OLI SYKES (BRING ME THE HORIZON),
AND COURTNEY LAPLANTE (SPIRITBOX)
JOIN LONG TIME VALORANT™ COLLABORATOR GRABBITZ
FOR THE VALORANT CHAMPIONS ANTHEM 2026
OUT NOW
LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 16, 2026 – Riot Games has released the 2026 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Anthem featuring Oli Sykes (Bring Me The Horizon), Courtney LaPlante (Spiritbox), and longtime VALORANT collaborator Grabbitz. Written and produced by Grabbitz, “If The Sun Burns Out Tonight” marks his fourth collaboration with VALORANT and is out now on all major streaming platforms [HERE]. The cinematic music video is also available to watch now [HERE].
Music has long been at the heart of the VALORANT experience, helping define some of the game’s most memorable competitive moments and collaboration is at the heart of the VALORANT’s ethos. This year’s Champions anthem brings rock darlings Oli Sykes, frontman of the two-time GRAMMY-nominated, multi-platinum band Bring Me The Horizon, together with Courtney LaPlante, vocalist of the three-time GRAMMY-nominated progressive metal band Spiritbox, for a unique collaboration to perform the anthem for VALORANT’s biggest stage. The collaboration marks LaPlante’s second project with Riot Games, following her performance of “Ties That Bind” for 2XKO, while introducing Sykes to the Riot Games universe for the first time.
For Grabbitz, this collaboration marks a return to familiar ground. His previous three collaborations with VALORANT, including the 2021 hit “Die for You“, the 2022 anthem “Fire Again” performed by Ashnikko, and 2023’s “Ticking Away” with bbno$, have collectively amassed 350M+ streams worldwide.
The VALORANT Champions Shanghai 2026 Finals will take place from September 24 to October 18, bringing together the world’s top 16 teams to compete for the championship in this sixth edition of the tournament. Since its inception in 2021, VALORANT Champions has traveled across continents, with previous editions held in Berlin, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Seoul and Paris.
The annual Champions Anthem has become a defining part of VALORANT’s competitive legacy, with previous releases including “SUPERPOWER” by Julie & Natty of Kiss of Life and Mark Tuan, “Ticking Away” by Grabbitz & bbno$, “Fire Again” by Ashnikko, “Die For You” by Grabbitz, and “LAST SHOT” by templuv ft. 347aidan.
Assets:
A press kit with assets for “If The Song Burns Out Tonight” can be found HERE.
ABOUT RIOT GAMES
Riot Games was founded in 2006 to develop, publish, and support the most player-focused games in the world. In 2009, Riot released its debut title, League of Legends, which has gone on to be one of the most-played PC games in the world. In the years since, Riot has released VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, League of Legends: Wild Rift, Riftbound and 2XKO. Riot’s titles have led to the creation of some of the most-watched and widely recognized esports in the world, culminating in events like the League of Legends World Championship, VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) and the TFT Open, which are watched by millions of fans each year. Riot has also expanded its IP through multimedia projects across music, comic books, board games, and Arcane, its Emmy-winning animated series.
ABOUT VALORANT
VALORANT is a competitive 5v5 character-based first-person tactical shooter developed and published by Riot Games for PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation®5, with a mobile version available in China. VALORANT is a precise and lethal multiplayer game with high-fidelity gunplay, a diverse arsenal of guns, agents with unique abilities, and competitively tuned maps for unlimited hours of play. In VALORANT, players lock in their agent for the entire duration of the match and then attempt to win a round-based, attackers vs. defenders, best-of-24-rounds fight.
VALORANT is a free-to-play game and optimized to perform on a wide variety of platforms, allowing for a global audience to compete. Demonstrated by the game’s best-in-class game server quality, global infrastructure, and proprietary anti-cheat technology, Riot Games is committed to preserving the core tenets of the tactical shooter genre and upholding the competitive integrity of the gameplay experience across all available platforms.
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ABOUT THE VALORANT CHAMPIONS TOUR (VCT)
VALORANT is the highly competitive, 5v5 character-based tactical shooter attracting millions of players around the world. To foster and support global competition, Riot Games operates the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT), a year-long, global circuit composed of leagues and global events spanning EMEA, Asia, and the Americas. Teams compete through four international leagues and global Masters events with the goal to qualify for Champions, a two-week long tournament where a single team is crowned the VALORANT Global Champion.
