#IMAGINE DRAGONS ALBUM 2014 SERIES#

ThatвЂ™s kind of how it all came together, and when I showed Christian вЂEnemyвЂ™, he was like, вЂThis is the song.вЂ™вЂќ вЂњIвЂ™m given these themes, I understand it, and then I find my truth in it and write lyrically for myself вЂ“ I canвЂ™t write for anybody else, IвЂ™ve just never been able to do that. вЂњIвЂ™ve never written a song about League Of Legends or Arcane,вЂќ he explains. ItвЂ™s all about external and internal conflict very fitting for Imagine Dragons.Дespite the differences between the two songs the band has created for the League of Legends universe to date, Reynolds says that his approach for writing them is the same.

#IMAGINE DRAGONS ALBUM 2014 SERIES#

The series revolves around sisters Jinx and Vi, and вЂ“ being set before the events of the game itself вЂ“ it explores the origins of two champions and how their lives take them on different opposing paths. Reynolds says that Linke, the showвЂ™s creator and executive producer, had shared the premise and early renderings with the band even earlier. The show is one of many ways Riot celebrated the tenth anniversary of League Of Legends in 2019, and the announcement of the show was part of the developerвЂ™s attempts at expanding its world and storytelling. Playing Worlds was some of my favourite memories.вЂќД«ut while вЂWarriorsвЂ™ has the vibe of a tournament anthem, вЂEnemyвЂ™ cuts a different tone вЂ“ as you might expect from Arcane. He says collaborating with Riot just came about organically, with Imagine Dragons writing and recording the song вЂWarriorsвЂ™ for the League Of Legends 2014 World Championship while the band also performed at the event live in Seoul. вЂњI remember the first time walking away from their headquarters with Wayne, and we were like, вЂthose are our people.вЂ™вЂќ вЂњWe played League Of Legends together, went to their houses and talked about Dungeons and Dragons, and looked at their collections, and just really nerded out together, and found ourselves to be kindred spirits,вЂќ says Reynolds. With the conversation naturally going from вЂmy brother plays that gameвЂ™ to вЂisnвЂ™t your brother the singer for Imagine Dragons?вЂ™, the studio soon reached out to the band, and they ended up visiting the headquarters and becoming firm friends with co-creators Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck, as well as other key figures like head of franchise development Thomas Vu and creative director Christian Linke. It was shortly after this that one of ReynoldsвЂ™ brothers met someone at church who also happened to work at League Of Legends studio Riot Games. вЂњWeвЂ™ve definitely been on stage late due to League Of Legends games,вЂќ Reynolds confesses with a laugh, probably not something most people would imagine when wondering why rockstar divas take so long to get on stage, though he adds, вЂњI canвЂ™t get banned!вЂќ Suffice to say, the game became a new obsession for them. вЂњYouвЂ™re playing against other people but itвЂ™s also not like Call Of Duty where some 12-year-old with a sniper rifle is gonna dominate you every time вЂ“ thereвЂ™s meta thinking and macro strategy, the most mechanically gifted team isnвЂ™t always going to be one that wins, which is good as IвЂ™m 37 so my twitch muscles arenвЂ™t what they used to be.вЂќ вЂњ League Of Legends definitely struck me as something that was very challenging,вЂќ says Sermon.

Imagine dragons album 2014