Although it has lost some of its heat with the emergence of games like OverWatch, PUBG, and Apex Legends, League of Legends remains an incredibly popular game in South Korea. Not only gamers but also celebrities like singers and actors are fascinated by this game from Riot Games. Even top players like Faker are as famous as entertainment stars.
Basically, games in general and League of Legends in particular are like a form of entertainment for celebrities, with wins and losses, but what matters is having fun. Recently, a musician named Jang Bum-jun released a song titled “Silver Pantheon” to recount his arduous rank climbing journey. Perhaps this tearful process has given him plenty of emotions to write this song.
In case you didn’t know, Jang Bum-jun is a Korean singer-songwriter. He debuted in 2011 on the music audition show Superstar K 3 as a member of the indie rock trio Busker Busker.
Lyrics:
I’ve been stuck in Silver 3-4 for several months now
But my determination is to climb to Platinum.
Passing through Silver rank, cutting through Gold rank, I will reach Platinum with Pantheon.
I will handle high-level macro like Pantheon the Baker and reach Platinum.
Let’s snowball with Pantheon Mid.
Get up there quickly, ultimate down to bot lane and then we’ll take the Dragon.
I’m still in Silver 3-4.
Everyone says I’ll never reach Gold.
But I’m still pushing the lane, still roaming to top lane where they are under siege.
And I got solo killed by someone with a Double kill before the 3rd minute.
Let’s snowball with Pantheon Mid.
Get up there quickly, ultimate down to bot lane and then we’ll take the Dragon.
Why did I choose Pantheon? What reason is there for roaming?
I should focus on my lane, should choose Garen or Renekton.
I will play Garen, I will play Master Yi in the jungle.
I will mute all chat.
The song “Silver Pantheon” is the League of Legends account name of this musician, representing his confessions during his rank climbing journey while being stuck in Silver for several months. Just as the lyrics say, Jang Bum-jun’s goal is to climb to Platinum rank with his favorite champion Pantheon, and he even revealed that his favorite skin is Pantheon the Baker.
The musician also shared in the video the story behind the song. He had a conversation with former player and LCK commentator Lee “Cloudtemplar” Hyun-woo about improving his skills. As a result, Cloudtemplar’s belief that musician Jang could not escape from Silver rank left him very disappointed, leading him to go home and dive right into League of Legends to prove he could reach Platinum. However, he lost 4 consecutive games and decided to write this song.
It can be said that musician Jang Bum-jun’s rank climbing journey is not much different from that of ordinary gamers; sometimes we really want to win, but due to limited skills and teammates “throwing” the game. Perhaps the difference is that gamers relieve their frustration by smashing tables and shouting, while this musician chooses to write music to express his feelings. Who knows when singers or musicians who love League of Legends in Vietnam will share their rank climbing stories like this Korean musician Jang.