These artists are no strangers to bringing the hype in the esports scene.
EWC 2025 just recently released their official theme song titled Till My Fingers Bleed and it’s got some familiar names for esports fans working on it.
The Esports World Cup has always been about showing the prestige and passion of esports competition. Different teams and players from all walks of life come together to show off their skills on the leveled playing ground that is esports. And there’s no better way to show that combination of skills than a song that blends K-pop, hip-hop, and rock.
The Artists Behind the Art
At the front is Dino from the South Korean boy band Seventeen. Even before his solo debut in 2023, Lee Chan, aka Dino, has been lending his singing and rapping skills to a number of projects. The EWC 2025 theme will be his first esports related venture but he’s got the talent and energy for it. And at the very least he’s working with a couple of vets who’re no strangers to the esports stage.
Next to him is American rapper and songwriter Duckwrth. Jared Leanardo Lee’s stage name should be familiar to esports fans as he’s already worked on a major esports production. He’s one of the artists behind True Damage, the fictional hip-hop group made up of characters from League of Legends. Their hit single, GIANTS, was released back in 2019 and Duckwrth was even able to perform it live with his crew during the 2019 Worlds finals.
And if we’re talking about League of Legends related hit singles, then we can’t forget about The World Alive. Lead singer Telle Smith and band collaborated with other artists to produce RISE, the theme song for Worlds 2018. RISE has become one of the most iconic League of Legends theme songs with the original video on Youtube garnering nearly 400 million views. The song was so nice that they had to get the band to perform it live twice, once in the 2018 Worlds finals and again in 2023.
With amazing talent like that behind the EWC 2025 theme song, you can tell it’s something special. Till My Fingers Bleed tells the story of every esports athlete out there and you can see it performed live during the Opening Ceremony on July 10.
Banner photo by Christina Oh / Riot Games.