Guessing Who Tahm Kench is From the MUSIC Alone || League of Legends OST
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- čas přidán 28. 09. 2022
- This one tickled me. What a wild tune and backstory. Had no idea. Freaked me out :D Can't wait for more League content.
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Had a mishap with my Gwen save file so sadly I know everything about her and can’t showcase her so am trying to come up with a different way to chat about her. I think you’ll be happy with the other themes I currently have filmed 😏
Its les a request but more a tip! Ivern the Green Father has a very unique login screen to. And sins you already did Volibear i would recommend Ornn the fire below the mountain its a very good and interesting theme and he is Volibears big brother so if you liked that one you will love this one :)
I hope you find some way to showcase her despite the mishap.
you can always talk about Kled!
@@SrVerataro yes! I was about to comment this, Kled isn't deep in terms of lore, but his music is soooo good and represents him so well
@@crazymees981 Wow, I can't believe two of my mains got requested here. Ivern is such underrated guy
He's a literal catfish who catfishes people. Brilliant.
man if only they could see that coming
@@DeliciousFriendHastur he's actually a demon who feeds on greed and misery and can feel them in human and can even change reality itself (to a small extent tho) so there's almost no one that actually manage to refuse the deal, my man tahm is the early version of squid game
i've known alot of league lore for a while, yet cant believe i never made THIS connection
Yeah, my favorite part was when he said "Its catfishing time" and catfished all over the poor mortals. Truly one of the demons ever.
Steve Irwin:
“Tell me a story, lamb.”
“Once there was a demon who made deals with the doomed.”
“What was given?”
“Everything they wanted.”
“And what was taken?”
“Everything they had.”
I kinda wish kindred did have voice lines like this.
@@VENGENCE150 iirc that's actually a voice line of them in legends of runeterra
kindred is such a freaking amazing champ in the lore
Kindred should have a voice line like this for each champ. It’s a lot of work, but will be so cool.
can u do one for all the demons cos that was nice
Kled (after killing Kench): "I knew he was a liar cuz he used them big words!"
Ok...i read that with kled's voice......
7/10
needs more swearing
@@dimitrispyromallis172 saaame 😂
Everyone who read this said dem in their head not them
Kled says it like it is 👀👀💪☝
He's got one of the best boasts I've ever heard from any character: "Call me king, call me demon, water forgets the names of the drowned!"
Tahm Kench, in my opinion, feels the most like a folk tale shared across cultures of any of the characters in League.
In the pride month story for tf and graves, tf even says "sweet tommy kench" while watching a building burn
Mhm!
Fiddlesticks is just a tale to scare little children
@@LeatherNinjaAnd he's not real... Isn't he?
@@rommdan2716isn't it?💀
I love how, even if the monster didn't exist, Tahm Kench works as an amazing allegory for gambling addiction and what it can do to you and your loved ones.
It speaks volumes how one can get a sense of a league champ from the media surrounding them. It really shows that the creators understand and know how to utilise the themes and concepts they're working with.
Looking at the trailers, the quality of lore they deliver, the entire world of runeterra they have created, its a waste of talent to keep working on league and valorant. They should make a huge mmo rpg in Runeterra. They got the skill.
@@acay5722 I mean, they are. It's just in early development still, but hopefully they'll talk more about it soon.
The moment I heard the line "We can make a deal" and that he eats people I knew you got it. Still wondering how you do it just out of the music.
Prolly the login pic helped a bit, seeing that he's some kind of monster in a suit.
I think the visual helps a lot with building context
Music speaks.
@@bluexixreally? I thought he doesn't look at any picture of characters before listening and while listening
@@aovierlia he got spoiled cause of the thumbnail, since if you look at the video the first thing you'll see is the face of tahm kench
I love tahm's interaction with cho. "Personally i hunger for things less literal"
0:15 A catfish with an attitude... this was the fastest on spot recognizing of what champion is in history of this series.
Nice video as always and great analysis!
When you said at 3:10 that he eats people, I was like: „YES! YES HE EATS PEOPLE!!“ XD
Always love it when you are on point!
😂😂
Well he eats the gifts, the house, for his hunger, nothing satisfies.
@@geffi3077 you forgot “the gold”. But yes he eats people. He can swallow people and hold them in his stomach and transport them elsewhere but he mostly prefers to just eat people
Figuratively and literally lmao
My man thinks he didn't watch a bunch of tahm kench videos before making this video LMAO
Tahm is such a fun to play as he can eat up the foes and allies alike. But of course to prevent playing into enemy teams win, when he eats up ally, it protects them and he takes incoming damage instead. Truly such a gentleman.
And when he spits them back out (aka "gives them passage") he secretly signs a contract with them, as seen very subtly in game (I only recently learned this)
I got eaten by a tahm kench when i needed to kill illaoi to win the fight
just don't overdo it
@@chrish8111 sometimes the hitbox is fcked, he probably wanted to eat illaoi. I know it cos I'm playing kench ms. And it's really annoying, and not just 4 u.
He does the same in LoR. Eating units buffs him (although he takes a hit on the way in) and when he levels up, the allies are freed and the enemies removed from play.
@@Sub5_77 naww illaoi was far from him, he thought i was dead when i *did* have my 4 shot primed.. happens
Tahm Kench is one of the most fascinating characters Riot has ever designed! His trailer alone was probably the most impactful character trailer in all of League, people LOVED him before he was even released.
And once again, you hit the nail on the head. If you make a deal with him, you are damned. The sounds of this song are the sounds of the bayou, the swamp. And to the ignorant eye, the swamp looks shallow; I mean look at all those trees, most of their trunks are out of the water, it can't be that deep, right? Some are even foolish enough to step in; then the swamp swallows them whole.
Oh I would LOVE to see you react to Kindred's theme. It's really interesting. (Other noteworthy ones are Thresh, Kalista, Swain and Camille). Kindred, Thresh and Kalista could work really well for spooky season.
It's always cool how close you get to understanding a character just from listening to their music, not just for League, but with other games as well!
I haven't been around League for a good while, but from what I remember, Tahm Kench is one of a handful of demon characters. They all feed on some kind of emotion or concept - Tahm is greed, Evelynn is agony, Raum (the one that Swain controls) is knowledge, Nocturne is nightmares and Fiddlesticks is fear.
If you haven't already, it could be cool to see you react to Ekko's theme? I know he's gotten more popular recently with Arcane, but I've always loved his original theme from the game.
Going from Fiddlesticks since he says what the other demons feed off of, he feeds on specifically addiction, not greed.
Nocturne is Paranoia (fear of the future) while Fiddlestick is terror (fear of the past).
It seems to me that Tahm feeds off despair, specifically the despair that comes self inflicted via addiction. He doesn't directly hurt you, he only gives you the ability to give it one more try, one more time, one more attempt to get it right. And eventually you lose everything whether he takes it from you, or not. It doesn't matter; All that matters is that you hit rock bottom and either get swallowed in his maw or get swallowed again in the cycle of self-destruction.
Would love to see your take on Kindred's theme. I wouldn't want to spoil too much, but it's very beautiful and haunting. I personally believe it's one of the best champion themes-up there with Jhin, Fiddlesticks, and Tahm.
Kindred is next :)
@@MarcoMeatball OMG IM LIVING
@@topherleboeuf2317 ironic phrasing 😂
I've found you through your video on Pyke, but now I've just been binging your videos... I love seeing someone analyse these songs and soundtracks, who actually knows their stuff! There's so many "wannabe musicians" that are like: "Yeah, there's some violin in there... so that makes me think of Mozart", when it's a song about heartfelt sorrow and pain, describing what a character went through (not in this particular song, just in general), which they completely miss 'cause they were hyperfocussed on the Mozart thing.
Music ist such a great indicator of personality, lore and emotions and it's just completely lost to some people. Thanks for the great content and greetings from Germany 👍
This means a lot thank you’
Well it wasn't exactly the swamp, he's the river king. He basicly has no true name or appearance a they both depend on the victims. The one appearance he is most seen is as in the trailer (a monstuous siren) because he is a demon that feeds on greed and misery, therefore his victims are mostly found in Bligewater, a land of pirates . As to his name, tahm kench is just a nickname given by the character in the teaser, but he is mostly known as "Two-Coats" in Bilgewater, a name that reflects his appearance.
Tahm Kench is one if my absolute favorite characters design wise, I love him for the fact that he's not human (I love monster characters) and it's crazy how much you nailed his character just off the music. Wild.
Ah
Tahm's ost is amazing and his voice actor is just pure bliss
I would listen any audio book that stars this voice actor
Thats another fav champion crossed from the list. Great job with the prediction with the theme. Like I was completely at awe for how spot on it was this time. Will definitely continue to look forward to more of these league themes in the future :) Awesome stuff
When I hear TK's theme (the first part at least), I just think of like a cowboy who can manipulate someone into playing his game to get all of their money
A lot of people say Bilgewater is just the "pirate region", but I always thought it has something of a far-west vibe as well
it's the cowboy pirate region
@@dampintellect Cowboy-Pirates are the Cajun folk, honestly. They speak funny, play by their own rules, fuck around on boats, shoot guns.
I love these League videos so much. For some characters I'd recommend listening to their voice lines as well! Specially Kindred. That one hits the feels
I’m mostly concerned with grabbing another content creators full upload since none are officially riot
I really really like Tahm Kench personally, all that surrounds him is really awesome. With this video you've already analyzed three champs I personally love (Volibear, Udyr and Tahm) and I'm really grateful with that dear mr. Meatball.
I personally would recommend to review "Rell, the Iron Maiden" and "Aphelios, the Weapon of the Faithful" themes. Although they are two lyrical songs rather than just instrumental, they are two of the most beautiful musical pieces of League of Legends (at least for myself).
Edit: ALSO! Forgot the Kindred, Jhin and Swain themes, those are also bangers
You're always SO on point. Amazing video Marco
EDIT: Im excited that you’ve decided to go through all of Leagues champions, the depth to each character Riot creates is astonishing and Im glad you’re having this much fun with it!
Some Lore context though:
The one linking motif between League’s demons, as you’ve surely noticed, is a sense of consumption (just like in Fiddle’s theme). In Runeterra, demons feed upon negative emotions, growing stronger and hungrier the more they consume. To this end, they use the “power” they gain to lure/trick people into experiencing whatever emotion they find most tasty. Tahm specifically is a classic “Faustian deal” demon that gives struggling people these opportunities you read of only to erase whatever hope they had, and feast upon his favorite emotion: Misery. For Tahm, the serpentine river he resides near is a frequently used river and dumps out into the ocean right near Bilgewater, the pirate-y leviathan hunter island where plenty of people are rung dry to claim any opportunity. Perfect for his “distinguished” appetite of misery and Faustian contracts.
Fiddlesticks, on the other hand, is a MUCH larger and impossibly ancient can of worms. While Tahm was spawned from negative human emotions, Fiddlesticks was spawned at the very breath of creation. As all of life, love, and joy was created at the dawn of time, so too was fear. And THAT is what fiddlesticks is.
With Nilah, we learned demons can feed off of any emotion or idea, since the demon she has supposedly sealed/tamed is the demon of joy.
@@treyhova1183 Ah you're right, I forgot about that.
Nice I really like the series and i'm happy that you want to go through all the champs it's really worth it!
Spot on once again my man! Really loving these videos, your musical insight is always super interesting to hear. Have a nice day and much love from Italy
Ciao italia ti ringrazio :)
Yooo! That's what I've been waiting for! That's what it was all about! Thanks for another wholesome and accurate reaction!
Have you done Orn already? You should!
Unbench the kench!! lets go.
The login screen can tell you a lot about the character, he's offering the person a deal with the boat and everything in it with a fresh start.
I always thought of Tahm like the devil at the crossroads you make a deal with but he's in a swamp. Sitting on an island in the deep dark, gators watching you as you row a boat to it and he smiles as you approach.
Another lovely video as always. For this spooky month, I have some recommendations-Evelynn, Agony’s Embrace, Warwick, the uncaged wrath of Zaun, and Kindred, the Eternal Hunters
I was waiting for this one!
These videos are so damn good and they keep getting better everytime! Well done brother
I’m glad you like them!
If I was to recommend a theme to check out, Irelia's is really iconic and a huge banger
One thing to point out, the bride said "Not now, not this time" meaning she too had made deals with Tahm Kench
Damn
This is brilliant, my guy straight up got Tahm's Character in the first minute, how do you keep doing this? Simply unbelievable. Great work
Just listening and deducing
Ey, here it is, I was waiting for this. Thank you.
You’re welcome!
I kept saying the sentence "well, he is the river king" with different emphasis at several points during this video, absolutely brilliant work.
Man you usually get pretty close on all the themes but you nailed tahm on the first pass, i guess thats just another sign of all the care riot puts into these. Also idk which ones you have or havnt listened to but not posted yet. But id sugest camille, kindred, and xayah and rakan. Xayah and rakan might be a doubly interesting one becauae they are 2 separate characters but tied together in their lore and even released at the same exact time.
Ah like aphelios! I have three recorded and many many more to come!
I really appreciate that you get right into the video without any lenghty intro!
I appreciate that! Trying to cut them down
This is actually my favorite league of legends song, such a good track. Glad you're covering it.
It’s really cool with its blues structure
Loved the spot on guess if Tahm just from the music. Amazing.
Should try "Daylights end" from one of the League soundtracks. It's an extension of Diana's theme, a champion from league.
I love these kind of videos! I highly recommend some older songs, like Day's Light End (Diana's song) or Lissandra's, I particularly love them and I think they could be interesting because of how they convey their emotions through their music.
oh hey you are the first person i have seen to say he looks like a catfish, everyone else just calls my boy a frog! my favourite champion and the reason i started playing league of legends all those years ago.
can we just appreciate that he is a demon that resembles a catfish, who then uses a well dressed sleasy southern charm to catfish people into literally gambling everything they didn't know they had away, before eating them alive.
i like to think of the song as having three sections, the sort of playful hum at the beginning is him calling to you, then there is the fade out when you start to get close enough to realise this was probably a bad idea, then the water gurgles as he sucks you under to drown you in your own mistakes...
and i am pretty shocked you managed to get that full vibe before even watching the trailer, even after the other videos i have seen you react to and nail so far.
there is a wonderful audiodrama thing that came out a few years back involving a story of Tahm's interaction with a old drunkard former captain, these storys are part of the release for the champion Pyke.
Man, I love your videos and how you feel the music to see the story of the characters. Hope you could made a reaction to Kindred, Swain or Ornn. These are really good and the lore behind them is awesome
❤️❤️❤️
This is one of the theme together with the fiddlesticks theme that really captured me. Eclipse Leona is a favorite of mine that is evocative of her look and theme.
I've always loved the League Champion themes and have thought about trying to guess the champion from the theme in the past so finding your videos have been really cool and has re-invigorated my love for the themes with how well they portray the idea of the champion though the music.
It's nuts how accurate you are without even seeing the champion. I also like how you are going over the champion lore to see how accurate your guess was.
If I were to suggest some themes to look at I think Vel'koz, Sion, Yorick, and Aurelion Sol are interesting ones that haven't been mentioned much before. They are mostly older and don't get much attention but I'd be interested in seeing how much you could get out of them.
Of course there are the popular ones E.g. Camille, Aphelios, Kindred, Braum, etc. to go through as well.
Enjoying the content either way!
Just a heads up, the reason I suggested some of those old themes is because I want to see how much you can get from the themes before Riot really perfected the art of making character themes and I just want to see what kind of stories you can weave from what they made. If you want to listen to the better ones, go for the more recent themes. (not saying that some of the old themes aren't great as well)
To be clear I am seeing the picture and deducing from the music and That. :)
@@MarcoMeatball fair enough, still cool though
In game his /dance emote is him strumming his theme on his tongue.
Man i gotta learn some patience cause I just can't wait for more, you always get these spot on. Only one exception so far, I highly doubt there will be more haha
Wait till kindred - not very precise. I didn’t mean to wait this long for another league theme so I’m sorry about that
@@MarcoMeatball That's understandable, Kindred is a very strange, unique character after all (still a fan favourite though). Besides, there's no need to apologize for anything, everyone here is watching your videos for free :)
Amazing! This just goes to show how good league music is composed.
I've always mained Tahm, not that he was ever really a strong champion, instead because he has such a cool theme and story and because how smooth he talks. Tahm, Kled, and Jhin are just as fun to listen to as they are to play but Tahm especially just makes you feel good listening to him.
The humming sound feel like a Siren luring the victim. It fits since his presence is nothing more just a folklore
Great analysis ! I suggest you Urgot's theme, very underrated but excellent and unique
Ooh I love this theme it scratches a part in my head
Damn that was pretty spot on, man! Amazing
Thanks!
Would love to see your Reaction to Urgot's Theme. He's my favourite Champion in League and just an extraordinary Design. Love your Reactions btw
Shotgun Knees!
MEAT GRINDER GUT
always amazes me how on the spot you are with guessing WHO the champion is by the music alone.
;)
Hey I've discovered you recently, very good work! Looking forward to your reactions on other champion themes. I don't know if you already recorded it but I really recommend listening to Dr. Mundo, Urgot and Kled's themes ;)
Cool! And thank you so much!
Well, you got em like always. But I realy loved the fact that you found the trailer somewhat humorous. And if you ever saw Tahm in game, his animations are quite goofy, and can even seem harmless, untill he is ready to eat you. Love your work, and keep em coming!
It both scared me and made me chuckle at how intense it was
Dann, you nailed this one
Im a sucker for some slide blues guitar, this was an awesome piece. Never heard of the character, but I can get a decent read from this theme.
Interesting that you detected a pirate vibe. He's connected to Bilgewater, which is basically Runeterra's version of a pirate bay/city.
Music is an universal language but somehow you're kind of a mind reader when it comes to it, you get to know the composer's intentions better than anyone else 🤣 Great work as always!
For a deeper insight insight into his personality in a musical take I recommend "River King" from Falconshield. It's a song written about Tahm Kench.
As much as I'd like you to react to Vi's theme, it has lyrics that tell you EXACTLY who she is.
Holy shit! I recommended Tahm Kench and I got it. Alright!
Fantastic guess/analysis on the river king, my guy
It'll be cool to see you do Ornn, Poppy, or Bard
Kk ;)
Cool fact: theres a couple demons in league and every one has a specific type of negative emotion they feed of like evelynn is agony and tahm kench is addiction so you were very right on the predictions!
I would love to see your reaction to Kalista's theme, since there's lots of choir there and just generally sounds amazing.
I would recommend "The curse of the Sad Mummy", it's not a really a champ theme, since it came out years after the character was added to the game, and the lyrics explain what the character is about.
But it's still a amazing song none the less.
Tahm is one of my absolute favourites lore AND character wise, alonside Ornn and Aurelion.
He is the personification of greed himself to a degree that you sometimes can't even tell if he is his own character or just a metaphor.
In his story of the gambler, Tahm technically doesn't even need to appear as a real creature.
Everything that happens could be read as the gambled falling into his old gambling habits again after leaving them behind once. Nothing needed to be "eatem up" by a catfish in a suit, it could be read as the gambler, well, gambling everything away.
And while he was able to keep his wife by telling her that it was always "the last time", it ultimately killed her one way or another. Only then did the greed and gambling addiction leave the gambler and he realized what he alone had done.
Tahm isn't actually as monstrous on his own, he can only act once people let him in.
But oh so many do. Because what is just a little lie or ONE fun evening..
Bilgewater the land mashed up of pirates and cowboy and their music theme of the champions and the region are also perfect mashups of those two. This is why i love this region music theme the most of all the regions.
Its more of a pirate theme mixed with polynesian and Lousianna/voodoo folklore.
Kindred, Akshan and Aatrox are all amazing, you should check them out too!
Ohhhhh excited to watch this one
What the actual f*ck
Lol
Literally every single thing... This man is literally a wizard
Hahaha just listening
Just found your channel and loving your vids but I think you should also listen to the champions voice lines before/instead of their lore. There are plenty of vids that show up if you just type [Champion] Voice Lines and those are just much more interesting than their lore imo.
I love how u start to giggle after u realize u were right after the cinematic :D
😅
In a way This story makes me think of those southern devils and cross roads demons. The kinds of stories of a devil that would go around offering anything one would want, all they'd had to do is sign a contract (or gamble for it) but in the end what they get is never what they expect.
My favorite login theme is Camille's. I think there is a lot to unpack in her theme.
0:57 YUP, He's the definition of untrusty, and indeed a kind of mafia boss.
3:12 Tahm Kench is indeed a glutton who persuades others to a doom or to be eaten by them. "You could call him the river king, or maybe call him a demon".
u got his character 100% right quite impressive
Vocals intensifies. But not lying his voice in French is another level of chills
If you haven’t already, Viego The Ruined King has one of the best themes in the game on a story level. Definitely a tells his entire backstory in a piece of music, and probably a lot more that I didn’t notice that you could.
He's already done viego
Yup it’s here
OH YES, Tahm Kench is such a great character I love him
To anyone who gets acquainted with this character, I recommend listening to the song Falkinshield-River King
In league, demons are born from and embody negative emotions or mental states. Tahm Kench is the demon representing addiction. Hence why his victims initally need to "let him in." His sweet-tongued bargains start seemingly harmless, but escalate, growing more and more out of control until the person is no longer has a say as Tahm consumes everything originally important to them.
You even got that he is located in Bilgewater, a sea-side pirate-vibe dirty town
This one was perfect, i say next must be Bard, one that is hard to explain by is music alone
ngl, league lore is one of the best of the industry
To this day, i think tahm has one of the best insults in lol:
him to enemy aatrox: brother, you are just as cultured, as a crematory selling barbecue
"I wouldn't say he's a pirate."
Welcome to Bilgewater.
"Call me king,call me demon water forgets the name of the drown"
Everyone has a desire. Tahm is using this fact to feed his own.
If you liked this, check out Bilgewater themes of Gankplank, Graves, Twisted Fate and Miss Fortune. They're still my favorites and they came out 7 years ago!
He’s just a businessman trying to do business he just so happens to eat people also.
I'm suspicious of these, you are so good at guessing it's uncanny.
wait till i dont get kindred right :D
Like evil bayou music. Can imagine a giant murky river full of dangerous wildlife surrounded by weeds and trees.
Epoch Winter: Tales of the Fatui reaction waiting room
"They call me king, they call me demon..
Water forgets the name of the drowned"
Great video as always, since we got a few of the darker ones out of the way, maybe xayah an rakan would be good. (they share a theme)
I know I need some pep