Riot Games and Fortiche Production Release Music Video for Stromae and Pomme’s ‘Ma Meilleure Ennemie’ from Arcane Season 2 Soundtrack

Deluxe Extended Album Dropping In April 2025

Soundtrack Has Already Amassed Over 1.3 Billion Global Streams

Today, Riot Games and Virgin Music Group released the music video for Stromae and Pomme’s single, “Ma Meilleure Ennemie” from Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 (Soundtrack From The Animated Series). The stunning video, animated and produced by Fortiche Production, captures the song’s emotional depth and narrative impact through a mix of live-action rendering and signature expressive animation. It was co-produced by Alex Seaver, executive music producer for Arcane season 2, and Luc Van Haver. The video was directed by Tom Gouill at Fortiche Production, who won the 2025 Annie Award for “Best Character Animation – TV/Media” for his work on Arcane season 2. Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord and Bart Maunoury served as creative directors with Christine Ponzevera executive producing. 

The music video builds on the iconic dance sequence between fan-favorite characters Jinx and Ekko, as seen in Arcane season 2, episode 7. In the episode’s parallel world, Powder is seen helping Ekko experience true empathy. Later in the season, fans are shown how Ekko carries that experience and is driven by a desire to help Jinx in return, further exploring their tender and profound connection. Watch the music video here.

“My first reaction when I saw the scene was, frankly, I found it quite poetic,” said Stromae in an upcoming video to fans. “I understood the vision that the directors and all the animators had of the series. They clearly knew what they wanted… I thought the music and everything worked well together, especially since it’s a pretty crucial moment.” 

“Even to this day, it’s a song that continues to exist in people’s lives, and I think what happened is really magical…I actually understood the people’s reaction and enthusiasm because there was a kind of beauty, romanticism, and sweetness that is actually quite rare in the series,” said Pomme. “There was something special about that episode.” 

The initial release of “Ma Meilleure Ennemie” was Riot’s biggest streaming debut, peaking at over 10 million streams per day, reaching Top 3 globally on Spotify charts, and #1 on radio in France and Belgium. It is also certified Platinum in France and #1 on the US World Music Chart. The track also debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, a first for both Stromae and Pomme, and debuted on Billboard’s Global Excl. US chart at #8. 

The Arcane season 2 soundtrack has already achieved remarkable success since its full release on November 22, 2024, and has amassed over 1.3 billion global streams. The soundtrack made a strong debut at #2 on the Spotify Global Album Charts and #26 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, solidifying its impact on the global music scene. The album also peaked at #2 on the Billboard Global 200 Soundtracks chart. The highly anticipated deluxe version of the soundtrack, which will include several additional remixes and features, will be released in April 2025. 

The second season of Arcane debuted at #1 on Netflix on November 9, 2024 and reached the global top 10 English TV in 91 countries. Across both seasons, Arcane has spent a total of 15 weeks in the global Top 10 English TV list where it remained for 6 consecutive weeks. Across both seasons, Arcane spent a total of 15 weeks in the global Top 10 English TV list and recently won 7 Annie Awards at the 2025 ceremony, sweeping every category it was nominated for. The animated series, one of Netflix’s most successful animated series ever, is created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee. Executive producers include Linke, Marc Merrill, and Brandon Beck. Fortiche Production directed and produced the Arcane animation, under the direction of the founders Pascal Charrue and Arnaud Delord. 

Press materials for the music video, deluxe edition of the Arcane season 2 soundtrack, Stromae and Pomme 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 (150M monthly players). In the years that followed, Riot released VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. 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 and VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT), 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 RIOT GAMES MUSIC

Riot Games Music (RGM) builds on Riot’s fandom at the intersection of gaming and music — fostering partnerships with artists who can take the global player experience to the next level through music, live events, and IP expansion. RGM has amassed a catalog of nearly 1,000 songs including 11 original Esports Anthems for the annual League of Legends World Championships, which have collectively amassed over 10 billion streams across DSPs. These anthems have been performed by superstars including Linkin Park, Lil Nas X, Imagine Dragons, Zedd, NewJeans and many more. 

Most recently, RGM and Virgin Music Group released Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 (Soundtrack From The Animated Series), the soundtrack to the second season of Riot’s hit Emmy-winning Netflix series Arcane. The album has amassed over 1.3 billion global streams and features tracks from a diverse group of artists including Linkin Park co-vocalists Mike Shinoda & Emily Armstrong, Twenty One Pilots, Imagine Dragons, Stromae, Stray Kids, d4vd, Ashnikko and more. A deluxe extended version of the season 2 soundtrack will be released in spring 2025. 

Riot Games Music is also known for being a leader in virtual artistry including artists like K/DA, a record breaking K-Pop inspired girl-group based on some of the most popular female champions in League of Legends, whose music has received over 1.2 billion streams. Their single “POP/STARS” recently was certified platinum by the RIAA, and they have amassed over 3 million followers on Spotify. Other Riot virtual artists include Riot’s newest band HEARTSTEEL, heavy metal band Pentakill, hip-hop band True Damage, DJ Sona and Seraphine.

ABOUT VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP

Virgin Music Group is the world’s leading partner to independent music companies and artists who require a standalone team with global infrastructure and local expertise in every major music market around the world. Virgin Music Group offers compelling, efficient, and highly flexible global solutions with the most advanced marketing technology available for independent record labels, artists and entrepreneurs who want to succeed. www.virginmusic.com

ABOUT FORTICHE PRODUCTION

Founded in 2009 by Jérôme Combe, Pascal Charrue, and Arnaud Delord, Fortiche Production is a multi award-winning animation studio, with a unique graphic signature and staging style that blends 2D and 3D techniques and aesthetics. With ambitious directing, the studio creates captivating content aimed at adult and young adult audiences. 

One of its most notable achievements is the critically-acclaimed series Arcane, based on the RIOT Games’ IP “League of Legends” and available on Netflix and Tencent. Prior to developing the series, the studio produced cinematic videos including League of Legends: Rise, League of Legends: K/DA – POP/STARS and League of Legends: Warriors – generating billions of views on YouTube – as well as music videos for Coldplay and Gorillaz, and the Rocket & Groot series for Marvel Studios.

With a focus on pushing creative boundaries and exceeding expectations, Fortiche Production aspires to create new cinematic experiences at the intersection of animation, live-action filmmaking, and pop culture in all its forms.

Based in Paris, with additional studios in Montpellier and Las Palmas (Spain), Fortiche’s teams are composed of hundreds of professionals (up to 450 for Arcane Season 2) covering all stages of development, direction, and production of animated films.