Today’s amazing performance is by K/DA. It’s called Firestarter, from the Worlds Open Ceremony for 2026. The song is from the 2026 soundtrack for the enduring hit multiplayer video game League of Legends by Riot Games.
Most pop groups involved in video games sign on to do songs in them, and have careers outside of that. Like Huntr/X in K-Pop Demon Hunters, K/DA goes about things from the opposite end: they were invented by Riot Games as an element in League of Legends, and are voiced by real world singers.
The members of the group are:
- Ahri (Leader / Main Vocalist) – Voiced by Miyeon of (G)I-DLE
- Akali (Main Rapper) – Voiced by Soyeon of (G)I-DLE
- Evelynn (Lead Vocalist) – Originally voiced by Madison Beer, with Sophie Powers joining the lineup
- Kai’Sa (Principal Dancer / Vocalist) – Originally voiced by Jaira Burns, with Mimi Webb joining the lineup
K/DA burst onto the scene at the 2018 League of Legends World Championship with an augmented reality live performance of their debut single, Pop/Stars, which went viral and topped Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart. Since then, the group released their debut LP All Out in 2020, (featuring tracks like “More” and “The Baddest”) and expanded their discography with the Firestarter EP.
When a creative work is really good and lightning happens to strike, it can be the source of amazing extra things that nobody envisioned when it was initially created. K/DA is one of these little miracles.
Enjoy the performance – and of course, we’ll be adding this track to the SCIFI.radio playlist.
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