The Worlds 2026 Anthem
True Damage Returns
Know My Name: October 8
True Damage is back. Riot picked the group to perform Know My Name, the Worlds 2026 anthem, and the song and its video land on October 8 at 6pm PDT.
Here's what Riot announced, who's on the track, what the video is about, and every True Damage skin in the game so far.
The song
| What | Details |
| Song | Know My Name, the official Worlds 2026 anthem |
| Release | Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 6pm PDT (9pm EDT, or 10am on October 9 in Korea) |
| Where | Music video premieres on the League of Legends YouTube channel, and the track goes up on the major streaming services at the same time |
| Video | Faker's road to T1's three-peat |
| Champions | Akali, Ekko, Qiyana, Senna and Yasuo |
| Artists | SOYEON, Coco Jones, Vic Mensa and Sofía Reyes |
| Live | Worlds 2026 Finals Opening Ceremony, November 14, Barclays Center, Brooklyn |
What Riot announced
LoL Esports posted the announcement on September 29. True Damage will perform Know My Name, and the official Worlds music video built around it is about Faker.
It's the 13th Worlds anthem, and the first time one of Riot's virtual groups has performed it. Seven years ago True Damage debuted at Worlds 2019 with GIANTS. This time the group gets the anthem itself.
Worlds is back in the United States this year. The Play-In Stage starts on October 15 in Los Angeles and the Finals are on November 14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where True Damage plays the Opening Ceremony. Our Worlds 2026 FAQ has the rest of the schedule and how to watch.
Who's on the track
The band hasn't changed. Akali and Ekko rap, Qiyana sings and raps, Senna sings, and Yasuo is the DJ and producer.
Riot credits four artists for Know My Name. SOYEON of i-dle is the one name carried over from GIANTS, where she voiced Akali, and Riot points out she's had a big hand in both K/DA and True Damage. The other three are new to the group: Coco Jones, the GRAMMY-winning R&B singer and actress, Vic Mensa, the GRAMMY-nominated Chicago musician, and Sofía Reyes, the Mexican Latin pop singer-songwriter.
Riot's announcement doesn't say which of them sings for which champion. The 2019 credits went Akali to SOYEON, Senna to Keke Palmer, Qiyana to Becky G and Ekko to Thutmose and DUCKWRTH, with Yasuo producing and no outside artist on him. None of those four are back this time.
The video is about Faker
Riot describes the video as the story of Faker's run to T1's third straight world title, and it leans on the losses as much as the trophies. If you want the long version of why he gets a whole anthem, we wrote it up in Faker: The Unkillable Demon King, Explained.
What about new skins?
Riot's announcement doesn't mention skins. The PBE has nothing new for the group either: the September 30 PBE build carries the same ten True Damage entries as the live game, with no new skin for Akali, Ekko, Qiyana, Senna or Yasuo. Our PBE tracker picks up every build as it lands.
Every True Damage skin in League of Legends
The original five came out on November 10, 2019, in Patch 9.22, alongside Prestige True Damage Qiyana. Prestige editions for Senna and Yasuo followed in 2020, and Ekko got a Mythic variant in 2023. Ekko's base skin is the line's only Legendary, the other four are Epic, and all the Prestige and Breakout versions are Mythic. Chromas aren't counted here, but the 2022 commemorative edition of Prestige Qiyana is, since it's a separate skin: Prestige True Damage Qiyana (2022).
Where it started: GIANTS
GIANTS was True Damage's debut single, and the video went up on the League of Legends channel on November 10, 2019. Our GIANTS page has the song's details and where to listen.
See them in 3D
All ten True Damage skins sit together in our League of Legends skin library, where you can spin the models in the browser before you spend anything.
See every True Damage skin in 3D