Arcane Jinx (Powder) - The Bridge Song ( First scene song )

[@trashman6996]

i wish there was an extended or full version of this song its so haunting :" )

[@M_Zidane]

Yes.

[@SinaShahsana]

more like heart wrenching. My hands are cold and bare I'll take what you can spare I ask of you a penny My fortune it will be

[@cookichpz2063]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoGom42qftStkNk

[@mirandabjorkman9653]

Yeah

[@julianbu8395]

Absolutely, yes.

[@TheCarbonCreed]

This song does so much in its brief runtime it's shocking. 1. Establishes the power dynamic between Piltover and Zaun through the lyrics 2. Establishes how entrenched that power dynamic is by making it a song a child would know 3. Enriches the culture of Zaun by showing that even their folk music can't ignore the power imbalance 4. Instantly communicates Powder and Vi's relationship 5. Provides emotional weight to the death of their mother because this is probably a song she sung to Powder as a lullaby And it's NOT EVEN CORNY

[@daughteroftiaran]

Bingo. It's a child's nursery rhyme which suggests it's a very old song and that this has been going on for a long, long time.

[@maxpower3990]

Well Piltover is a couple of centuries old. This power imbalance has been going on for decades if not an entire century, or to put it another way for all their lives, the lives of their parents and grandparents.

[@skolysz111]

She also hums the same song later when she kills Marcus indicating her plotline coming full circle but now she is the one in power, also orphaning a little girl (Marcus' daughter seems to be around the age Powder was when her mom was killed).

[@arthurchallat8530]

N°3 reminds me of the South Korean Arirang (Sorry if I write it wrong) which is now a very famous song in South Korea and which was created to criticize Japan's colonialism during WW2 and to give Korean people a feeling of hope during those tough times. This song is now part of their culture but the history of the country is well marked in this song. Even their folk music can't ignore their past and the sensitive geopolitical situation the country has faced.

[@laurencamila9024]

it even stablishes that they're separated by a river, like it even gives the geographical description

[@MATCH1N]

“Dear friend across the river. My hands are cold and bare. Dear friend across the river. I’ll take what you can spare. I ask of you a penny. My fortune it will be. I ask you without envy. We raise no mighty towers. Our homes are built of stone. So come across the river. And find…” I love this show 10/10.

[@tam3116]

This song alone tells what it's like growing up in the undercity from the perspective of a kid. Best show I've seen all year.

[@Domjg7]

“And find: the world below” is a pretty cool rendition I found

[@JulesNV]

… DEEZ NUTS

[@meatboy5714]

and find the world below

[@jorgealberto8544]

Who sing the song??

[@plainlake]

The amount of worldbuilding done in these few seconds. We see that Powder have been told to close her eyes and sing to avoid her being exposed to the horrors. And the song is a begging song, telling us all we need to know of how desperate life on the "wrong" side of the river is.

[@MistyKathrine]

Another thing I notice in this scene is that all of the scribbles that are appearing over the enforcers and the dead bodies disappear when Powder opens her eyes.

[@camchaunguyen]

I saw an analysis that this song could be applied to both sides of Piltover and Zaun "I ask of you a few penny, my fortune it will be" "I ask without envy" could be interpreted both as a beggar but also the rich exploiting the poor and pretending as w no envy

[@Dogtles]

Little Powder was so adorable. Knowing nothing about LoL before watching this I really thought Jinx would be the hero

[@MistyKathrine]

Yeah, watching her take a heel turn was as shocking as it was heartbreaking. I genuinely felt a real sense of loss over it, and I things to work out for her so much, and it's heartbreaking when nothing does.

[@she7061]

Me too. I came in completely blind. To say that this show smacked me over the head with a skillet would be an understatement

[@smiley4995]

@@MistyKathrine I mean did she really do a heel turn? Vi always talked about fighting the enforcers and taking the fight to Pilltover, exemption being when Vander talked to her on the bridge, which Powder was absent from, and well everything Powder did as Jinx was fighting Pilltover and following the orders of someone who she thought was doing what was best for Zoan. Echoes group pretty much protected Pilltover, so in essence they were apposed to Vi's early beliefs which she had instilled in Powder.

[@smiley4995]

@@washada I knew the lore and for me I found it more interesting since I knew the endpoint so I wanted to see how they would do it and how the story telling would be.

[@MistyKathrine]

​@@smiley4995 A heel turn is usually defined something like this: "Abandoning a righteous or heroic course in pursuit of an unscrupulous or villainous one" When she was a child, Jinx was a sweet girl who just wanted to help her family, she messed up sometimes but she always had good intentions. Later in life she became a cold blooded murderer who just killed anyone she that got in the way of her objectives. She went from being relatively selfless to being very selfish.

[@RowanArk]

No one gonna talk about how the girl has a really good singing voice for her age? Also it's reallllllly haunting

[@TheWickedWizardOfOz1]

I believe that she was in the U.S. touring company for Matilda, playing the main character, at around the time this was recorded.

[@Super_Scooter_Happy]

Her name is Isabella Abiera. She also plays Hazel from infinity train. Where she sings another song. I sobbed

[@danielladuck3323]

@@Super_Scooter_Happyi knew she sounded familiar :( Hazel’s song is such a tear jerker

[@ilikewindows3455]

0:39 wish more people talked about how terrifyingly badass this scene is. The way the Enforcer slowly walks out of the smoke and mist shrowded in darkness, reloading is gun after having just now executed a revolutionary. Everything about it just sets the tone of the entire show perfectly, letting the viewer know that this show is NOT for kiddos.

[@wei270]

terrorist not revolutionary.

[@Majestic7274]

People don’t talk enough about the cinematography

[@xavi.cat.4095]

@@wei270 What's the difference, really? It's all a matter of perspective.

[@wei270]

@@xavi.cat.4095 terrorist implies the use of terror as weapons, revolutionary don't need the existence of violence have a revolution. so there is a difference in this case. you can be a terrorist and revolutionary at the same time, or one at a time.

[@diegoalejandro7566]

@@wei270 "revolutionary don't need the existence of violence have a revolution", every revolution has been violent, deny this is like deny 2+2 =4

[@battleriteroyalevietnam8447]

This scene alone killed it. A great start for any series

[@ragnarstark4887]

I have rewatched the show 5 times and this is the only scene i always cry for 3 reasons. 1) Vi is really trying hard to not cry in front of her sister but when she found out her parents are dead she just cant hold it anymore. 2) Powder doesnt understand whats happening but as she saw her sister crying she started to cry aswell and tried to comfort her and my heart broke. 3) Vander reaction says it all. He feels so bad and regretted for rest of his life and decide to stop fighting and adopt the Orphans who lost their parents. So emotional

[@danyobosayo]

As for your second point I thought it was more that Vi asked her to close her eyes as to not witness the horrors, but when she inquires as to why Vi had stopped moving, she opens her eyes and sees the atrocious condition of the city and their people, and was subsequently moved to tears.

[@ragnarstark4887]

@@danyobosayo Its so tragic scene, I always cry when I see little Powder trying to comfort her sister

[@KaiReel23]

It is a powerful tragedy. Masterpieces such as this is pretty much what I live for, since I dont find many humane emotions in the real world. I am getting old, I guess)

[@juanarocha8629]

No kid should go through this

[@EchoBoomer1987]

4. Powder’s innocence and how much she will change by the time this season ends.

[@benjikwon7938]

She hums this on episode 7 on the bridge before fighting Ekko.

[@randomfandomcreator2376]

Yes! I noticed that too on my third rewatch!

[@LilCyco223]

I had to rewind it the first time to make sure I was hearing what I thought I was!

[@daughteroftiaran]

She *does???* Rewatching the show now and I will look out for that!

[@benjikwon7938]

@@daughteroftiaran Oh yeah

[@bananatiergod]

The parallels are nuts. The first time we hear it is through Powder, an innocent girl who's exposed to the horrific violence of the enforcers inside Zaun. The second time is through Jinx, the same girl who was corrupted by the violence and decimated all the enforcers on the bridge without breaking a sweat.

[@dexterchen6828]

You know what? I've decided Jinx has a point. Terrorism against Piltover is funny.

[@totalfree8740]

It's not funny It's revenge

[@addyjo]

Her little voice is so kind and sweet. It's sad to see how she's changed

[@maevem2096]

When I started this show knowing nothing about it, I was like, oh, haha, creepy little girl singing over the sounds of horrific violence, TOTALLY not overdone or anything 🙄. But for some reason, I still could not look away from the screen for a single second. And you know what? This song and this scene does SO MUCH to immerse us in the world of the series. Establishes the themes of police brutality, class inequality, and innocence lost. Establishes who Vi, Powder, and Vander are and WHY they are the way they are, having lost so much but terrified to lose what they have left. And arguably most importantly; establishes the relationship between the two girls, Vi having obviously told Powder to cover her eyes and sing to try to shield her from the horror, trying so hard not to break down in front of her little sister, Powder trusting Vi completely to guide them both across the bridge. All in one, what, two-minute scene?

[@cat062]

Yeah I find it's not a creepy little singing but a comfort of a lullaby though a distressful scenario. It also a song "dear friend across the river." Piltover that is across from Zaun. A little help is ask in return for comfort as a form of thank you. A very big contrast to what happened on the bridge. After so many unanswered plea and many heavily armed enforcers that came instead, something let go.

[@The_Isaiahnator]

I find that Arcane takes things that have become cliché, but recontexualizes them to make them feel fresh and original. Another example of this is when Sevika, who is close to delivering the killing blow to Vi, tells her, "I'll give [Jinx] your regards." We've heard these words a million times, but coming from the mouth of Sevika, we genuinely believe them. We've seen how honest Sevika is: she openly confronts Vander in front of everyone and tells him he looks weak (shortly before defecting to Silco's side). In the factory, she, without hesitation, sacrifices herself to save Silco because she honestly believes he's the best hope for the Undercity. And she tells Jinx the truth that Vi is still alive and running around with "some enforcer girl." Upon being accused of lying, she twists the knife further by bringing up *_the truth_* that not only was Jinx responsible for the death of her family members, but that her mental instability is a threat to "the cause." She does this because she believes that honesty is the best way to achieve independence for the Undercity. One could imagine that, if Sevika succeeded in killing Vi, that she would not only tell Jinx, but show her proof, which (Sevika hopes) would drive Jinx into irreversible psychosis and lead Silco to remove her from the equation.

[@sirsiver]

Little we knew here that this series was becoming our favourite

[@moisesvargas6595]

I already had it planned, brother

[@Goldie_bear]

Ikr

[@kaiser2625]

the callbacks to this in season 2 are incredible

[@coolene2155]

When i rewatched arcane i noticed that I when jinx came to the bridge after blowing up enforcers, she hummed this song. Such a cool detail. I also think these are the only two occasions that we see her on the bridge and in both instances she sang this song

[@kl3321]

i came into arcane with virtually no knowledge of the plot/setting and this scene blew me away, perfect opening that set up the setting and conflict so well

[@Kusanagikaiser999]

One of the absolute best introductions to a show.....give Amanda Overton the credit, she was the one suggest this scene was the FIRST scene.....and it WORKS so well, so haunting.

[@The_Isaiahnator]

Yes! They were originally going to have the drowning of Silco be their cold opener. And I'm not sure, but she may have even written this scene from scratch. If that's true, it shows her understanding of the central themes and conflicts of the story.

[@r3xgam1ng77]

In Act 3 Jinx is the one killing the enforcers and humming the same song on the same bridge. What a great writing

[@heomji7216]

This first scene blew my mind. It shows how dark and sad any world could be, including Runeterra, and how this show was NOT for the youngest. That's why I'm a fan of this show while I don't like animes so much, it's always too fantastic, too action-focused. Here we just hear a little girl singing to comfort herself and her sister while everything around is burning and every man is killing eachother, singing to reassure in a scene of horror during a violent revolution that turned into a bloodbath. This series is DARK, it's SAD, it tells about horror, misrespect, unequality, violence, anger, mistakes, perseverance, madness, sadness, revolution, conflict, the bad side of a human-being and all that can erupt from it. It's a serious series, not a cartoon one, and I loved the fact that it stays lovely with funny scenes and lines while being so dark, sad and emotionnal. This show is a real masterpiece.

[@christytaylor9228]

Agreed! Couldn't have said it better myself. I absolutely love this show! It is perfection 🤩

[@daughteroftiaran]

And every single character in it is acting for at least some good reasons, yes, even the villain. Nobody is purely evil, everyone's trying to do what they think is best after their own lights.

[@Nubin2000]

Preach, this song encapsulates the problem between the power-wealthy divide of Piltover and Zaun, via the eyes and emotions of a little girl who lost her parents due to police brutality.

[@chrsmueller923]

Fun fact: The girl singing for Baby Powder is Isabella Abiera, who also voiced Hazel on Infinity Train. It makes this scene all the more heartbreaking considering how similar Hazel and Powder are.

[@TwoSocksFoxtrot]

isnt she Mia Sinclair Jenness?

[@stefankrunic8188]

Coming here as a guy who was always more leaning towards world of warcraft than league of legends, this is how it's done Blizzard. Watch and bloody learn!

[@theirrationalgamer8174]

Still gives me telltales the walking dead final season vibes

[@GRILOOGPTGAMER]

true

[@mito-pb8qg]

...and you just know this is gonna be one to remember.

[@mayme4743]

i was curious so i pressed on the show but this scene sold it for me, the animation, the song, how heart wrenching it already was, i couldn’t take my eyes of it

[@claudiakrieg5680]

I cried and this series was just getting started. i love this series, i love the animation, the music. Simply everything ... a masterpiece. My daughter was surprised that I was so deep in this series. attack on titan blew me away too, I was addicted to it 🙈 from the diary of a mom who loves anime 🙈♥️⭐️👌🏼

[@claudiakrieg5680]

❤️❤️❤️

[@sabbona7502]

one of the hardest hitting scenes i've ever seen, sublime

[@kaibutsu_al5301]

I wish they added this to ending

[@josok4503]

OMG, when I first saw this scene... Silence, totaly silent, no words for this beautiful, magnificent audio visual mastermpiece, only fealings, STRONG fealings, something that had never happened to me, I don't know, I really don't know why, but I understand why this scene produces and transmits to me the pain, the suffering and the environment that occurs, because that is exactly what is beautiful, that knows how to transmit it in a spectacular way. One of the best intros in a series I have ever seen, I think this scene deserves a full analysis but I have not find one in KZbin, but its... its... its just magnificent.

[@corporalanonymous4589]

I hate the parellels, I mean It's brillant, I love but the feeling i hate it, it's horrifying like in this scene Powder was innocent, pure yet being expose to horror and in the other one, She is now jinx humming the song, her innocence is all gone. it's all madness now, she is the horror in that scene and I hate the feeling when I watched it. It's just gut wrenching thingy but I love it... it was fucking brillant.

[@googlefish80]

From this perspective, it looks like Vi suffers from the same hallucinations because powder has her eyes closed.

[@mfdg88]

After the Bridge of Khazad Dum, this is the most sad bridge crossing I've seen.

[@adriana69781]

Hearing Vi hum this at the end of Season 2 was such a callback

[@empathnation5433]

I had to watch this scene in small segments every, like, half hour because of how sad it is.

[@iAefjkhg]

oh my god bro... i wasnt ready for season 2

[@mr.sandman3619]

the last sound in all of Arcane is this tune

[@SlowBurnReader]

This was the moment I was hooked on the show, no joke.

[@stormy_..library479]

This scene was heartbreaking you could see she didn't really understand what was going on and she looked up at her sister and saw her breaking down so she got sad too and hugged her literally heartbreaking

[@emileemalcomb1513]

This song and scene from Arcane is beautiful and haunting .

[@l00se_goose76]

Take some notes because thats how you open a good fucking show

[@Arustabys]

I do this melody on my violon it's so fucking beautifull

[@bellak.1729]

Record PLEAAASE; I WAS FIND IT

[@Arustabys]

Sorry i don't have a mic to record the violon :(

[@BEESKIT800]

@@Arustabys THEN BUY ONE PLSS

[@freetoplayplayer8693]

@@Arustabys DO IT OR I WILL STEAL YOUR COOKIES DURING CHRISTMAS

[@Arustabys]

​@@freetoplayplayer8693 No pls no !! You can take anything but not the cookies 😢

[@Giulia-om2gl]

Powder’s little voice makes my heart break..they were so young

[@rarityvxn3333]

Sometimes i sing this in my head and I just have to go back to hear it, it’s obsessively good, just as much as this scene, best way to open up Arcane, I knew I was gonna be hooked since the first seconds of the pilot

[@shimax7803]

I just finished it and i can't stop crying

[@syca5094]

After everything that happened in S1, Vi is now the friend across the river.

[@eden.garden]

I was watching a video about the game lore of Piltover and Zaun because I don't know anything about the game. In that they said that Zaun was an ancient port city and they were building some sort of canal over the river Pilt like our Suez canal for quicker travel. They overused explosives resulting in a great disaster which ended up sinking half the city and dividing it. Eventually the more affluent people(who probably had a hand in causing this disaster and wanting profit from the canal) moved to the higher landmass which gradually becomes Piltover

[@Alice-si8uz]

Oh thats really interesting but also tragic...

[@definitelynotapervert5602]

This is probably the single best way you could possibly start a show like this. A masterclass in immediately engaging and investing the audience.

[@y.h.b.c6191]

And find... What would we search for.. And there's ... A corpse of our mother😭😭😭

[@awakendreamer8841]

I'm not crying your crying

[@sanacutie5890]

I love this song.

[@artfaist]

Awe powder was singing

[@TheAkinimod1]

Got chills in last ep

[@Alicii._.]

This is the best part of the series imo

[@fa1dra]

Jinx (Powder) Ah my heart I love both of them sm

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

The images of dead people was already disturbing, but when they showed baby Powder singing and covering her eyes to avoid seeing the horrors...... hooo boy! That's when I knew this show was not gonna be lighthearted. It's insane how in the span of 1 minute, they already let us know what kind of show we're getting ourselves into.

[@Valkyrie12311]

I literally get chillllllls

[@ultrahellokittyskibidi]

Plot twist: the undercity were the good guys

[@sectero9450]

0:31 I loved ho jinx revenged the people of Zaun in episode 7

[@Andrew-px9fj]

"revenged". They kinda started the war.. vander said it himself.

[@ashborn4697]

Avenged*

[@benjaminhartsock3281]

@@Andrew-px9fj I mean, trying to cross the bridge so you can have equal rights, rather than being shot for trying to leave the toxic slums...doesn't sound like 'starting it'

[@Andrew-px9fj]

@@benjaminhartsock3281 i think you dont get that the bridges were free for anyone to cross.

[@benjaminhartsock3281]

@@Andrew-px9fj Then why does Vander say 'We tried to cross that bridge, once.' Also: I like how you ignore the fact that people are forced to live in a toxic slum and are regularly hunted down by an opressive military-esque police force. Because, somehow 'Vander started it'

[@look4thestarss]

In episode 7 on the bridge scene It was the same girl (to some extent) Same song Same bridge But this time the roles were flipped and she was the one with the gun

[@David13579]

I didn’t notice til watching the first episode again today that, their mother had purple hair. As if to say that Powder/Jinx and Vi were born from her bravery to cross the bridge.

[@julietmorningstar1469]

I listen to the whole soundtrack from time to time and i start with this before continuing to "Playground"

[@SN-of5tu]

...ouch. my heart.

[@Jessebonnie]

Since Jinx is now an adult, imagine she'll be singing that when she's in the bridge.

[@methioswar2916]

I was in the series the moment i heared this

[@ailen-c5b]

wait a sec, if powder had her eyes closed while was walking , so is actually the vi´s pov?

[@ollep0lle]

babi jinx so smol :((

[@esmerayofficialyt]

so come across the river, and find the world below.

[@ShadowKain666]

...the world below

[@welor100]

i feel like this is when powder psychologic problemes started

[@Deadflower019]

The hardest part of learning how to play this song is not crying ;-;

[@truqzztv3848]

i wish i learnd how to make musik. i would totaly make a banger out of this.

[@hyperactive_overdrive]

I'm on it don't worry 😋

[@truqzztv3848]

@@hyperactive_overdrive u better comment here then c:

[@hyperactive_overdrive]

@@truqzztv3848 I'll let you know when I do it, it's on my list! Just waiting to see if riot will release a cleaner version of it

[@ieatdeart4903]

This scene of the guy and the gun is so badass

[@edkcorner4038]

a partir de aquí empieza la locura de jinx

[@fayizkhan7458]

Is there anywhere I can find this clear version without this explosion and something.or is anyway that can be edited or something

[@SovietPanda91]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4rdh4hsm96opNE This is the non vocal version 👍

[@Un_Abandoned]

This would have been a great ptsd moment lol. Season 2 ep 1 during the attack when red smoke starts to appear. I really thought Vi would take a moment to look around while it was happening. Pan around and remember her sister singing. It really is a great song.

[@daviddraimanslonghair4028]

Dinledikçe kahroluyorum

[@excog_artem]

Yüz ifadeleri ve vücut dilleri sahneyi çok fazla gerçekçi ve hissedilebilir kılıyor , muhteşem bi dizi ya .

[@daviddraimanslonghair4028]

@@excog_artem seslendirmeler , şarkılar , animasyonlar efsane . Katılıyorum

[@minimet926]

@@excog_artem EVET

[@therealbasil505]

this song makes me cry. i know theyre fictional but i can feel their pain.

[@fluffymeat9581]

i want a song with out explosion

[@darkrecon3007]

Kindred hums this song in one of her idle quotes.

[@ashlingiju1938]

Can't remember when I started laughing.... All I remember is that I was crying.

[@josephseo3969]

This was sang by a friend of mine who I know in real life!!!

[@samburger5178]

No way 🤭

[@josephseo3969]

@@samburger5178 Her name is Bella Abiera she is an amazing actor! Check her out!

[@mavanachhakchhuak8198]

This wasnt sang by her though?

[@arthurnobrega5063]

EPIC

[@cutejessi]

I love it

[@otimone6073]

somebody knows more songs of this type? i love them

[@David-zy1lr]

Somewhat reminds me of the Pan's labyrinth lullaby

[@otimone6073]

@@David-zy1lr thanks!

[@CrisTheZero]

And maybe kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGTLhYpvmpdjmpo

[@iagreewithyoubut4110]

Dishonoured - Drunken Whaler has the same vibe

[@deprimeplatypus490]

this scene from pirates gives smillar vibes kzbin.info/www/bejne/on-1m6dqp6iso68

[@alexdeghost2729]

This’ll sound weird. But this would work great for an intro for a World War 1 story.

[@syca5094]

Late but not weird at all ur 100% right. It reminds me of 1917's 'poor wayfaring stranger'

[@VorpalSpider69]

She sounds kinda like the little girl singing the lullaby at the beginning of Crimson Peak

[@josmeijers2818]

....whelp ! you lose some and you win som.

[@joybuelo2456]

❤️❤️can you give us full version ❤️❤️

[@Drake_DSG]

LOVE

[@xionkale3688]

Seraphine is going to sing this song on the bridge and calm the civil fight...

[@juniemunie2931]

?????????????????????????????

[@FrostSylph]

While she might try doing something on the bridge perhaps on the anniversary of the massacre to commemorate those who died, it wouldn't be this song. From what I can tell it's pretty much the opposite of her goal, since it's highlighting the inequality between the cities. Hell we don't even know how it ends, it could have quite a dark twist in the final line.

[@bamicinder7635]

@@FrostSylph If I had to guess, it rhymes with Stone. Since that seems to be the pattern in the song, perhaps something about bones?

[@ruffyal3710]

Without thinking I sang this end: "And find..our place home."

[@juniemunie2931]

@@ruffyal3710 disregarding the seraphine comment i was always wondering what the last lines are and thats actually damn perfect,,

[@iwasagirlineldiadoingalrig7290]

Pain

[@Verebazs]

I just know I've heard this tune before, but can't place it. Does anyone know which music the composer used as reference?

[@talesofflowerism7348]

0:48, sounds like a sound effect in lol?

[@AlexRamirez-hd8wu]

❤️

[@sungvin]

What should we do with a drunken whaler...

[@eac-cangelicanicol9050]

❤❤

[@MariOfTheMountains]

Ukraine in a few weeks, probably…

[@Glitch18192]

Nobody. Dinosaurs listening this song in heaven.

[@whatabloodbrush]

her friend across the river is tahm kench right?

[@momokokami2771]

Id say its a symbolism for piltiover, with zaun asking for their help and piltover being the wealthier friend

[@movies6073]

So beautiful reminds me of the children in Gaza