Apex Legends’ New Theme Song CHAMPiONS Was First Performed By SiM In Sapporo!
Do you like team battles? Do you like bright and vivid game colors? Do you want to feel the tense and exciting escape atmosphere in the game? Enter Apex Legends and all these needs will be met! What’s more interesting is that if you have recently started playing Apex Legends or paying attention to related information, you can also hear the game’s new theme song CHAMPiONS!
The theme song was created by the Japanese metal band SiM. In terms of musical style, it is a vibrant folk song. The inspiration comes entirely from the background world view and other settings of Apex Legends. It aims to use SiM’s unique artistic style to show you a crazy but attractive Apex Legends from the auditory perspective.
Where Was CHAMPiONS’ First Performance?
The song was first revealed in a post published by Apex Legends on its official X account on January 23 this year. The real global premiere was on the fourth day of Apex Legends Global Series 4, which was February 1, and this series was held in Sapporo, Japan.
As the largest game market for Apex Legends in the world, it is not surprising that the competition is held in Japan. The singer SiM band, which is also from Japan, not only adapts to the game in terms of music style but also has many members, including the lead singer who are loyal players of the game.
How Was The Performance?
On the day of CHAMPiONS’ performance, the atmosphere reached a new climax under the background of the game contest that had lasted for many days. There were not only fans wearing their favorite game team uniforms but also enthusiastic players who directly cosplayed game characters. As the music sounded, the enthusiasm of the crowd on the scene could almost ignite the entire Sapporo!
There is no doubt that SiM used CHAMPiONS as the beginning of the performance, satisfying the game fans who had been looking forward to it for several days and showing the charm of Apex Legends in the field of music. The song’s English lyrics even directly referenced lines from the game, further evoking cheers from the players and audience. The band then performed their own hit song The Rumbling, released in 2022, which is also one of two songs SiM has produced for the popular anime Attack on Titan.
SiM Band And Apex Legends
SiM lead singer MAH said that he has been playing Apex Legends almost since its release, so it was a very special and surprising experience to be able to write a song for the game with his partners, not to mention the opportunity to perform it for the first time directly at the competition.
Interestingly, the night before the show, lead singer MAH and guitarist SHOW-HATE also played Apex Legends in a tournament held for content creators, ALGS commentators and specially qualified fans.
In short, as video games develop, both its derivative competitive games and game music are gradually forming their own markets and audiences, thus feeding back to the gaming industry and benefiting both sides.
