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2021 song by Imagine Dragons and JID
"Enemy " is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons and American rapper JID . It was released through Interscope Records and Kidinakorner on October 28, 2021, as the lead single of the soundtrack to the Netflix animated series Arcane . The song was written by the artists alongside Justin Tranter and the producers Mattman & Robin .[ 1] The song was also included on the Additional Track Version of the band's fifth studio album Mercury – Act 1 (2021). The song became JID's first song to reach the top 5 in the US, and became the band's first song to reach the top 5 since the 2017 song "Thunder ". In 2023, for the 35th anniversary of Alternative Airplay – where "Enemy" charted for 54 weeks, of which 9 were spent at the top spot – Billboard ranked the song as the 14th-most successful in the chart's history.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
"Enemy" was recorded for the Netflix animated series Arcane , which premiered on November 6, 2021. The inspiration behind the song was the video game League of Legends , with the band having previously recorded the song "Warriors " for the 2014 League of Legends World Championship.[ 5] On Instagram , JID said "I wrote this verse a couple years ago but initially the opening lines were from a song I started with Mac [Miller] , he told me it would fit better on this song and I’m glad he did."[ 6]
In a press release, the band's vocalist Dan Reynolds explained: "'Enemy' is about reconciling internal conflict in a world where it feels impossible to trust even yourself. In Arcane , two sisters' lives take them on different paths and leads to a division that threatens to tear an entire city apart. Like the series, the song is meant to be both personal and a critique of a society that seems intent on creating division."[ 7]
An accompanying animated video was released alongside the song, and produced by Riot Games and Fortiche Production . It features the League of Legends character Jinx in a story about "the parts of her childhood that led her to a life of crime" and several scenes of "the falling out between Jinx and her sister Vi ".[ 8]
Credits adapted from Tidal .[ 9]
Mattman & Robin – producer , composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist, bass, brass band, drums, guitar, programming, synthesizer
Justin Tranter – composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist
Imagine Dragons – composer, lyricist, engineer, studio personnel
John Hanes – additional engineer, mix engineer , studio personnel
JID – associated performer, vocals
Dan Reynolds – associated performer, background vocals
Ben Sedano – engineer, studio personnel
Serban Ghenea – engineer, mixer, studio personnel
Randy Merrill – mastering engineer , studio personnel
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