G2 Esports releases music video \u2018Detonate\u2019 featuring NiKo, JKnaps, mimi G2 EsportsG2 Esports released its second single \u201cDetonate\u201d with an accompanying music video featuring Nikola \u2018NiKo\u2019 Kova\u010d, Jacob \u2018JKnaps\u2019 Knapman and Michaela \u2018mimi\u2019 Lintrup along with its other esports stars, content creators, and industry figures. G2 launched its own music label in 2022 in partnership with Warner Music group and released its debut single \u201cOur Way.\u201d The organization continued its venture into the music industry with \u201cDetonate,\u201d which dropped on January 12. The new single features many faces from the G2 organization in its music video, in a similar fashion to \u201cOur Way.\u201d The song features vocals from Jeris Johnson of TikTok fame and Theresa Jarvis from the English rock band Yonaka. In the song and video description, G2 Esports said \u201cDetonate\u201d represents the organization\u2019s \u201cambitions for the 2023 competitive season, blowing up preconceived notions of the brand while celebrating the diversity and unity of the faces behind G2.\u201d The video and statement around it come months after the organization\u2019s controversy around its former CEO Carlos Rodr\u00edguez associating with controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his departure from the company. G2 highlights esports players in music video The music video features many representatives from G2\u2019s various esports teams. NiKo, Nemanja \u2018huNter-\u2018 Kova\u010d, and Ilya \u2018m0NESY\u2019 Osipov from the organization\u2019s CS:GO team are proudly displayed in the video alongside G2 Gozen players mimi and Petra \u2018Petra\u2019 Stoker. Players from the League of Legends team also make an appearance, alongside League of Legends European Championship desk host Eefje \u2018Sjokz\u2019 Depoortere and interviewer Laure \u2018Bulii\u2019 Val\u00e9e. The new single coincides with G2\u2019s new 2023 jersey launch and features most of its new apparel for the upcoming season. G2 is not the only esports organization dipping its toes into the music industry. Fnatic, Evil Geniuses, and other esports brands have released or worked with artists to create original music and videos for announcements or various activations. Fnatic also has its own music label.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
G2 Esports releases music video \u2018Detonate\u2019 featuring NiKo, JKnaps, mimi G2 EsportsG2 Esports released its second single \u201cDetonate\u201d with an accompanying music video featuring Nikola \u2018NiKo\u2019 Kova\u010d, Jacob \u2018JKnaps\u2019 Knapman and Michaela \u2018mimi\u2019 Lintrup along with its other esports stars, content creators, and industry figures. G2 launched its own music label in 2022 in partnership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}