Woodkid - “To Ashes and Blood” (from Arcane Season 2) [Official Visualizer]

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You walk along the edge of danger
And it will change you
Why would you let this voice set in your head
It is meant to destroy you
You summon storms
You play with nature
Now watch it hurt you
Why would you want to shape the world in your hands
You will never make it through
Catch the fire burning out your soul
Just make it die or you will turn it all
To ashes and blood
To ashes and blood
You waste your life to gain power
You shift the game rules
How does it feel to reach the line that no one ever got to cross?
Does it make you a god now?
Every sin will be forgiven
If you lay down your weapons to the ground
Catch the fire burning out your soul
Just make it die or you will fall
Catch the fire burning out your soul
Just make it die or you will turn it all
To ashes and blood
To ashes and blood
To ashes and blood
To ashes and blood
To ashes and blood
(hey, hey)
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Shuriman chant translated from an old prayer to the goddess Jan’ahrem:
Beyond these walls, the storm's fury grows
Over land and sea, the storm's fury grows
But I have nothing to fear!
For the blue bird is with me
Performed by Woodkid
Written by Tanguy Destable, Yoann Lemoine, Alex Seaver
Produced by Tanguy Destable, Alex Seaver, Woodkid
Additional Production Support by Hollywood Scoring
Mixed by Chris Tabron
Mastered by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound
Executive Music Producer: Alex Seaver
Executive in Charge of Music: Maria Egan
Music Supervision: Riot Games Music Team, Jen Malone, Nicole Weisberg
Senior Soundtrack Project Manager: Kerianne Pinkstaff
A&R: Evan Lipschutz, Bob DeBelina

[@XebecX]

Arcane was a cinematic masterpiece i would pay to watch in theaters

[@DembaiVT]

I would actually leave my house on purpose to watch this in theaters. Holy shit would I

[@LionTag]

FOR REALL ITS MEANT TO BE ON THE BIG SCREEN

[@Ishaedits1]

I would too, it would be so cool seeing other arcane fans there too as its just me, my mom and my uncle who watch that i know 😭

[@max_bomber7188]

I want film for Freljord, i think it will be really interesting with their lore

[@Evil_Tadpole]

They are making both live action and animation, and I bet they'll make a movie with fortiche this time around, cause arcane was an awful amount of work for many years and probably they'd choose something "easier". I just hope it goes to theaters instead of netflix.

[@keno-o1484]

When Jayce said "What have we done.", it's like you can hear the fear and horror when the realization struck in. That montage with the wild core coupled by chanting is both beautiful and haunting. Mixed with the fights happening in the vents, the hex cores to the gauntlets and rifle going wild and erratic in resonance to the corruption, pure visual storytelling you'd expect from Arcane.

[@pipebombmailer78]

If there is an award for having good intentions but royally messing up, Jayce will win every time

[@Chibi04]

That doesn't sound like Jayce at all, though. Notice how when Jayce smashes the Hex ball it turns into a butterfly. A butterfly effect! I think that sequence has something to do with time travel or alternate reality because that voice line sounds so off

[@ChIMeRaTeX]

To me it doesn't sound like Jayce tho. He also doesn't talk in that moment, so it would need to be some kind of internal thought, something the show doesn't really do at all. I think the voice sounds kind of similar to how the distortion in Viktors voice sounds, so I think the voice has another origin, maybe it's even directly linked to Viktor somehow.

[@zekicankocatas7343]

​@@ChIMeRaTeXOr it could be just his inner voice

[@MinersLoveGames]

I feel so bad for Jayce. These three episodes alone have seen pretty much every facet of his dreams and hopes dismantled. Using hextech for good and not harm: gone. Using it to better the world: it's possibly destabilizing everything. Saving his best friend: Viktor doesn't even want to speak with him anymore. My guy's been through it.

[@ShannoSauro]

The fact that the choir is a prayer to Janna in Shuriman is so FREAKING COOL!

[@Sakura_Blossoms_]

Do you know what is being said? That’s freaking awesome that they did that 🤩

[@ShannoSauro]

Beyond these walls, the storm's fury grows Over land and sea, the storm's fury grows But I have nothing to fear! For the blue bird is with me Source: this video description

[@arbiterally101]

@@ShannoSauroit’s also interesting and clearly intentional that Janna’s faith is one of duality. Benevolent tailwinds, and wrathful storms. And a sign of her favored was being able to sit in balance between the two. Now I wonder who that sounds like? Oh also, she’s often symbolized as a blue bird. HMMM INDEED.

[@Limesssuu]

@@arbiterally101 who does it sound like? genuine question

[@arbiterally101]

@@Limesssuu I think the parallels seem intentionally designed to lead towards Jinx. Especially with the fighting in Janna's temple, the allusions to the color blue, and the Shuriman chanting during "To Ashes and Blood" referencing the blue bird.

[@JukeStridewalker]

The sequence where this song is played in the show is Cinema.

[@simz8864]

Damn dude that was crazy

[@voxelrush]

Peak, just peak peak peak

[@Plumy117]

Fr bro

[@SuperTsogo]

Peak Kino

[@nothelios8238]

Thanks for telling us without spoiling

[@haox9]

This song makes act one's climax perfect jesus the choir part gives me goosebumps

[@Shinjirokun]

more like, viktor the choir part gives me goosebumps iykwim 🗿

[@zedeon6299]

I swear I've heard this choir in a song a long time ago

[@dybiosol]

​@@Shinjirokun Lisan Al-Ghaib!

[@abbyjacobsen]

@@zedeon6299 this song was featured in one of the trailers

[@OmEn2.]

​@Shinjirokun the choir is I think shuriman pray to Janna. Janna is shuriman goddess who the ppl in zaun worship for clean air.

[@alyssamullan-gy3ju]

Arcane should have been in theaters

[@Hoshtratusbombastus]

Yep but it takes a time to adapt it to the theaters scenes

[@alyssamullan-gy3ju]

@Hoshtratusbombastus i would wait for years, idc lol

[@Arandomguy30]

No, trying to cram a 9 hour story (4.5 for each season) into a two to three hour theatrical release will only make the story and pacing suffer. Not saying it's impossible, but it'll never be the same as, if not worse than, the original.

[@alyssamullan-gy3ju]

@@Arandomguy30 no I get it. Sometimes I wish they would give us this in a 4 hr movie, 2 parts. Honestly though they could have released even a finale episode in theaters. I went to an even at my theater for walking dead/fear the walking dead and watched an episode in the theater and it was AMAZING

[@alyssamullan-gy3ju]

Event*

[@elevennx]

That Choir is... everything.

[@CORAGEMPURA011097]

It’s Janna’s blessing. May the winds and the storm blow away your pain…

[@leafyroad1905]

@@CORAGEMPURA011097 that is a crazy good headcannon

[@CORAGEMPURA011097]

@@leafyroad1905 you can see in the vídeo description, the choir is sang in shuriman language

[@Marukanitel]

​​​@@leafyroad1905it's in the description, not headcanon *Shuriman chant translated from an old prayer to the goddess Jan’ahrem:* *Beyond these walls, the storm's fury grows* *Over land and sea, the storm's fury grows* *But I have nothing to fear!* *For the blue bird is with me*

[@leafyroad1905]

@@Marukanitel that is so cool, hype.

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

I liked how Vi & Cait couldn't comprehend reality warping around them, but Jinx didn't even notice it because her sense of reality was warped from the beginning.

[@cicadeus7741]

This!! As I watched her all I could think was "..yeah. she works WITHIN chaos, she understands it"

[@mossysnail6857]

Caitlyn: I never did drugs... I KNOW I NEVER WILL

[@Yokaisenn]

And she used it to her advantage to.. like when she threw the weapon in the air and caught it

[@delivermypain]

@@Yokaisenn Caitlyn used it to her advantage too. She didn't understand what was going on precisely, but she very quickly determined that the haywire hextech in her rifle could seriously hurt Sevika, so she pressed her rifle into Sevika and won a losing battle of strength that way.

[@ribottostudio]

Not just them but Sevika too. It was PAINFUL for her specifically which i found interesting.

[@phylion6067]

"How does it feel to reach the line that no one ever got to cross?" What a line, Woodkid

[@AriusAB]

which is a reference to viktors "the line"

[@lonew872]

"Does it make you a god, now?"

[@epicknight013]

Woodkid is gonna burn his own wood if he keeps dropping fire like this

[@dumindahashan5568]

That sounded dirty but I'm okay with that 😅

[@cretokasuto8961]

👀

[@lucaskoscelnik2692]

So he is basically just a "Kid". ♥

[@Pingoping]

Just fyi he didn’t write this song

[@DeltonDias-b1b]

he is blazing forests at this point!

[@kopiko91021]

literally binged the whole 3 ep as soon as it got out now I gotta suffer waiting for another week listening to this masterpiece in loop 💀💀💀

[@younggod5230]

no its perfect to rewatch them over and over again

[@CatwHolyWater]

Samee. I’m still tripped up on the Vi/Caitlyn kiss and the breakup like 2 seconds later. ALSO JINX AND THE KIDD, LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER

[@indecisive_enby]

Same I should not have binged them all in one go lol

[@jblaze600]

Banger after banger. So good

[@cybercat28747]

mood

[@followthewin4283]

I just realized in Woodkid - Ashes in blood "How does it feel to reach the line that no one ever got to cross?" and "Does it make you a god now?" in Twenty One Pilots - the Line "Will they still let me over? If I cross the line?" and "What could be my final form" ah Riot.....what a masterpiece of work/art/writing/music this is

[@ZephyrK_]

Best sequence in the whole show. I LOVE how they managed to seamlessly bring seperate events and delicately coalesce them together to create a single sequence; underpinned by this majestic piece that completely kicks all your senses into overdrive. The level of immersion this all creates is a drug bruh, I love art and the humans that make it possible GRAHHHHH.

[@Spherrum]

The timing is a little too convenient

[@thirdcoinedge]

@@Spherrum Perhaps. But then again, so was Jinx firing the rocket at the Council right as a unanimous vote in favor of peaceful separation was achieved. Sometimes, things just work better when coincidences line up just right for maximum dramatic effect.

[@MEGALOSAURIO-jo3js]

Al menos estan valiendo esos 250 millones que le metieron a esta serie

[@leovk5779]

Best sequence in the show SO FAR. Give it two weeks and we'll see.

[@ZephyrK_]

@ Your absolutely right 😭

[@VarsVerum]

Three long years, and it was worth every god forsaken second.

[@dumindahashan5568]

Hey vars...

[@nanometers]

And it's only act 1 ! There are two more

[@mightycake3373]

3 years for 3 masterpieces was worth the wait

[@mcrain1283]

Ambessa's reveal was crazy ! !

[@DonaldMelanson-r1y]

EVERY SECOND, the new season is so good.

[@Zedem0n]

That sequence of ~3-4 minutes where the music intertwines perfectly between the two main scenes happening simultaneously of the double Jinx-Vi/Caitlyn-Sevika fight with Ekko, Jayce and Heimer in desbelief to whatever is happening to them with the Wild Rune is probably the best sequence of animation that has ever been created. I will always remember that sequence as I draw my last breath. Pure art. And when you think it's over - in complete silence - the song resumes and the fight just ramps up to a higher climax. I have re-watched this 3 or 4 times and plan to watch it atleast a few dozen times more. I simply can't get enough of that scene. Oh how many great things humanity could achieve when their focus isn't on fighting among themselves for resources...

[@thedoomslayer5863]

Sadly it is childish to think we could all hold hands, hug, sing kumbaya and make dope animations. The final fight with Zaun/Piltover vs Ambessa and her legion is more representative of humanity. Maybe Victor was right. Maybe we need an IRL Victor.

[@carpvindra165]

​@@thedoomslayer5863 ok Eren Jäger? Misanthropy at its finest

[@lolnooblord]

Well well well, if it isnt dem0n himself lmfaooo, really cant escape the bm community anywhere

[@cannonfodder4376]

Holy Fuck, the fight sequence. Interspersed with Jayce's revelation... so much emotion. The cinematography and music. Absolutely cooked with episode and music.

[@FlutterSwag]

exactly, finally knowing hard bad he and viktor f'd up

[@aligmal5031]

@@FlutterSwag viktor = hextec jesus

[@emmanuelgapate5431]

​@@aligmal5031saviour of shimmer addicts

[@ratmanblackgrew7846]

@@emmanuelgapate5431 oh just wait, you have no idea how bad it will be... now i get it why there will be just 2 seasons... and fool of me to think the lore Viktor was already bad enouch... never i tought void combined with hextech will bring so much unbelievable things like metal structures turning and metamorphing in biomass... yeah if they go this route piltover will be only one of the first citys to fall under inimaginable horror... 🥶

[@maphytaffy]

@@ratmanblackgrew7846 if you think viktors current lore is bad u literally DIDNT read it.

[@recon6731]

Absolute Goosebumps at 0:55

[@Gobbostopper]

It reminds me a little of Ghost In The Shell for some reason, I dig it

[@NoctilucaBloom]

​@@Gobbostopper YEEESS that's what it reminds me of

[@leofzlyf315]

​@@Gobbostopper yea，same here

[@deniselin656]

@@Gobbostoppersame here omg!!!!

[@joesantana180]

yup

[@ToriDawg]

Shuriman chant translated from an old prayer to the goddess Jan’ahrem: Beyond these walls, the storm's fury grows Over land and sea, the storm's fury grows But I have nothing to fear! For the blue bird is with me

[@Sakura_Blossoms_]

Thanks for the translation and it’s fitting for what happens in the upcoming scene 👏🤘🐦

[@dogsbecute]

@@Sakura_Blossoms_ its literally in the description of the video lol do yourself a favor and open it next time

[@KingdomKeyJT]

⁠@@dogsbecutejust so you know for next time, the lyrics are in the description. Have a nice day!* let’s normalize not ridiculing people just because they don’t have the knowledge we have. God bless!

[@dogsbecute]

@@KingdomKeyJT I know you not saying "Lets not normalize ridiculing people" while being condescending towards me. Your words lose a lot of weight with that context.

[@KingdomKeyJT]

@@dogsbecute when did I ever once act superior? I even tried to show kindness in the end by saying “God bless”. Whatever tone you read my comment in was not the one I intended. I apologize if my comment seemed condescending. I will say that if I were acting “superior”, I would not have given you kind words like I did. I just want to normalize being more kind to people

[@AppleBaron]

That Shuriman chant/prayer to Janna is so beautiful 💙

[@TheSlayerOfTranzit]

What makes it Shuriman, or about Janna?

[@Szczepiona_]

@@TheSlayerOfTranzit Riot officialy gave the translation to the chant and confirmed it’s prayer to Janna in the lyrics

[@Definitely-Rel]

@@TheSlayerOfTranzit Janna was portrayed on the circular door at the bottom where they fought and Janna is a shuriman spirit that zaunites worship for clean air

[@FlutterSwag]

before zaun and piltover existed it was a shuriman port city, janna was prayed to for strong winds but now with no worshippers she can barely manage a gust

[@AppleBaron]

​@@TheSlayerOfTranzitRead the description.

[@freshlymemed5680]

This is why you let creatives cook. 3 years between the 1st and 2nd season? If they had needed a 4th I wouldn't have mind, this was worth the wait.

[@jimskk]

Yeah, but what about Silksong?

[@Sou_bobo]

​@@jimskksilksong doesn't exist

[@jimskk]

:(

[@wooshbait36]

And who are you? Nobody cares if you would have waited for four years. Earth doesn't orbit around you.

[@sweetcup8423]

​@@wooshbait36Yeah, so? Lol

[@DrR.Martin]

I'm preetty sure, a live version of this song in an award setting as Game Awards or BAFTA game awards would sound greatfully epic.

[@AlfredEiji]

Totally agree! The features of this song definitely seem like something you'd see in an extravagant stage production.

[@TakahataStrify]

Like they did with Sting and Ray Chen a few years ago, i'd love to see it happen again

[@harvey9508]

close enough

[@staotheduck4853]

You were wrong

[@ericsicard910]

For those who don’t know how insanely multi-talented Woodkid is: His real name is Yoann Lemoine from France. He is a movie and video director, a graphics and FX designer, a musician, singer, composer, songwriter and orchestra director. Also a music and artistic director. As a video director, he started his career as an assistant to Sofia Copolla and directed some scenes of the "Marie Antoinette" movie. Then he delivered music videos for the greatests: Lana Del Rey (several), Katy Perry, Harry Styles, Drake, Rihanna, … He also created some visual and graphical masterpieces for his own songs (check the video of his hit "Iron") As a music and artistic director, he collaborated with John Legend, with Lorde, with Pharell Williams (on his megahit Happy !!), and more recently for the new album of the french superstar Mylene Farmer. His songs are a recurrent in Video Games soundtracks (Assassin’s Creed, Dying Light, Granturismo, …) or movies soundtracks (Divergent series, Hunger Games series, Umbrella academy, Ellis, …) He has performed also very beautiful duets with Lana Del Rey, Elle Fanning, Lykke Li, Son Lux, …

[@stefdelev]

Hell yeah, I'm such a huge fan of Woodkid. First heard him on the Assassin's Creed Revelations trailer and immediately went to find out who's music it was. Dude is incredible

[@rawgamesnippets9412]

Damn didn't know about all that, what a legend. One of favourites is Goliath that featured in Death Stranding Directors Cut

[@jackhilton4285]

Was he in season 1 too?

[@ericsicard910]

@ yes, he sang the best song : Guns for Hire

[@EmadGohari]

Also I think his live performances are so freaking awesome. There's one on KZbin from few years ago that he orchestrates the whole crowd and they sing a choir together... I wish I can get a chance of seeing him live

[@level5650]

Vi: This is the worst day of my life…. Singed cooking up Warwick: The worst day of your life *so far*.

[@dublagensdeadrenalina3616]

I ironicly said that The biggest plot twist of the first season of Arcane is The fact that Wander was Just someone who died in the third episode in response of a theory that said that he was Warwick. I am so excited to see Warwick in Arcane

[@DjuraValtr]

@@dublagensdeadrenalina3616 based on the preview, it's still a pre-warwick/Vander hybrid. His face is still very human shape unlike in the game. Warwick's full transformation isn't completed yet it seems. Or maybe he does fully transform into Warwick mid fight during a fullmoon or something.

[@Loliston]

​@@DjuraValtrWarwick is a chimera, the moon has nothing to deal with him, it could be done for theatrical purposes but if he transforms during a fight, what's responsible are all the drugs Singed injected in him

[@Limpass610]

War with zaun will get very ugly. Noxians are brutal yes Naunites will drag to hell

[@sirippotis17750]

I like how everyone is trying to generate unique solutions to the problems between Piltover and Zaun. Then they collide and create more problems. It will be interesting to see General Caitlyn invade Zaun, will Warwick kill those who are hurt others as his lore used to suggest? How will Victor and his new arcane cybernetic people fit in? Wtf is going on with the Heimer/Jayce/Ekko arc? Are we going to see void creatures?

[@SvanEsch123]

What I love about these lyrics is that they’re very much about Jayce realizing the horrors that his and Viktor’s inventions have inadvertedly created. They messed with things that shouldn’t have been messed with (much like Heimerdinger warned them about). They sound like Jayce talking to Viktor to me. What strikes me, however, is that the lyrics appear to he referring to what Viktor is doing as the Machine Herald, which at the time Jayce doesn’t yet know he’s doing. Combining this song with The Line, which is Viktor talking to Jayce, makes it all the more emotional.

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

They really said "Y'all thought the Sevika vs Smeech fight was hard? Let us cook again"

[@Bangchans_big-gyat97]

Bros really said "get a load of these guys"

[@faity5649]

Is no one gonna talk about the boys tripling on The Meta-phisical arcane Rune!?

[@mossysnail6857]

@@faity5649 This is your Brain THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON WILD RUNES!!!!

[@faity5649]

@@mossysnail6857 brains so melted the three of them got sent to the *kaleidoscope dimention*!

[@ceooforcasupremacy8012]

They are burning the toast with these tracks

[@aboycalledriri]

This competes with Guns for Hire for my favorite track of the entire series. Woodkid’s voice forever remains among the best in Arcane’s OST, I fear.

[@francesleones4973]

Woodkid never fails to come out with epic bangers.

[@osasob007]

Woodkid is a living legend!

[@dyto2287]

I'm kinda wondering what will Twenty One Pilots song will be in Act 3. Might be a competitor.

[@pykeplayer4007]

@@dyto2287they got 21 Pilots for this??? COOK RIOT😭♥️

[@sanaisgae9899]

Guns for Hire still gives me GOOSEBUMPS! Now this!!?? I'm cryingg 😭😭😭

[@uhobme2028]

Love that with full hindsight of the season, you can easily read the lyrics as calling out Viktor

[@joyc.e.7511]

Yeah, and Jayce too. And then the part talking about laying down your weapons and forgiving feels directed at Caitlyn, Jinx, and VI.

[@nabuchodonosormcgalapatram6941]

Y'know, I find it funny that both Woodkid's songs in the show can be summarized as "you fucked around and found out".

[@comradekolbot2220]

One with despair, The other resolve

[@Hel-o7u]

listening to this song while playing as Jinx against Vi jungler :D lol :D I totally need some backup and since my supp was just sleeping then my warvick came to help me :D it was just so funny now that you know all their backstories :D

[@unicornwatersports2726]

The beginning of the song sounds like your breathing.

[@FallenOne669]

What was their other song?

[@chaosandqueer1313]

​@FallenOne669 it's guns for hire

[@Chibi04]

You could say this song is about a battle between sisters but really it’s about Jayce. “You summon storms and play with nature” that’s Jayce throughout the course of the series to now. He’s played with nature, experimented with things that he doesn’t fully understand, and now he sees what has come of it. Him researching Hex-Tech lead to him making the Hex-crystals, which lead to Powder finding them and becoming Jinx. Which is why there is so much focus on the transitions between Jayce’s terror and the sisters fighting. None of this might not be happening if he hadn’t researched Hex-Tech and “played with nature”. You could also say this song is about him and Viktor, hence Jayce saying “What have we done.” Great song, you could look at it in many different ways.

[@candygoteaten5415]

Ekko with the Intel: baby am not even here.

[@candygoteaten5415]

Honestly speaking, no one is at fault. They're all victims of some kind. These are coincidence.

[@Chibi04]

@@candygoteaten5415Not really saying he’s at fault, his character is my favourite, but it’s interesting to see just how important Jayce is to the story when you really think about it.

[@hassassinator8858]

​@@Chibi04 Jayce is probably as important as Jinx tbh

[@MadeUpNoun]

you could say this song is the Arcane pleading with Jayce to stop hex tech

[@peacmakerHD]

Did you even realize that not only this song could be understood from the perspective of the arcane? It also feels eerily relevant to our current global situation. It reflects humanity's dangerous pursuit of power-through advanced technology, weapons, or control-without fully understanding the consequences. Lines like "You summon storms, you play with nature, now watch it hurt you" mirror how nations push boundaries in nuclear weapons, AI, and even environmental exploitation, often leading to instability. The call to "lay down your weapons" is a powerful plea for diplomacy and cooperation, reminding us that unchecked ambition can turn everything to ashes and blood. It's a stark warning for our times.

[@Deadcheese12]

🤫🤫🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆

[@foxygrin]

Wait let him cook

[@BarraNor]

That's the point. All art is a mirror. Be it societal or personal.

[@Владислав-ы9м5у]

You can't lay down your weapons if your opponent wants to murder you, ransack your house, and steal your toilet without even knowing how to connect it to the sewage system.

[@kyleRayn]

This fight was insane. Flashing between two different scenes. Watching the two sisters finally letting go of the fear between them and going head to head was awesome to watch!

[@azplayzgachablox]

Sisters catfight, u & me pal

[@kino_ryousuke]

The fact that they talk shet about each other before fighting also depicts how exactly childish fights usually start.

[@ceooforcasupremacy8012]

*MINOR SPOILER* I really loved Jayce’s line during this scene “What have we done?” Plus the 4th dimension lookin clip really sent shivers down my spine

[@azertykeys9011]

Three dudes were tripping on hexcore. Dont do hexcores kids.

[@Dilligff]

@@azertykeys9011 Jayce: "Where'd you learn how to do hextech, Jinx?" Jinx: "From you! I learned how to do hextech from you!"

[@rickireymarcano2904]

Man, I eagerly anticipate seeing the outcome of Hextech/magic for this season. I can't predict if it's going to be a " No one should ever use this again" or an " It's out there now(in the world)and we just have to live with it" type ending.

[@chillax319]

@@rickireymarcano2904 I fully expect for the consequences of the hextech abuse to be felt in later shows set in LoL universe after Arcane ends. Who knows it may well enough end with some void creature appearing in the middle of the Piltover.

[@SapphireCrusader1988]

@@chillax319 That would be terrifying. "After countless eons asleep and enchained, I am awake and free. I thank you for this, Jayce Talis, and shall allow you to bear witness as I show this world the true meaning of reality."

[@man7495]

"Does it make you a god now? Every sin will be forgiven, If you lay down your weapons to the ground." All im gonna say is this song mostly revolves around Viktor and the Hextech specially on that part

[@pralenkaman8105]

Not gonna lie, I love when songs have chants, it adds a tribal/animalistic vibe to it, which in this case it was very much fitting

[@Mirage475]

So we know what the chants are saying

[@neil3265]

The background chant is a Shuriman chant to the goddess Janna

[@SamX.O]

It's a shuriman chant to praise Janna which is a League champion ​@@Mirage475

[@aptx-ew8gq]

I fw that too it's like tickling something in my brain

[@-kingofsaiyannappa-9057]

Suikoden 3 opening theme exceeding love..............

[@Tabby3456]

Arcane Director: Okay, it doesn't have to be that great, this is just the beginning of season 2 Woodkid: To Ashes and Blood 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@crimsonghoul8983]

You kidding me? After Season 1. The director would be 'Go nuts and epic.'

[@Luca_Talis]

Dishonoured pfp? A man of culture I see. The art styles for both Arcane and Dishonoured are so similar and love them both

[@crimsonghoul8983]

@@Luca_Talis Ooh...a dishonoured movie with this art style would be SO good.

[@clover6708]

What are you talking about bro the story, pacing and animation are also peak from the beginning of this season

[@SoySauce9]

@@clover6708 It's the joke template of a higher authority telling some to do to make something and then the person who's making cooks something spectacular. Doesn't really work for this show because Arcane is premium 6 Michelin star cooking through and through from start to finish.

[@wafflingmean4477]

These two scenes placed together is the best example of masterclass characters meeting masterclass world-building that I've ever seen. Both were cranked up to the absolute maximum.

[@ЦойКирилл-ь7е]

Can't beleive Caitlyn and Vi managed to kiss and then break up in a span of 30 minutes

[@urih7856]

i know right 😭😭😭

[@2byz3]

just another day in a lesbian situationship

[@mimusmortuis1633]

Then you're not going to like the beginning of episode 4 very much. No spoilers.

[@s.a.m.y2669]

​@@mimusmortuis1633no spoilers but you still used those shitty hands to write this

[@fabiosantoschavez]

The true lesbian experience😭🙏

[@baronofdoom]

They literally go all out on everything in this series. Visuals, writing, voice acting, character development and the music. Sucks that this is the last season but knowing this series, it'll end on a high note.

[@benmuller2209]

it probably wont, in regards of the final events of the s2

[@LaFoursh]

Luckily we are getting more League of Legends animated content, not with Arcane but with series that focus on other regions such as Noxus.

[@MarauderYT]

It was a mid - high note, absolutely beautiful and awesome action sequence but they compacted the narrative way too much, definitely would have benefitted from a third season

[@ko17gametime43]

@@MarauderYT arcane, turned into the anti onepiece.

[@MarauderYT]

@@ko17gametime43 more than one way to butcher a narrative 😭

[@syedabdulrahman1990]

When choir starts camera scene shifts from vi to jayce looking at the wild runes. That gives me chills. Also the lyrics fits with scenery : you summon the storm play with nature now watch it hurts you

[@Secret-Liz-ard]

I love this scene's strong foreshadowing of divine retribution. The lyrics, the art's symbolism, even the altar of Janna.

[@Gogueta2099xd]

Holy Fuck! I hadn't noticed

[@qaztim11]

This song could have been played in the finale and it would fit like a glove

[@littledark6498]

Considering that Arcane S2 intro references all sorts of *Greek tragedies*, no wonder there gonna be divine retribution

[@azanyahyisrael101]

​@@littledark6498 Which ones do you mean?

[@littledark6498]

@@azanyahyisrael101 I'm glad you asked! When the opening gets to Ambessa and Mel sitting on a couch, they ressemble how ancient Greek actors (or at least how we imagine them play) would dramatically lay down. Especially with their white gowns and dramatic lighting!

[@jorkhachatryan317]

Today, is the day, ladies and gentlemen.

[@TheatricsOfTheAbsurd]

Finally

[@Giulia-om2gl]

YES

[@Paradox942]

Yup...🎉🥳

[@PL4Ymsc]

Reading this literally gave me goosebumps

[@climbing_nacho8980]

IT WAS AMAZING ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@_Pigeon__]

The soundtrack for this part was so fitting. You can really hear the discourse with a sense of hope in this piece. It feels like it’s foreshadowing the absolute hell that’s about to be unleashed and it’s so amazing how it can be conveyed with just music!

[@fruzsinaszabo5738]

That scene is like an LSD trip. Watched it 5 times.

[@progessivelove8224]

My first thought too ❤

[@leoquaz]

I take LSD on a daily basis, so that scene for me was actually pretty normal.

[@youngdolph8867]

Or did you?

[@lyunetwuanne799]

Exactly what i thought at first❤

[@yantotheunforgiven1751]

Imagine take LSD and watching that scene

[@aliysn9499]

The goosebumps at 01:40 OMG the lyrics and melody and voice of the singer ... MASTERPIECE ❤

[@dizzycanvas]

This is why woodkid is the goat 💔💔💔

[@jahraycrandell5609]

Definitely got a new fan

[@afterburnnz]

Now I understand why this season took 3 years to make.. god

[@juliocsar13]

Animation of this level needs to take time to be made. And they succeeded.

[@KakashiHatake-gc4io]

The Choir chanting in Shuriman language is making me wanna explode. I love it so much.

[@ChocoMancer-l8z]

I can't stop the goosebumps. So good

[@sutoroberri7050]

do you happen to understand what they said? i'm so curious

[@KakashiHatake-gc4io]

@@sutoroberri7050 it's in the description of the video :)

[@sutoroberri7050]

@@KakashiHatake-gc4io oh whoops. i'll do better next time 😆

[@VenomGaming186]

2:55 makes my hair stand up

[@otvertka1337x]

If I had a nickel for each time Woodkid absolutely killed it for a scene in Arcane, I would have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but I'm sure glad it happened twice.

[@tmkrchr]

Damn Nicky Quote...

[@GabrielMPaixao]

I was so happy when I saw the names of the artists for this season because I knew it would be great

[@DavidMartinez-dx2mq]

I get that reference lol the 2 nickels one lol

[@nicholascastelluzzo5310]

You said it lad.

[@potitosanthony8144]

Hearing this songs in the background of the fight sequence 2:35….was truly a masterpiece

[@AnaclaraFonseca-q6q]

1:20 is so epic 😢😢😢😢

[@SamieMachie]

Yeah 😩

[@alftheace]

I love the chanting motif of the arcane when its disrupting all of the hextech. can hear the same tones in victor's theme.

[@kaleena2073]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SONG TO DROP SINCE THE S2 TEASER TRAILER, FINALLY!!! 😭😭😭🙏 THE WHOLE THING SOUNDS DIVINE, ESPECIALLY THE CHANTING and I'm *so* glad it's not just a small segment and there's so much more to it 😭❤‍🔥

[@jinxie_maude]

@@kaleena2073 literally same the chanting scratched the best itch in my brain

[@JuniorHunter-js7ql]

Same the chant makes me ascend to heaven

[@user-dashkewich]

Same💔💔💔

[@weener04]

​@@JuniorHunter-js7qlthis guy gets it

[@CarmenJack]

Still, there's a part missing. If you listen to the trailer that was dropped months ago, there's a choir part that is not included in this version.

[@MikeNoob101]

Everytime these two fight, reality bends around them

[@wolfpony8293]

After a very shitty week its great to watch something soo good.

[@Wolfie_Silver]

•big hug• That's for the shitty week.

[@exploreevery]

Why bad week ? were you vote kamala ?

[@FelixFelisis]

It's been a great week! And the next 4 years are going to be excellent!

[@Ali-po9le]

​look up a tariff. Then tell me his plans are good for us. Musk told us economic hardship is on the way. @@FelixFelisis

[@thedoomslayer5863]

COMMENTING TO REMIND YOU TRUMP WON WOOOOO

[@Rixec2]

The scene where this played was peak and why animation needs to be respected. The intense animation, the emotions, and this song are truly glorious, and I dare live action to just try to capture the magic it invoked.

[@joshuafischer684]

The kaleidoscopic distortion effect works way better in Arcane than it did in Doctor Strange.

[@bunnyfoxparagon7100]

Both mediums have their own merits. That Arcane scene was really well made though. While not in the same vein in terms of the context of the scene I think some live-action shows have some really crazy cinematography. Shows ranging from Severance, Mr. Robot, Dark, Maniac, Twin Peaks, etc In terms of movies, Blade Runner 2049, Mad Max Fury Road, Enter the Void, etc

[@thedoomslayer5863]

​@@bunnyfoxparagon7100whats one moment you think could rival the peak that was this scene in arcane?

[@Kendappa]

My interpretation of the song is very simple: The one singing the song is Arcane himself. He is warning them that if they continue using their strength to make hextech and weaponry, everything will go to shit. That's why the weapons glitch and because of Jayce he realizes his mistake.

[@DembaiVT]

It's Warwick/Vander singing.

[@Churros-p6f]

Finally the chanting from the first teaser is here!!!

[@AV52offical]

fr

[@TheatricsOfTheAbsurd]

😂😂😂 I don't have to play that trailer everyday to hear this song anymore

[@CarmenJack]

Still, there's a part of the chant that is not included in this version

[@thelastmanstanding3369]

@@CarmenJackright? I thought I was crazy for not hearing it

[@mb_entity]

@@CarmenJack that part is actually from the chorus for Ashnikko's Paint the Town Blue

[@thanosthemadtitan4105]

The way he sings "soul" at 3:01 is so gorgeous

[@mr._.mav792]

Any song with rhythmic chanting like this is bound to be a banger.

[@junwei35]

From Assassin's Creed: Revelation trailer to Arcane, Woodkid has been nothing short of Legendary

[@kravenite]

wait assassin creed? that was woodkid too?

[@choco_chip5872]

@@kravenite they're also in unity

[@hanaha6558]

​@@kravenite Yep.

[@garnuch271]

i started being his fan since I saw that AC Revelations Trailer years ago, man I absolutely love woodkid

[@evelynnondrugs8840]

AC Revelantions is maybe my favorite trailer of all times bcs of him, Woodkid is a legend.

[@endertuber8300]

The mix of ancient Shuriman and modern music creates such eldritch sounds... mixed with the visual effects of the Hex-core in the sequence, I really hope the entity that Jayce, Ekko and Heimer found will have some elements of the Void in its future development

[@9thEdits]

Woodkid never disapoints, his soundtracks are legendary

[@sachi7899]

That Fight scene with this Music was Absolute Cinema! Wish I could Forward time to Nov 16 for Act 2

[@Wolfking99-x4r]

I can’t imagine what’s going to happen in act 2

[@marckruse1268]

​@@Wolfking99-x4r for real u can't 😅

[@Internetflaming]

dude act 1 already gave us so much im not sure if im ready for the rest yet

[@wyvers6556]

Fuck the 16th, I wanna go straight to the 23rd!!!

[@JanussMass]

Nice pfp, cupcake

[@ferrety1]

the visuals alone of the hextech corrupting was very chilling, and then the choir in this just knocks it out of the park. after this and guns for hire i have to start listening to this guy. can’t wait for more…

[@lookatmyright]

I'm so grateful that they picked Woodkid. They always got good music!!

[@channelgoingthroughdevelop1668]

Spoilers: This scene was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. From the weapons glitching out, to the swapped perspectives, from the jojo references(lol), and the emotions. This was beautifully choreographed and I did not want to miss a single detail of what was happening. If there was a word I could think of better than masterpiece, I would not hesitate to use it.

[@111119803]

Just to be sure… are the jojo references… (spoilers for jojo part 5) Golden Experience Requiem power of making Diavolo “repeat” himself?

[@111119803]

@@channelgoingthroughdevelop1668 thank you!

[@vojtechjilovec]

the diabolo effect isnt just from jojo, it appeared in evangelion as well, afaik

[@MoosefaceYT]

The shot is a callback to Season 1's intro right before the title card hits. PEAK CINEMA.

[@Spid4r1]

Yeah bhro, everyone realized that. Dont feel special

[@MoosefaceYT]

@Spid4r1 The fuck?

[@epicclown4587]

​@@Spid4r1chill bruh

[@syca5094]

​@@Spid4r1 i didn't. Pipe down

[@bumblebeeproductions1673]

@@Spid4r1you must be so fun at parties

[@Horza-g]

Been a massive fan of Woodkid since AC so many years ago. So glad to see him be apart of such a big project yet again! Mega talent

[@DaniloVictor]

1:31 Goosebumps!!

[@samisthors]

Fr

[@kamranjaved8051]

Woodkid voice just makes any song carry so much meaning and it flowed so perfectly and elevated that fight scene so much and it blew me away

[@auntywhispers7747]

The parallels this series has with nuclear warfare is so poignant, dramatic, haunting, and beautiful. The song itself is basically a warning to stop before it’s too late. Quench the fire in your soul before you turn it all to ashes and blood. The only recourse you’d leave yourself with is desperately praying to nearly forgotten Gods to deliver you from your own hubris

[@emmanuelmartindale8309]

JUST WATCHED ALL 3 EPS.. WOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A RIDE.. VI AND JNX AND VICK MY GOD EPIC

[@kielpogi8062]

Welcome my fellow glorious evolved

[@Nao_Tóxica]

This was one of the most emotional and intense fight scenes I've ever seen. Arcane never disappoints

[@lizbethdiaz456]

This song gave me chills while watching. The transitions from jayce at the hexcore like object glitching out and then it paning back and forth from the fight gave such an intense and chaotic flare. The choir also made the fight so hype and made the glitching of the hexcore so chilling and haunting. Riot and Fortiche gave us a cinematic masterpiece and I am so grateful the idea of Arcane came across their minds.

[@beardlessdragon]

They do NOT miss with the music in this show. This scene was a masterpiece in every regard (I am obsessed with the transition of Jinx leaping into the air with Fishbones)

[@SeaWave2022]

How nice it feels seeing that Arcane S2 is not disapointing 😎 and I was right about something: Vi and Jinx can hurt each other, but they cannot kill each other.

[@theislander4310]

Wtf are you talking about vi was going to kill jinx before the kid got in the way

[@SeaWave2022]

@theislander4310 She hesitated, and then stopped Cait. Watch it again 😉

[@WraithLK]

@@SeaWave2022she stopped Kait cause she could have hit the kid

[@SasukeLucifer]

Vi and Jinx are batman and the Joker

[@KlAMElS]

@@theislander4310she could just push the child away if she wanted to do it, she was clearly conflicted and found an excuse

[@littletath]

the fight between the sisters combined with this song just invokes such beautiful, raw emotions. absolutely impeccable cinematography

[@kaliltama]

Woodkid performance is insane in this song... First is Gun For Hire and now this??? Don't even get me started on the choir bro

[@LaulauM-fj7ws]

U like ? It’s French 😅

[@CurryLovingKuri]

Woodkid has such a beautiful and somber voice--perfect for such a climactic and haunting scene.

[@chrissytiya3025]

No wonder why Arcane is highly rated it's clearly a MASTERPIECE! Rewatching season 1 I can't get over it then gonna rewatch season 2.. I'm so so so addicted to this in a UNHEALTHY way! 😭

[@Puffleman24]

God, the way this song _perfectly_ reflects the desperate, frantic, violent tragedy that is Arcane is just astounding!

[@levislover]

1:52 is majestic omg 🙏

[@Khang0918]

What is u on about

[@levislover]

@ bruh 🤦‍♂️

[@mitsuri3096]

Terrible taste wth?????

[@levislover]

@@mitsuri3096womp womp 🤷‍♂️

[@mitsuri3096]

@@levislover terrible bro just stop

[@cheris3668]

they're all majestic from the main singer to the kids' voices, chef kiss... the lyrics are too powerful and inspiring as well. Imagine one day we can hear the orchestra version... omg goosebumps

[@MossyDroid]

Act 1 was insanely good, my expectations were high and I'm very happy that they're being surpassed!

[@jonahduesman4779]

This 3rd episode was INSANE 🤩

[@ipp_tutor]

This series has been one of the best storytelling I've ever watched, with some of the deepest characters, the best insanity arc ever, and the best soundtrack I've ever heard. So many gems I'd never heard of before that I discovered thanks to Arcane, from Woodkid to Ramsay, and some of my favorite songs from Sting and Imagine Dragons. It's just pure gold

[@TehAuroraWolf]

I swear Arcane has some of the best bangers of all time

[@Brawlholic_animations]

Heimerdinger predicted everything in part 1, the Arcane is DANGEROUS

[@JabamiLain]

But the people using it are even more.

[@void-creature]

What's funny is that the Arcane itself actually seems to agree with him, if you read the lyrics as coming from it, which makes by far the most sense imo, you can hear how DISGUSTED it is that it has been used in this way

[@toxicated7189]

History was made with arcane. This show will forever be remembered and will continue getting viewers. Goated series!❤

[@user-bm3it9nm1k]

that fight was absolute cinema

[@Manaphy0882]

Yeah. I wonder what would have happened if Caitlyn hadn't interrupted the sisters.

[@patrickcarter2829]

SPOILERS I like how this song has a double meaning: not only is it illustrating the rift between Jinx and Vi but also Jayce's realization that he's been messing with forces beyond his control (The Arcane).

[@mossysnail6857]

Jayce: What... have we done...

[@MolotovKiller]

In fact, i fucking love how in the very instant he realizes what was done its first instinct is destroy that "thing". No thinking, not trying to "i can manage this power".

[@mossysnail6857]

@@MolotovKiller Jayce: Vik was right. i should've destroyed the Hexcore...

[@scarletsblood8510]

And it usually has the choir when we're back to Jayce, which is awesomely a prayer to Janna. (From Description) Shuriman chant translated from an old prayer to the goddess Jan’ahrem: Beyond these walls, the storm's fury grows Over land and sea, the storm's fury grows But I have nothing to fear! For the blue bird is with me

[@tireddorian]

@@scarletsblood8510 There's another meaning here. Janna is the goddess of Zaun, bringing good winds to sailors in the old days while appearing as a blue bird. Jinx will take on the responsibility and finally be the hero Zaun needs, bringing a "storm" to Piltover and the Noxians. She will be the blue bird.

[@BornFlunky]

The theme of "this show isn't going where you thought it was, strap the heck in."

[@lunasam9]

CRY when they shattered the rock with the sketch of vi standing by powder, it's like that girl completely is gone, it'll very heartbreaking to see Vi have to face off on her like this 🥲

[@void-creature]

Which girl? Vi or Powder? They're both gone, and yet they're not.

[@lunasam9]

@@void-creature hmmm suppose so

[@void-creature]

@lunasam9 to elaborate on my point: The very first thing we see in the whole show is through Powder's eyes, witnessing an enforcer executes a man lying on the ground. We know this is through Powder's eyes because the film briefly flashes with Jinx's scribbles, turning the enforcer's facemask into a grinning monster face. This shows us 1. that even way back then, "Jinx" was already a part of her, a trauma response to cope with the violence Piltover inflicted on them and 2. That for all the monsters her and Vi made up together, the monster she was afraid of most was real, and wearing a breathing mask and enforcer uniform. Which is why it's so heartbreaking to see how years later, when Jinx spots her sister through the toxic gas, wearing a breathing mask and enforcer uniform, the exact same monster scribbles pass over Vi's masked face, showing us that in the end, Jinx is still the same little girl, scared of monsters. Only now, her sister is no longer there to protect her, worse, her sister is one of them. And now, that little girl has the means to fight back, her contraptions finally working... Jinx didn't kill Powder, she IS powder, just how Vi is still Vi, yet the world around them has changed them both so much that neither is able to recognise the other anymore, neither is able to see that, while this change can never be undone, it wouldn't be impossible to move forward and grow together again, each clinging to the memory of who the other _used_ to be, so convinced that that version of them is "dead". And so they fight, a fight that is, like every tragedy in Arcane, somehow both avoidable AND inevitable

[@koji6745]

But then its a Powder drawing that blocks the way and saves Vi and Caitlyn 👀 This show bro

[@dezslock8974]

12 episodes out. Already one of the best to have been done. _This is how you create art. And it comes from France._

[@DembaiVT]

People in the animation world know that French animation is peak cinema. Has been forever. And this show is SO VERY FRENCH. and so good.

[@NK-md5rt]

Woodkid and Arcane, a match made in heaven

[@mattminja]

3:08 literal chills

[@TheAbsoluteCYNical]

Yep

[@Il3Lf]

Man, I was totally speechless during this part of the third ep, couldn't stop smiling from the amount of craziness that I was seeing on my screen. That was definitely PEAK, can’t wait to see other episodes

[@jenniferrensch7473]

ON GOD, that fight scene was PEAK, straight up eye and ear candy. Also, jayce and his scenes on GOD were amazing

[@KerrRobinson]

Between this and “kiss your perfect day goodbye” Woodkid is an Arcane icon!!

[@jonahduesman4779]

We are witnessing peak animated television