NewJeans Is Performing At League Worlds

The latest example is multi-genre-inspired boy band Heartsteel, who will also perform at League Worlds and is the first virtual group Egan has worked on at Riot. Made up of champions Ezreal, Kayn, K’Sante, and Sett and featuring voice work from IRL stars like Baekhyun (a member of EXO and SuperM), the group debuted last month with the single “PARANOIA,” accompanied by an Arcane-style music video. “(Heartsteel) was really inspired by fan art,” Egan says, explaining that fans were expecting the brand’s next band to be a male K-pop group and started reimagining their favorite characters in that world. The team saw (and loved) that art, but decided to take it one step further. “I always use the analogy of League’s Beastie Boys … we wanted to subvert (expectations) a little bit and create a different style, different art style, different music style, and bring in a genre that we’ve not played with before.”