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Tobi Lou Says League of Legends’ Heartsteel Wanted to Make an EP

He also described an early "Live My Life" recording and said management turnover led to completed work being discarded.

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A headphone-wearing producer works at a mixing desk as a stylized band appears in warm gold light and a management meeting unfolds on a blue-lit screen.

Heartsteel’s early plans stretched beyond a single track. Tobi Lou says the League of Legends music group wanted to make an EP or album, but Riot did not approve the idea.

Tobi also described an early recording of “Live My Life” as markedly different from the final version, with a different beat and a stronger focus on paranoia. He suggested the success of Saja Boys’ “Soda Pop” may have influenced the change between the early recording and the finished track.

He connected the project’s reset to management turnover. Several management figures were fired or replaced, he said, and the incoming decision-makers discarded work that had already been completed.

Would you have wanted to hear Heartsteel pursue an EP built around its original sound? Follow the group’s story and other Riot music coverage on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.

League of Legends is a fast-paced, competitive online game that blends the speed and intensity of an RTS with RPG elements. Two teams of powerful champions, each with a unique design and playstyle, battle head-to-head across multiple battlefields and game modes. With an ever-expanding roster of champions, frequent updates and a thriving tournament scene, League of Legends offers endless replayability for players of every skill level.