THE GAME AWARDS 2021: Sting Performs “What Could Have Been” from Netflix's “Arcane” 

I knew you would be here lol

@@usernotSID me too lol.

Was looking for you my dude 🤣

T_T

Were you watching with sound turned off? Edited version in Arcane is beautiful, but as you can clearly hear in this video, Sting can't sing it live as he is constantly off. Vocals in this live version are terrible.

so tingling

No, it stings. It stings my heart every time. 🥲🙃

These kinda things never hurt my heart more than twice and i dont understand why people are like this can someone explain?

@@gaziasker7683 Because everyone is different.

@@gaziasker7683 Could be how much and how deeply you relate. This song expresses pain, so anyone listening to it will feel that regardless of whether or not they’ve felt this specific type of hurt. Someone who’s not felt like this will still feel the emotion, but after the first impression they’re over it. But if you’ve experienced this type of pain, and it’s a deeply seated emotion for you, this song brings it up with the same intensity no matter how many times you hear it. That’s my take anyway.

What's so special about Rey Chen?

@@MrJDG2011 It´s a Riot Games composer and excellent performer musician!

Sting is absolutely amazing as a person.

@@MrJDG2011 extremely talented musician, both on his own pieces and performing others. Also he’s overall a really down to earth guy.

@@MrJDG2011 He's also a legit concert violinist

That's Ray Chen, he was in Arcane too. The guy with the weird violin in the opera.

@@cekobidonq Ray chen also played the violin part in awaken

@@SameSam94 thats why the violin part is so amazing! I never knew

@@benrakow3396 he also played in jhin the virtuoso theme.

@@SameSam94 No he didn't

are you his daughter?

@@gamingcringe8325 I certainly wish I was

There's an old saying or belief in my country. They say daughters are usually punishment and a way for the father to atone for his sins in the past. i.e.: Logan, James Bond, Vander, and now Silco.

@@kingcobra2858 come on don't do my man Vander dirty. He deserves to be mentioned in that list.

@@hunteruk3967 now its fixed. 👍

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@@lanceelopezz223 rtrd

@@lanceelopezz223 for yourself.

@@lanceelopezz223 👎🏻

@@lanceelopezz223 bro your initials are two Ls. You were at a disadvantage from the moment you typed.

Ray chen

Ofc it's Ray Chen! Look for him and you'll see he's a great performer!

ngl it feels kinda painful that Ray Chen gets called "that violinist"

He got a cameo also in Arcane :P in episode 5 concert :D

He is off tune for like 2 seconds in the solo which destroys it for me :( Last bit was great though.

Same here sir, the only difference is that i am 28. This show is a masterpiece.

I'm 28 and art like this, the storytelling, the music, the emotions, they transcend age. This stuff is worth being emotional for. I'm just glad people don't disregard it saying it's cartoon.

Lil take. Because it unveiled something inside of you. You probably have also allot of scores to settle, that you never did. And that haunt you to this day.

Welcome to the party

I am 20 lol. Such a well thought out story. Baffles me some people found this show boring and bland.

was thinking the same thing!

Imagine he used a dark orange contact lens

If silco become good guy

@@thebestnavigator7766 Silco was a good guy... I mean, good and evil are so subjective. In his story, he was a good guy.

@@dartdevious561 Nah, even in his story, he was a bad guy. He's aware that he has become the bad guy, that's why he deplores the "base violence necessary for change". He's embraced the monster in him, for what he believes to be a greater good sure, but he isn't blind to the evil of his actions nonetheless. That's why he's such an interesting character, because of his nuances as a vilain, his awareness of his own flaws, his willingness to sacrifice everything for his dreams. He never thinks that he is the good guy. He thinks that he is the guy that Zaun needs.

Exactly the same, hard chills, what a song... and this violin...

You mean aside from pure depression and heartbreak?

Pain.... its allllll pain! aaaaaaaaaaaa

If you mean crying your eyes out I totally agree!

..... ...pain

@@happydonkey5333 10x worse, including hopelessness, impotence, absurdity, meaninglessness...just Caitlyn´s expression breaking down when she realizes what´s about to happen is priceless!

It certainly is. A great show that needs to be more widely seen beyond those of us that like animation. Every scene is epic, and the world building is awesome. Teriffic characters and the voice acting is on point. The most captivating TV I have seen in years.

It's honestly pretty surprising that he got a note wrong at all, considering he's one of the better or best violinists alive today. Mistakes really aren't too common in instrument performances.

@@HnvyCat where was the mistake

@@rustymixer2886 at 2:11-2:23 he's kind of more out of tune and 2:14 he plays a wrong note.

@@HnvyCat prolly hasn't been playing live since the lockdown and standing on a stage with thousands of people in the audience made him that nervous.

@@zahrulexe nah, he's played live a few times since lockdown. Might be nerves, but who knows.

those guys were holding for 3 minutes ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-81AFdWXLNCU.html&ab_channel=Nasigil, but the effect is marvelous neverless

As someone who has performed on stage before, it's the silence after the song has ended that lets you know that you really nailed it. It's like the audience is pleading for the song to continue.

​@@khan_k that's true, and the energy onstage when they're nailing it is that THEY don't want it to end either, and the audience totally gets immersed in that. One of my favorite things about performing.

She is speaking to all she isn't just jinx talking to vi and resenting caitlyn who will lose like she lose, she is all zaun talking to piltover, wanting it to see the monster they created

but why Vi didnt say a thing when jinx said "i thought maybe you could love me like you used to" like Vi could have tried more of using words to try and get to jinx or something ..

@@Queeentrasputo She just sat through the family dinner hosted by the Joker. It's not easy to find the words, especially after seeing the impact of Silco's "you're perfect".

@@Queeentrasputo Vi is good at beating people down, being protective of people in a physical way. Like Vander says "she's got a good heart" but I think when it comes down to using her words, she knows what she wants to say but she can never find the right thing to say. Remember last time she actually let her emotions speak for her she called Powder a jinx.

@@Queeentrasputo Because Jinx is right and Vi couldn't refute her. Vi doesn't love her like she used too.

@mentallyRdacted username checks out

@@Karizmatyc No disrespect to Sting, he's absolutely incredible but I can't call this performance "perfect" because it sounded off for the majority of the song.

@mentallyRdacted not every song needs to be a C Major pentatonic scale 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@Doc141 Anyone with any musical sense could hear that he's off-key a lot. Probably some techincal issue.

@@letsplaybsgo He actually sounded perfect, because his slight out of tune parts brought more emotion and soul to the song than a autotune could ever do

BatChest THE CHILLS

BatChest THE CHILLS

forsenBB chills

It was number 5, she murdered her father.....OOOOOH, i forgot about that

Yeah, he obviously wasn't the one who wrote the lyrics, haha. They fit the story, though.

@@megazver2 yes, but they picked the right singer to convey tha pain, regret, wishful thinking that the lyrics carry

@@sailorsoul1995 I disagree. Sting WAS a great singer, but the years have not treated him well. He missed a bunch of notes in this performance.

@@Baykko doesn’t have to be the best singer when you have that amazing of an orchestra and violinist.

@@Baykko I sort of agree that in this performance I noticed he was out of tune a few times and missed a couple notes. But regardless, I think his voice has been taken good care of for a 70 year old guy. He doesn't have the pitch his voice had in the 80s with the Police but he was way younger back then and he is still great!

A total class act

I was just 12 hours late dude. And I did not see your comment. Sorry for reposting without seeing. You pal live long and prosper.

@@Rjd1325 welp

My aunt told me some old dude and an amazing violinist had a nice show, found out it was Sting and Ray Chen 😂

I did. That voice damn

Videogames have come a long way to have someone like Sting sing the final song for an animated videogame adaptation, a masterpiece of an adaptation at that, with a beautiful song like this to end the first season.

for sure you are much older JUSTIN.

I'm 29, I grew up listening to sting and the police. His voice has aged perfectly for this.

What about sigma male Viktor?

It's hard to sympathize with her, despite knowing she is just another victim, when her actions are causing just as much suffering as she's experienced herself. If I see her as the unavoidable result of Piltovers neglection of Zauns problems and Zauns own disregard for itself, in that case I can sympathize with her, but then she goes and makes things worse simply because she can't do what Vi asked her back when she qs a child, just stay home and wait for her.

It's true, but we have to consider that she was raised by a psycopath, he loved her more than anything in the world sure, but never properly stood as a parental figure through her childhood helping her to deal with her traumas and overcome what happened just as he did with Vander's situation, and when he tried to, it was too late. And about what Vi asked, well, I honestly put myself in her shoes, if I know my sister and family are going into a suicide mission, I couldn't handle the impotence of not knowing if they would ever come back, in this case what she did would be as bad as not doing anything. Sometimes the best intentions lead to bad outcomes. With all this I'm not saying that all her actions are justified, but are the logical response to others actions, cause and effect.

@@Baykko this and she made her choice she chose to become evil, she could have just left with her sister

I actually can't stand Jinx. But I can't stand angsty teen characters in general so it's probably just me. 😛

It’s so sad!!!

stop😭😭

OOF breaking my heart all over again

I'm still crying 😭😭

Too late. 😭😭

that's got to be one of the most overlooked things is the soundtrack is movies/shows but the music can sell and make a scene and tug at your heart more than most things and like you said it's near perfect

Ray chen

Ray Chen, one of the best in the world.

The way he holds his violin though...

@@boqin4411 ?? He's holding it right

@@boqin4411 That's the exact way to hold a violin, I don't think you have ever held a violin.

Imperfectly perfect

Yep, music is an art form and so much is missed when is treated as entertainment first and expression second; don’t get me wrong I’ll jam for a K/DA track as much as the next guy but nothing really beats a live performance like this.

Mistakes don't give song personality, the human performing does.

@@rustymixer2886 perfect imperfections :)

@@BurgundiBlue yup

Don't cry. It's perfect.

Frankly ... because no one knows the name "Ray Chen", while everyone knows the name "Sting". Remember: views, views, views! :(

Idk if they changed it from when you saw but he is in the description now

He got paid... in EXPOOOSURE!

​@@schmiggidy People know Ray Chen though. Most violinists would know him by name and he has by far the biggest online presence of all modern violin virtuosos. He has a sizeable audience on youtube specifically.

@@Emil-wj7wr Some may know him, but in comparison to Sting? That's like comparing a pool to the ocean itself. And this is my point: the primary draw for the average normie is not a guy named Ray whatever. It's Sting. Everyone knows Sting, and most who know him love his music. Thus, he is the rightful proper draw for both maximizing clicks to this vid and, frankly, selling tickets to the live performance itself. Sting headlines, and btw, this amazing well-known violinist named Ray Chen also struts his stuff too! As a bonus, Chen also gets a massive bump in awareness from this vid, which will very likely, in turn, raise his perceived value as a musician.

No words summarize that last moment more than “what could have been”

@@eanderson9599 and GET JINXED Ok not really

I think Guns for Hire is better just for the fact that Jinx have kept that flare for so long and the lyrics hit really hard at the exact moment she light it up!

Lol I like good bye more but that just me.

This was commented by the Eric Cartman that could've been. Kind words, Rabbi.

bruh same, never had something live in my head rent free like this show before

@@melancholyheel129 it ain't rent free, it pays with Emotional pain

It's not a surprise for me. There are lots of talented artist and writers in Riot games. It's evident in short stories, characters and cinematic they produce. Riot games as a company should just trust their artists to create something good. It has been proven over the years, cinematic, music, comics.

@@Vizible21so did blizzard back in the day yet they never came up with something like this, and comparing Warcraft movie with arcane is even silly

Note he's old man

@@exploreevery not old but wise.

so great the art of turning awful into awesome!!!!!

I've watched this like 5 times and never noticed it

BATCHEST

@Jinx pretty much great self care. If you can still do your profession well at an old age, then you did heaps of healthy things yknow

Yes! I really love Sting, but I don't know what happened to him that day, he sang a bit out of tone and too fast in some parts. Anyways, I love this song and I love Sting, would like to go to a concert one day.

@@smallbrightsparks How old Sting now? You not expect a man that old sing perfectly, even with help.

@@TheKeyser94 you're right, age can be determinant too.

@@smallbrightsparks At this point I trough that Sting had retired and stopped singing, he had been doing nearly fifty years now, I was surprise that he was the singer in this song.

@@TheKeyser94 Yes, but what’s with the heaps of praise in this comment section? It was so off key it was hard to listen to

I love this song, but Goodbye from ep3, hits very hard.

@@jatilq Oh for sure. The soundtrack is just so good. "Our Love" is another one of my favorites.

You can tell when the song ends that Sting inmediateley points out to Ray and the Orchestra. Really good gesture given the circumstances.

Ray Chen is the violinist a take it? If so, I'll definitely listen to his works. His violin playing is mainly the reason why I keep replaying this song.

I'm a violinist (not even anywhere close a smidge of Ray Chen here, obviously, but I've been lucky enough to perform with great orchestras) and I can tell you there's nothing more magical then that moment of silence before the applause. Clapping is expected, it's more of a custom than a real show of enthusiasm, but when the whole audience holds their breath like that you know you've really made something special

Ray Chen, a worldclass violionist for your pleasure 😁

Clarines.

ofc!

Yes I watched it

What hearing aid ? These are monitors...

Watch it again, you'll see Ray Chen also has one. It's so you can hear your own audio on stage.

To think how video games were thought of a few decades ago. It’s surprising how quickly encompassing they’ve become as a medium.

I don't think you hang out with musicians or been to a studio before, In-Ear Monitors are not hearing aids, they let the wearers cut off noise around and listen to the music itself

Just do it!

Do it, it has no business being this good.

Watch it as soon as you can!

dont do it, you'll get depressed... jk....no one cant deny...its a masterpiece

Have you really never had a game soundtrack cause huge emotions in you before? Like yes this was excellent... but some of my fav games I can also listen to their soundtracks alone and get a similar response. Music is so powerful, good music in a game/tv/movie goes so far!

@@robsonclark9678 I think you misunderstood what I meant. What I meant is that, in a game awards show, musical performances (or random celebrity guests for that matter) usually don't feel appropriate because the events are about the nominations and about dishing out the honors. In the past, I've seen many random celebrities or bands be invited to star in a game awards show, even if they themselves have nothing to do with the games. So as a gamer, I really couldnt care less they invite, say, Ariane Grande or Imagine Dragons to play one of their hits. I'm here for the games. If I wanted to hear their music, I'd go to their show.

@@lovethepandainyou its called filler time.

@@lovethepandainyou I say it’s good when it’s appropriate Like at the end of each event they make a medley of every soundtrack from every game of the year nominee which is awesome imo Also when they make best soundtrack play out, like when doom won and mick Gordon played his music And here it works as appreciation of great series based on a video game

Small World

That's just Ray Chen for you

That violin was actually crying, for me. It's just so moving.

RAY BAE SLAYED IT

Sting is 70 singing live, give him a break :P

Both performers made mistakes but it was still good overall.

Ray slayed it...but sting adds personality and meaning so stap

​@@faxxanadu it was still excellent overall. I still got my regularly scheduled goosebumps 🤣

The tempo and pacing sounds very similar to Englishman in New York.

ENOUGH MY EYES 😭💔