BRING ME THE HORIZON's OLI SYKES And SPIRITBOX's COURTNEY LAPLANTE Join GRABBITZ For Valorant Champions Anthem 2026

Riot Games has announced that Oli Sykes (BRING ME THE HORIZON),Courtney LaPlante (SPIRITBOX) and longtime Valorant collaborator Grabbitz have teamed up as performers for the 2026 Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) anthem. Written and produced by Grabbitz, "If The Sun Burns Out Tonight" marks his fourth collaboration with Valorant and will be released globally on all major streaming platforms this fall.

Ahead of the song's release, Riot Games has debuted an accompanying promotional trailer that offers players and fans a behind-the-scenes look at the collaboration. The film follows the song's evolution as ideas are exchanged, demos move from one artist to the next, and each collaborator leaves their signature mark on the track. Check it out below.

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 two-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 more than 350 million streams worldwide.

"The best collaborations happen when everyone brings a different perspective to the room — and that's what makes this record so exciting to me," explains Grabbitz. "Oli, Courtney and I came together from different corners of the globe, and landed on a track that sits effortlessly between my electronic world and the heavy landscapes of BRING ME THE HORIZON and SPIRITBOX. The three of us just clicked — and the result is what I believe to be the best Valorant anthem to date."

"I've always been drawn to projects that blur the lines between storytelling and music, so working with Riot Games, alongside Grabbitz and Courtney, and becoming part of the Valorant world felt like a really natural fit," shares Oli Sykes.

"I cannot wait to release this song!" adds Courtney LaPlante. "Oli has given me the opportunity to perform live with BMTH many times over the years, and we're finally debuting something we worked on together. Grabbitz produced such a great atmosphere and a song tailored to all three of our voices, and Oli went in right away and made it a true collaboration."

"Welcoming artists of Oli Sykes and Courtney LaPlante's caliber into the world of Valorant this year has been an incredible honor for us," said Bob DeBelina, music artist partnerships manager at Riot Games. "They're two of the most respected voices in modern heavy music, and we're thrilled they brought their own creative vision and emotion to this year's Champions anthem. Pairing them with Grabbitz, the artistic force behind some of Valorant's most iconic musical moments, made for an incredible collaboration. The three of them immediately clicked as a creative team, blending their distinct styles into something that feels authentic to each artist while staying true to the spirit of Champions. We can't wait for players to experience what they created together!"

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.

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.

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.