in one of their Lore vids that the black light effect is basically Akali's vision through chi. Like when Shen gave her vision through how he sees the world.
Check out other (G)I-DLE videos. They’re lit- Latata, Hann, Uh Oh, Señorita, their latest Lion. Soyeon is a legend.
They're all legends tbh
Clément Masse No....They’re Giants😂
Lukas I’ll be sure to check it out🤠
this guy is really cute and shy omg, your comments really simple! imma sub
There's actually a really cool similar effect re: the trains in another video. In God's Menu by Stray Kids, one of the members stands in the middle of a racetrack with racecars speeding around him, and it's all done live! There's no still shots of him or anything, they literally just have him stand there with the cars driving. He says in a BTS video that his legs were shaking the whole time lol
9:01 nah man that was still pulling back The car just sped up which made it look like it was pushing in
It's psychology, laundromats are relatable, talk to any college student or bachelor/bachelorette, everyone has been there and it gives off the impression that the singer is one of us
5:10 - the reasoning for the laundry place is because the girl that sings as Ahri (the nine tail fox champion) aka Jaira Burns has a music video called "Ugly" which takes place at a laundromat as well. :)
@Shattered Focus Productions, fun fact: This animation was done by a Parisian Animation company and not Riot itself.
Danny Gelbart Interesting🤔 thanks for sharing🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions No prob, and love the reaction videos!
Danny Gelbart Glad to hear🤠
all the weapons on the side of the train and in the seats, etc. are akali's (the girl who was in the giants video as well). probably they are like that cause she's holding spray cans instead in that scene lol xD. and the slashes in the train are probably from eve and her giant ass claws. party hard i guess xD
also eve, the girl who is with her during the train scenes and the black light effect--she hides in the shadows in game unless she gets too close to enemies. that's why you can only see her in the black light and not in the lighted scenes sometimes in those shots.
oh, and during the scene where ahri (the girl in the laundry mat) 'blows' a heart at you. that's her charm in game. and that's why when it hits the screen you kinda jerk towards her a bit because in game the charm draws you to her. pretty cool stuff :). the animators definitely did the characters and the community justice.
great reaction by the way! hope you feel better soon :).
Appreciate the facts! and thank you!
i really like how you watch a chunk of the video first before going back to react on it.
Neat to see the more technical side of what would go into these music videos. As a couple others have said, "RISE" and "Curse of the Sad Mummy" are good ones, with the latter being a more "storybook" style. I would also like to add "Get Jinxed" to your watch list. It introduced the (then) new weapon-slinging, explosion-loving, certified-crazy (got a doctor's note) champion Jinx. If you like magical girl anime, I'd also say "Burning Bright" and "Light and Shadow" are worth the watch for Riots Star Guardian skin line.
Playful Lutra Dope! I’ll check them out🤠
Best part of that camera work is that it's self-referential with the song. "We're so much higher, you can't reach us", all that stuff. Love it. And, well, people already mentioned, that car shot wasn't exception and yadayadayada.
9:06
I always thought that the camera continued to push out but that the car accelerated to a speed faster than the camera which is why the car sudden approaches the screen.
Blarf It did! I was mistaken🤠
I just wanted to say, both Giants and Pop Star are practical (mostly) because on these versions of the characters they try to emulate what a normal human music video would be like even with fantasy characters. The other music videos/animations are way more on the fantasy side, something you'd probably see made with movie budget I think. Loved the explanations!
SunsetTwist Glad you enjoyed🤠 Thank you for sharing that fact! I’m guessing these “skins” are different versions of the characters? Since the backstories don’t match all to with their appearances in these videos.
@@ShatteredFocusProductions yes, pretty much. They are like alternate universes involving the same characters so in the original universe (which is the game's) they look like their default skin but in another skin the same character may be a space pirate, a magical girl or a cosmic god and each universe comes with a new story and sometimes a little variation on the characters personality but doesn't really affect the gameplay.
If you do watch Awaken you'll see the difference with the "original" Akali (ninja girl) though she's there like 10 secs lol. I mostly follow League's content for the animation so I personally enjoy these a lot.
Great reaction. Yeah the consistent push out cam was prob due to the theme “we are popstars” aka the middle of the action. Only person that didn’t obey that plot was the girl with the glasses (her background being an assassin who lurks in the shadows)
Jalcome actually I was wrong about the one scene as its still a push out but she is accelerating the car. Its really hard to notice when watching the first time. My bad😅
Jalcome glad you enjoyed the video🤠The push in/out shots are a stable camera motion in modern music videos since they are clean, help separate the subject from the background, and are incredibly easy to sync together in post!
Believe it or not, during the first chorus, all of the champions aren't in full sync. It gives them the sense of humans doing it instead of just puppets.
It may not seem like it, but the camera does zoom out in every shot of the music video. There's a video by TB Skyen who explains everything about the music video.
LinkMaster Oh? That’s a neat touch🤠 thanks for sharing!
I think there was a second point where the camera wasn't moving back around 11:01 with the closeup on Kai Sa. But her choreography moves her away from the camera a bit so it has a similar effect. Hard to tell.
With the laundromat, that has story to it as well.
That character, Ahri, has a lot of other skins. In particular, Popstar Ahri and Star Guardian Ahri. In the basket beside her in her initial shot, it has her Popstar and Star Guardian skin outfits in the basket, representing her A. coming out of hiatus as an artist as well as washing herself of her old image giving her her new edgy look with K/DA
Among other things like the Pentakill logo (Another Band using League of Legends champions) on the train. There are videos on all the easter eggs in the video, you should check them out for a more full picture. I believe this video from Necrit should be enlightening ruclips.net/video/o7xsUZF_JNQ/видео.html
One thing that I've seen someone say in another video is that in particular, in the dance sequences they actually have 4 different Motion captures for the characters. It wasn't 1 mocap placed 4 times for each rig, there are slight differences to account for different dancers
these music videos are simply promotional videos for $10-$15 skins for those certain characters. personally I think that is amazing
Damn good marketing
Yes! I was waiting for this one :)
Ahri I got you🤠 Sorry the quality is not up to par with the last but my reaction to Giants live is much better and it drops soon!
To the characters:
Ahri: the foxgirl. She is a fox that became human and eats souls. The clothing in the laundry shot is from an old Skin where she is also a singer. The heart effect comes from the charming stuff
Evelynn: the girl with the car. She is a Demon and basically a succubus but with a little twist. She lives from the pain of others and decided the easiest way to inflict pain is when you are super hot.
Kai‘sa: the girl with the cool moving effects. In short she got eaten as a child by the void which is the place that’s the universe is inside and it has creatures that don’t like the universe because it annoys them. She is a symbiotic Connection between voidcreature and human and somehow managed to get out of there. The cool effect is from one of her abilities where she can dash a great distance.
Was trying to focus on studying for finals but when I saw this mv...
My focus shattered.
Anonymous Unknown I’m speechless😂
Hi the girl who zips around is named kai'sa she was sucked into the void as a child that is where she got a special type of armour stuff which is how she zips around and shoot stuff from the canon things on her shoulders.
Bro, I heard you saying the word ez like a lot of times. I would love to see you make your next video with such brilliant concept and planning. All the best.
So, with regards to the "push out", you actually commented where the change WASN'T. The apparent push in (if you track the lights on the walls) is actually the car evelynn is driving speeding up through the camera (or the camera's push out slowing relative to the car). However, when we switch to her perspective drive AT Kai'sa, that's when the camera motion actually changes
10:38 How am I only now noticing the Pentakill poster in the subway car on the right side wall?!
Most of the weapons and effects that we see in the video (even some of the transitions) are part of their in-game abilities.
The Ahri charm was most recognizable tho, imo.
I was looking forward for this reaction, I really liked the previous one!
Bryan Medina yea unfortunately I was still sick during the filming of this so the quality is not fully up to par but the next one will🤠
Bryan Medina glad you enjoyed the last one tho🤠
Who else wants to see him react to the live performance aswell?
Yannic-Noah Zeulner I did but I can’t edit it since my pc is broke😭
Damn I hope u can fix it
Yannic-Noah Zeulner me too. My new water cooler/thermal paste shows up today so hopefully that fixes it!
video summary: "This is amazing xd"
Greetings from Peru
alfredo cajamuni 🤠
The video for Phoenix (this year's World Championship theme) is freaking awesome, and a super creative mix of live action and animation.
Jake Patterson I’ll check it out🤠
I have watched the video million of times but never noticed the train being damaged like the fight, after Akali's rap part. I like your explanations, hope you react to more.
Lachimolala I will🤠 glad you enjoyed the video🤟
You are good ;) I wish you only growth and exposure)
Rectangle Thats love🙏 appreciate ya🤠
I was wondering if you notice one of the champions in kda was in true damage giants,
If not it was akali ( the ninja girl aka the one with the mask) there skin promotions blew up big time in league
Kda came out in 2018
True damage giants came out in 2019
I did!
Just a little bit of background on the characters, though someone else will probably be able to give a lot more:
Akali, the ninja, you already know from True Damage
The one with the cars is Evelyn, who is in lore actually a (very bad) demon that basically feasts on pain I think, but it doesn't have a reference here that I can tell
The main dancer (who jumps over the car) is Kai'sa, basically a gunslinger from the void, in lore has a symbiotic skin. The things on her back are actually rocket pods to some extent
The one in the laundromat is Ahri, the nine-tailed vixen. Should be rather self explanatory if you know anything about nine-tailed vixens from mythology.
All in all, I think True Damage had slightly more references to their characters and abilities in the video itself, but both are great. If you want to see some characters (including Akali) in their normal visuals or skins, check out Awaken. Its not actually a music video, but rather an animated (extremely well animated) trailer with an awesome song as backdrop.
Rhov Appreciate the info🙏 I’ll be checking out Awaken later this week🤠
Interesting fact: Camera Always moves backwards. Even if it seems like it's getting closer, it still moves back. In car sequence the character moves towards camera faster than the camera moves back, therefore it seems like it pushes in.
"Where did those bubbles come from?"
Its is a laundromat, there is soap lol
at 9:02 it wasnt pushing in, it was just the car speeding past us. The lights on the sides are still going further away from us.
Not sure about how significant they are to the music video, but the weapons you asked about are from Akali (ninja girl). They are a Kama, which is a handheld sickle usually used as a weapon and lots of Kunai, normally thought to be a Japanese throwing knife but was originally a gardening tool for digging rough soil which was then adopted by ninjas as a tool for scaling walls and also a sort of grappling hook, almost like a portable stair set or ladder. They are Akali's preferred weapons of choice in the game.
tbh every music video league of legends has realeased. the music is on fire and well made, and visuals in all their videos is stunning. :p
Patteh01 facts🤠
The time when they did the push-in instead of push-out my guess is that they wanted to give the idea of her accelerating, but that's only a guess.
SOW Alucard na your right lol
You might want to see the Live Performance of both of those songs.
Cewu 00 I have🤠 just waiting for my PC to be fixed so I can post them!
I can only say that I'm happy to have a reactor with a qualified view on things like that as a lay person myself I wouldn't know of the details so watching these are interesting and I'm looking forward to you covering other League of Legends Music Videos if you're so inclined.
UnknownDane yep they’ll be posted soon🤠
the reason the video couldn’t be filmed practically is bc it’s just more epic animated
Actually, where you think it's a push in, it's cause the car is hitting the gas, so it gets faster and therefore closer. You can see in the lights on the road that the camera is trying to outrace the car, but it catches up to the camera, that's why it feels like it's coming closer
I think I can speak a little on the Laundromat thing with my limited videography knowledge.
1) They're visually noisy, there's a lot of interesting things happening in them, start a few loads of random scrap fabric or bright clothes and you can get interesting color effect. The psuedo-retro machine design, bright color detergent bottles which would make sense in the setting.
2) Their layout tends to be very basic making shots easier to frame. You're dealing with a lot of straight corridors, and horizontal flat counters, and cube machines, meaning basically everything makes squares.
3) The layout also makes long dolly shots easy since your just backing down a long aisle with nothing in the way. Same effects on Subways, busses, and Grocery stores.
4) Cheap. You can probably ask the owner to rent one for like, $150-$200 for the day, and promise not to break anything, and it's more then he's going to make off it that week. Most owners will say yeah.
The sad mummy pls it's a masterpiece even now 4 y later
Kokos Bananas music video?
It's a league character which is cursed to be lonely forever its very beautiful and yes the music video :D you will find it easy
To one of your last sentences: In my Opinion both Giants and Pop/Stars songs get even better with the videos watching. I dont like K-Pop in general, but after I've watched the KDA AMV I was totally in that track. Still not K-Pop in general but the Music AND the Video combined are just amazing. And it totally fits to the whole LoL Universe and Lore. And when you know a bit about those characters its getting even better. I am just blown away by those two songs and get goosebumps everytime I watch it, the live versions of both are also just mesmerizing
if you really want to learn about the universe/story: ruclips.net/video/o7xsUZF_JNQ/видео.html
He will prolly upload for true damage too when we get more info
Imagine if the Triple A games industry was as dedicated to delivering awesome experiences as Riot's music and animation teams. Just.. Imagine.
My absolute favorite part of the video is the short section after Ahri unfolds her tails and charms the camera, and it zooms out to this warped alternative dimension of the laundymat with the floating lights and the tumblers flashing, that's just a spectacular image for me. It looks okay later with the bubbles and Ahri floating, but I like it better raw, I can still recall the "Wow, WTF?!" reaction I had the first time I saw it when I rewatch. So surreal, I wish it lingered longer.
@9:11 not really a push-in. The camera didn't push in, the car went faster. Look at the tunnel in the background, the camera is still going backwards.
'She's Just Siting In The Back, Ominously' Welcome to Evelynn.
I don't know if anyone else has explained to you, but in the lore of this musical universe, KDA came before True Damage and Akali (the mask girl), first was in KDA and then joined True Damage as a "new project that unites great talents. "
Of course this "musical universe" is an alternate universe of the original game story and all the characters have their own new story, which refers to their original story or not, it depends.
There is also another band called "Pentakill", a metal group also have a music video that you could watch.
The reason the animated video has a trendy/pop real life aspects is because they're a Virtual K-pop/pop group and in their world they are a real group. Not in league of legends but somewhere in an alternate universe within the league of legends lore.
Don't know if anyone already stated this but when you said that there was only one push in on the video, there is actually non. The car was just speeding up to the camera and the camera was still moving backwards.
Good luck with the inevitable rabbit hole you're going to go down that is League music videos and animations. Once you get started it's hard to stop!
I'm okay with this haha
when it comes to league, they have a lot of music videos. theres a lot for a videogragpher to look at. Rise, Legends Never Die, Awaken. Check em out!
dadankestdong I will🤠
Love this reaction
RISE next?
Lukas Richter I’ll check it out but Worlds 2019 live is next🤠
Just a quick word of advice, normalize your audio. Great breakdown, but I found myself lowering the volume whenever the music video was playing.
Manalor6955 I’ve started doing this🤠
there is a background story where the characters tell how they recorded each scene
Dope! Where can i find this?
@@ShatteredFocusProductions at "universe" on the top of the official League site, there's "alt universe", K/DA is one of them
João Carlos dope thanks!
Great reaction, loved your breakdowns.
Ryku Isaigana thank you🙏 glad you enjoyed the video🤠
PLEASE watch the live versions of both K/DA and Giants... even if you don't react to it, it's fckin amazing.
Since both songs were written for the World finals of League of Legends, they were both premiered at the opening ceremony (if you're into it, watch all of the opening ceremonies of LoL ... they're all amazing).
While K/DA still had some Augmented Reality effects done that could only be seen on the screens or at the recording (that you would watch), the Giants one actually had a 3D Holonet on the stage where you could see the animated performers alongside their real life counterparts ON THE STAGE.
Either way - they're both incredible to watch and will be a treat for you.
Actually, has a story for every universe of skins, this clip is in the same universe as the Giants clip
ayy u actually did it! might as well go all in and react to everything riot games ever made, its all high quality!
Silver Light might as well🤷♂️
You should check "Get Jinxed" which was one of the first major music video hits of Riot to catch the attention of non-players as well.