The League of Legends YouTube channel released the official music video of “Ma Meilleure Ennemie,” a song by Belgian singer-songwriter Stromae and French musician Pomme, which was part of “Arcane’s” second season’s soundtrack on March 20.
The music video opens with Ekko and Jinx, two main characters of the series, standing back-to-back in the center of a screen that alternates between “Je t’aime” (‘I love you’ in English) and “Je te hais” (‘I hate you’ in English).
As Stromae starts to sing the first verse, Jinx lays on the ground surrounded by confetti. She’s in the same despaired condition she was in during the end of the second season’s eighth episode and the beginning of its ninth episode.
The confetti is a call back to the alternate universe Ekko found himself in the seventh episode where he briefly lived a life in which Jinx grew up happily and his childhood friends were alive.
The alternate Ekko and Powder — Jinx’s original identity before she chose to change her name — dance happily together on a screen, and Jinx reappears in the center of the frame with two firelight bugs on her face and Powder still dancing behind her.
This frame is a reference to Pomme’s “À Peu Près” album cover, but the frame still holds some significance for Jinx and Ekko’s story.
Ekko’s character is represented by the firelight bugs; even the team he leads is called the firelights. They strive to be a beacon of hope and protection for their community, which is what the bugs themselves symbolize in the show.
Ekko and Powder’s childhood selves were featured in the Imagine Dragons x J.I.D “Enemy” music video, in which there was a moment where a firelight came out of Powder’s mouth. The firelight appearing for young Powder as well as for Jinx shows how deeply connected they are and always will be, no matter what identity Jinx takes on.
The following frame is of Jinx and Ekko seated side by side, with the screen surrounding them still playing their dance in the alternate universe. In the show’s reality, this is likely picturing them sitting on the edge of one of the platforms that make up Jinx’s hideout after Ekko saved her from her suicide attempts.
In the music video, there’s a chance that they really are watching themselves in a life they could have had together. They sit in silence together, and Ekko isn’t pressuring her to do or say anything but merely giving her the comfort of his company in her time of need.
The frame changes once again, but this time it’s Ekko standing in the center with four Jinxes behind him. This frame is a reference to Stromae’s “Multitude” album cover. It carries more significance than a reference to the musicians.
Ekko’s time traveling device in the show only allows him to safely rewind time by four seconds. When he found her at the beginning of the show’s final episode, he had to rewind time and save her from exploding herself four times. Evidently, the number four is integral to Ekko’s character and his role in the show’s story and Jinx’s life.
Soon afterward, Ekko lies on the ground with Jinx, as she was seen at the beginning of the video, and faces her. Jinx starts to slowly float up into the air as the footage of their other selves dancing alternates with the frames of Ekko and Jinx lying there. Again, she and Ekko are together in silence.
Now, they stand back to back, lip-syncing the lyrics as the scene pans around them, mirroring the necklace that Ekko gave Powder before he left her universe.
The scene changes again, back to their seated positions watching the screen. Ekko fully turns his head to look at Jinx, while she glances at him from the side. There seems to be a silent conversation between them. Ekko knows that he left behind a potential life of bliss to return to the version he loved and knew needed him the most, while Jinx is likely saddened at the knowledge that in her universe, she is believed to be doomed, but at least there’s another reality where that isn’t the case.
The video focuses on Jinx on the ground again, as she and the confetti slowly float up. Ekko is the only one moving at a normal speed as he turns to watch her float. She’s moving in the same position she was in during her last suicide attempt, with the confetti in place of the explosion sparks.
The video’s ending is of the final rewind that saved Jinx’s life in the show. She reaches the top of the platform. The background is dark, the confetti floats down, her brows are furrowed and she’s frowning.
Ekko comes up behind her with a hug and the background lightens, the confetti flows up and Jinx releases a sigh as her body relaxes.
As she spent most of the show struggling with trusting others and believing that she was deserving of love, her sigh and smile in the end are an intimate moment showing that she is finally able to allow love back into her life after the tragedy she endured.
