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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, from the
soundtrack of the
animated
streaming television 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 . 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.
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[3]
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Background
"Enemy" was recorded for the animated
Netflix 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]
Content
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]
Music video
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 ".
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Personnel
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
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
See also
References
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