True Damage are a new, virtual hip-hop group created by Riot Games derived from the game League of Legends. The group features artists Duckwrth, Thutmose, Becky G, Keke Palmer, and Soyeon from (G)I-DLE, the last of which also featured in Riot Games' virtual K-pop group K/DA, also playing Akali.

As a fan fo K/DA and vibing with POP/STARS, I was very interested in True Damage when they were announced. I honestly had thought True Damage would've been similar to K/DA, but True Damage turned out to be featuring a hip-hop concept as conveyed by the characters' skins. The annoucements of artists like Becky G and Soyeon from (G)I-DLE caught me off guard as I immediately thought "There's no way they could do something similar to POP/STARS with this lineup."

Of course, I knew I had to get on the Riot Games train of virtual groups, so today I'll be listening to True Damage's 'GIANTS' and talking about the composition, instrumentals, vocals, as well as parts that I like throughout the song.

0:06 - Such an earthy and heavy bass 'wub' to start things off to give a very urban vibe about this song so far.

0:12 - The same earthy and deep bass is awesome and accompanies the raspy yet contrasting tone of Thutmose, I'm loving his flow in this rap segment.

0:25 - The bass seems to have picked up a notch here as well as Thutmose elevating his tone a bit higher too, I like the hype his rap generates.

0:31 - I absolutely love that autotune, it's used perfectly to give his voice some switchup and body to keep his rap from being too bland and linear.

0:37 - The earthy bass has been swapped for an airy and breathy windy lowend with Becky G's vocals kicking in. It's a nice contrast from the urban and masculine atmosphere from Thutmose's verse to this serene and gracious pre-chorus.

0:49 - The chorus is banging, there's now a breathy and earthy bass instrumental to go with the vocals of Keke Palmer, her naturally mature and powerful vocal tone goes well with the instrumental which is around the same octave range, which creates a nice flow between the initial chorus with Thutmose and his urban and deep tone, and Becky G's sexy and airy tone, and here with the powerful vocals from Keke Palmer. Awesome chorus.

1:05 - Becky G enters back in with the same vibe as Thutmose's verse, the earthy and deep bass returns but this time matched with Becky G's sexy vocals for a nice contrast between Becky G and Thutmose's verses to keep the two verses from being too similar, and to keep the song interesting.

1:17 - Soyeon comes in with a vibe similar to Keke Palmer just now, they two share similar vocal tones but the difference here is that Soyeon has a slightly faster tempo in terms of her rap compared to Becky G who was very modest and calm in her pacing.

1:35 - What I like about this pre-chorus is that there is some slight subvocals in the (they won't) to keep the pre-chorus from being a repeat of the first pre-chorus and to keep the airy and open atmosphere of the song.

1:53 - I like that this second chorus prevents itself from being a copy of the first chorus by continuing on into an extension, this is awesome as I really expected it to go back to the "Sleeping giants, sleeping sleeping giants" but I love that the chorus continued along and kept the vibes going.

2:12 - Huge turn in tempo of the song, it's very low-key and hip-hoppy from Duckwrth, even his vocals/rap is very slow and calm, which is a huge mixup from the previous vibes from the song being very airy, deep, and mysterious. I like this bridge as it keeps the song from being too in-your-face with the bass as well as giving the listener some breathing room to take a break from the heavy and deep bass that has bee prevelant throughout the song.

2:40 - Keke's adlib "OOOOOH" is awesome. No other way around that, that was an awesome transition into the final chorus of the song. One last punchy, deep, bassy chorus to finish the song off after being teased with that lowkey and slow bridge.

I really loved this collaboration. Everybody's voices throughout the song were recognisable in their own unique way, such as Becky G's sexy and seductive feminine voice, Soyeon's dominant and powerful voice, and Thutmose's urban and dark tone, they all blend together well in the composition of the song. Especially given how much I was hesitant about how all these artists' chemistry would work, but they all absolutely worked together and I love that.

I absolutely love the dark, earthy, and deep bass that goes throughout the song, it really encapsulates the hip-hop and urban vibe that True Damage are going for, it's awesome. I love how dirty and deep the bass is, and I'm not usually one for bass. I think given that I'm using my FiiO FH5 in-ear monitors to play this song is why I enjoy all the low-end that this song offers.

Do I like GIANTS more than K/DA's POP/STARS? I wouldn't say yes, but I wouldn't say no either. Both groups are unique in their own right, but GIANTS has a more interesting composition and arguably a more powerful chorus, the bass is so powerful and triumphant, and the transitions between verses, choruses, and especially that amazing bridge makes GIANTS a wonderfully-created song. I still haven't gotten over that extended chorus, it continues on the urban and dark vibe of the song and it's probably my favorite part of the entire song for just how powerful it makes the song sound.

Just like K/DA, I would absolutely love more music from True Damage. Please Riot, please, I need more of GIANTS.