League of Legends icon Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok shocked many esports and Ok-pop followers by showing in Stray Children’ newest music video, ‘Ceremony’.
On the time of this writing, Stray Children’ new music video has amassed over 3m views on YouTube in below 5 hours, with a whole lot of followers commenting on the participant’s inclusion within the platform.
Faker’s cameo comes within the midst of T1’s 2025 League of Legends marketing campaign, because the esports organisation seems to qualify for this 12 months’s World Championship in China. At present sitting third in LCK’s Legend Group, the organisation has superior to the competitors’s playoffs with 4 video games to go within the Group Stage.
The Esports and Ok-Pop Convergence
Launched in 2018, Stray Children is a well-liked Ok-pop group that consists of eight members. Apparently, this isn’t the primary time the group has come into proximity with the esports house. Stray Children have been additionally a part of the soundtrack for League of Legends’ Arcane Season 2 with ‘Come Play’.
Many different Ok-pop artists have additionally had various involvements and ties to esports; nonetheless, most of those have been by means of collaborative songs. Earlier this 12 months, lady group Aespa teamed up with PUBG to carry out on the 2025 PUBG Nations Cup in Seoul.
Extra so numerous Ok-pop artists have carried out ‘anthems’ for esports occasions, together with the likes of New Denims (2023 League of Legends World Championship), THE BOYZ (Worlds 2022 for T1) and KISS OF LIFE (VALORANT Champions 2024).
Nevertheless, maybe certainly one of esports’ greatest collaborations with Ok-pop nonetheless stays the creation of Riot Video games’ digital group Ok/DA in 2018. Utilizing League of Legends characters, Ok/DA options two members of standard lady group I-DILE (Miyeon and Soyean).
