LOUD's Shanghai title comes with a metal-heavy VALORANT finale
The grand-final broadcast drew nearly three million views, pairing the title match with appearances by Oli Sykes, Grabbitz and Courtney LaPlante.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 3,266,524 views a day, 83 times a normal first day on this channel (39,547).
LOUD vs. VIT — VALORANT Champions Shanghai — Grand Final
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- 9:52Riot illustrator Su Ke explains the ideas behind the Champions Shanghai artwork and trophy.
- 16:04TCK joins the hosts to discuss Brazil's tournament energy and his connection with tuyz.
- 18:48Oli Sykes discusses the tournament anthem and his involvement in the opening ceremony.
- 27:14LOUD's roster reflects on reaching the final and its mindset before facing Vitality.
- 30:56Grabbitz explains the anthem collaboration; Courtney LaPlante follows with her perspective on its metal vocals.
- 35:46The analysts and G2's valyn revisit tournament highlights, including Erde's one-against-four clutch against NRG.
LOUD finished Champions Shanghai with the trophy, and Erde with an MVP interview and a separate clip dedicating his win to his mom. The VALORANT Champions Tour channel's final-day uploads capture both sides of the result: LOUD's celebrations and Team Vitality's losing moment.
The full grand-final broadcast reached about 2.8 million views in seventeen hours, far beyond the channel's usual start for long broadcasts. But this was more than a match replay. Before the competition, the gold carpet brought together players, streamers and the musicians behind the tournament's soundtrack.
Oli Sykes, the Bring Me the Horizon singer, discusses working on the anthem and performing in Shanghai. Grabbitz later explains how his collaboration with Sykes and Spiritbox vocalist Courtney LaPlante came together. LaPlante describes bringing metal vocals to the song and taking in the scale of the production. For a channel whose most-watched regular uploads include earlier Champions opening ceremonies, the musical buildup has its own place in the occasion.
The pre-match interviews also give LOUD room to speak before the result. Luk xo says he is proud of himself and the team, while the analyst desk revisits Erde's one-against-four clutch against NRG. Under the broadcast, viewers single out Erde, discuss the opening ceremony and recall LOUD's earlier Champions run. The channel's post-match interview supplies the next chapter plainly: Erde leaves Shanghai as the tournament MVP.
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Hold your head up high vitality well fought. 💛💛
@zephyrplayz1833See it on YouTubeTHIS OPENING CEREMONY GENUINELY ONE OF THE BEST
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ERDE IS GIANT, A TRUE GOAT. NEVER HOLD BACK AND NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS 💚💚💚
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- Channel
- VALORANT Champions Tour
- Subscribers
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- Channel views, last 7 days
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- Channel views, pace per day
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- Video published
- October 18, 2026
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The grand-final broadcast is far ahead of the channel's usual long-video start. Separate Shorts capture the celebrations, the dedication and Vitality's final moment.
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Which band does Champions anthem vocalist Courtney LaPlante front?
Courtney LaPlante is the lead vocalist of Spiritbox.