League of Legends: Wild Rift and aespa member Ningning have announced a collaborative song set to drop in the near future.
According to the teaser graphic on Weibo, the collaboration will likely be titled ‘Miss this life’.
K-pop group aespa made its debut in November 2020 with its hit single ‘Black Mamba’. Its members, Karina, Giselle, Winter and Ningning, have released numerous successful songs since, popoularising the metaverse concept and hyperpop music in K-pop.
Ningning, or Ning Yizhuo, has also occasionally worked on solo projects in the past. For instance, in 2023, the Chinese singer and rapper released the single ‘WYA’ with fellow K-pop idol Jay Park.
Today, aespa’s Weibo account dropped the first teaser for the collaboration with Wild Rift: “League of Legends: Wild Rift x NINGNING. COMING SOON…”
Released in 2020, League of Legends: Wild Rift is the mobile version of Riot Games’ MOBA esports title, League of Legends (LoL).
The Intersection of Esports and K-pop
Considering the rising popularity of esports and K-pop worldwide, it’s unsurprising that these two phenomena have produced joint art and events for several years.
In addition to the upcoming project with Wild Rift, aespa teamed up with fighting game Street Fighter 6 and performed at the 2025 PUBG Nations Cup (PNC)
Other examples from this year alone include LE SSERAFIM’s collab with Overwatch 2, BABYMONSTER x PUBG Mobile and the PNC marketing campaign, featuring virtual K-pop group PLAVE.
Wildrift developer Riot Games also has a long history of K-pop projects such as the 2023 LoL World Championship anthem performed by New Jeans.
