True Damage

About

True Damage is a virtual hip-hop group created by Riot Games and comprised of League of Legends characters Qiyana, Akali, Ekko, Yasuo, and Senna. Voicing the characters are real-life artists Becky G, Keke Palmer, Soyeon, Duckwrth, and Thutmose. The group is the second viritual music group in the League of Legends universe after K/DA.

History

On October 29th, 2019, The Verge^[1] reported that Riot Games announced a new in-universe musical act called True Damage that would debut at the Worlds 2019 opening ceremonies. It is the second year in a row Riot introduced a musical group during the opening ceremonies, following the 2018 debut of K/DA. The group will feature playable characters Qiyana, Akali, Ekko, Yasuo, and Senna. Akali is also in K/DA.

Skins Trailer

The same day, a trailer for the character's new skins was released, gaining over 2.9 million views (shown below).

Worlds 2019 Debut

The group debuted on November 10th, 2019 at the League of Legends Worlds 2019 tournament, performing a song called "Giants" (performance shown below, left). The same day, a video for "Giants" was released on YouTube, gaining over 6 million views in one day (shown below, right).

Online Reaction

Reaction to the group's debut and "Giants" was mostly positive. YouTuber Joey (Lucky Boy) Nato posted a reaction video, gaining over 108,000 views (shown below, left). Kingdom Reactions posted a compilations of streamers reacting to the track, gaining over 40,000 views (shown below, right).

On Twitter, users were quick to praise the performers and characters. User @soyeonaegyo posted pictures of Soyeon with K/DA and with True Damage, gaining over 250 retweets and 820 likes (shown below, left). User @raspbearyart posted fan art of one of the characters, gaining over 460 retweets and 2,000 likes (shown below, right).

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