{"id":11127,"date":"2025-03-21T06:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/riot-bids-farewell-to-arcane\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T06:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:56:04","slug":"riot-bids-farewell-to-arcane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/riot-bids-farewell-to-arcane\/","title":{"rendered":"Riot Bids Farewell to Arcane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<h2>Introduction to Arcane&#8217;s Latest Music Video<\/h2>\n<p>Riot Games&#8217; award-winning animated series, <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/4-things-we-liked-and-4-we-didnt-about-arcane-season-2-2000529447\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arcane<\/a>, concluded its second season late last year. Fans were left demanding more time with some of its characters. Four months after the finale, Riot Games and animation studio Fortiche have given fans exactly what they&#8217;ve been asking for &#8211; a stylish music video, in true <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/riot-games-interview-marc-merrill-arcane-league-of-legends-layoffs-video-games-2000536976\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">League of Legends<\/a> fashion.<\/p>\n<h2>The Music Video Release<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this week, the official <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arcaneshow\/status\/1902032472306864367?t=fjnkJDzchceX4kwxfvju6g&amp;s=19\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Arcane X\/Twitter account<\/a> posted a teaser image of Jinx and Ekko, captioned, \u201cOne final dance.\u201d This post, with over 124,000 likes and five million views, announced the release of the music video for the season finale\u2019s song, \u201cMa Meilleure Ennemie.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>The Song&#8217;s Significance<\/h2>\n<p>Featured in arguably the <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/arcane-season-2s-best-episode-feels-more-like-life-is-strange-than-league-of-legends-2000530098\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">season\u2019s best episode<\/a>, the song is performed by Stromae and Pomme. It sees Ekko and an alternate-timeline Jinx dance before Ekko returns to his original timeline to save the day. The song&#8217;s lyrics, translated to \u201cMy Best Enemy\u201d in English, capture the tumultuous romance between the childhood friends who become a couple in the show&#8217;s alternate timeline and are estranged enemies in the show proper.<\/p>\n<h2>Music Video Details<\/h2>\n<p>The music video shows a VHS overlay of the pair dancing as Ekko and Jinx sing the lyrics to the song at each other, closing on a warm embrace.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Stromae, Pomme - \u201cMa Meilleure Ennemie\u201d (from Arcane Season 2) [Official Music Video]\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-RpvIuazmc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<noscript><iframe title=\"Stromae, Pomme - \u201cMa Meilleure Ennemie\u201d (from Arcane Season 2) [Official Music Video]\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-RpvIuazmc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h2>Fan Reaction and Demand<\/h2>\n<p>Much of the fanfare over the song for \u201cTimebomb\u201d shippers is due to the show\u2019s depiction of the two characters saving the day in the animated series\u2019 final moments. They don each other\u2019s outfits and draw art on each other\u2019s bodies, implying something happened between them off-screen. The release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aitaikimochi\/status\/1862934831409328308?t=2D1OfrJRU_HLpFBnuOkXhA&amp;s=19\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Arcane artbook<\/a> further fueled this, showing Jinx annotating and doodling around Ekko, almost calling him her man.<\/p>\n<h2>Artist Insights<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cMa Meilleure Ennemie\u201d is Riot Games\u2019 biggest streaming debut, peaking at over 10 million streams daily and reaching number three on Spotify\u2019s global chart. Stromae said, \u201cI found it quite poetic&#8230; I understood the vision that the directors and all the animators had of the series.\u201d Pomme added, \u201cThere was something special about that episode&#8230; Even to this day, it\u2019s a song that continues to exist in people\u2019s lives, and I think what happened is really magical.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Production and Streaming Success<\/h2>\n<p>The music video is credited to Fortiche animator Tom Gouill; creative directors Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord, and Bart Maunoury; executive producer Christine Ponzevera; and co-producers Alex Seaver and Luc Van Haver. \u201cMa Meilleure Ennemie\u201d was also featured during CNN\u2019s 2025 New Year\u2019s celebration.<\/p>\n<h2>Future Content<\/h2>\n<p>Riot Games is no stranger to making music videos that tie into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/rs-gaming\/arcane-netflix-soundtrack-stray-kids-tom-morello-twenty-one-pilots-1235190125\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">League of Legends<\/a>. The \u201cMa Meilleure Ennemie\u201d music video will serve as the last piece of <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/arcane-christian-linke-interview-2000520998\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arcane<\/a> content until Riot Games and Fortiche unveil their spin-off animated series. You can stream both seasons of <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/arcane-netflix-cosplay-jayce-talis-bbno-tiktok-2000555182\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arcane<\/a> on Netflix.<\/p>\n<h2>More News<\/h2>\n<p>Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/marvel-release-dates-when-to-see-upcoming-mcu-movies-1848196856\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/star-wars-movies-tv-shows-release-dates-disney-1848494806\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star Wars<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/star-trek-release-dates-where-to-stream-picard-discover-1848839650\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/warner-bros-dc-release-dates-hbo-max-cast-details-1848354161\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DC Universe<\/a> on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/doctor-who-release-dates-streaming-ncuti-gatwa-rtd-1849745140\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/riot-bids-farewell-to-arcane-with-a-hauntingly-romantic-music-video-2000578648\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Arcane&#8217;s Latest Music Video Riot Games&#8217; award-winning animated series, Arcane, concluded its second season late last year. 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