K/DA Comeback? An Unreleased Track, "WATCH ME," Surfaces

An unreleased song credited to K/DA and titled WATCH ME has appeared in ASCAP's database. The filing adds to a handful of clues that have piled up this year, and together they point to something a good deal more solid than a rumour.

Is a new K/DA track on the way? Very probably. Will it be performed on the Worlds 2026 finals stage? Nobody knows yet, and Riot Games has announced nothing at this stage.

The find

ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) administers copyright for American songwriters and publishers. Registering a work there is a routine step, often completed well before any public announcement — which is exactly what makes these entries worth reading for anyone who knows how.

The WATCH ME entry lists K/DA as the sole performer and credits five songwriters:

• Felicia "Feli" Ferraro, well established in K-pop, with credits on "Run BTS" and LE SSERAFIM's "Unforgiven."
• Nija Charles, credited on Ariana Grande's "Positions," Lady Gaga's "Rain on Me" and Cardi B's "I Do," as well as on tracks for LISA (BLACKPINK), LE SSERAFIM and ILLIT.
• Ali Tamposi, co-writer of "Señorita" (Shawn Mendes), "Let Me Love You" (Justin Bieber) and "Havana" (Camila Cabello).
• Federico Vindver, who has worked with Coldplay and Kanye West.
• Sébastien Najand, composer at Riot Games (HEARTSTEEL, GODS, Legends Never Die…).

An XXL line-up that suggests a major release rather than a throwaway B-side. The entry says nothing, however, about who is voicing the group's four members (Ahri, Akali, Evelynn and Kai'Sa) — on that front, no information at all.

The backstory

The @LeagueOfLeaks account claimed on 1 July 2026 that K/DA would return in Season 3 of 2026 with new music and a range of skins. GoRanked added that audio files and skins were due to hit the PBE in the following weeks, without saying where that information came from. If accurate, it would match the launch pattern of 2018 and 2020 exactly, where music and cosmetics arrived together.

The idea of a performance during the opening ceremony of the Worlds final, on 14 November at Barclays Center, appeals to everyone — but for now it rests on a single argument: the timing lines up.

Six years of waiting

K/DA was born in 2018 on the Worlds stage in Incheon. The opening ceremony unveiled POP/STARS, performed by Madison Beer, Jaira Burns and (G)I-DLE members Miyeon and Soyeon, paired with an augmented-reality staging that left a lasting mark.

The group returned in 2020 with the ALL OUT EP and another performance at the final's opening ceremony, alongside Chinese singer Lexi Liu, who provided Seraphine's vocals. Riot then shifted its musical energy toward other projects, HEARTSTEEL chief among them, and K/DA went quiet — without ever vanishing from the streaming numbers, where the group retains a considerable listener base.

What to watch

Worlds 2026 runs from 15 October to 14 November across Los Angeles, Allen and New York, with the grand final at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on 14 November.

If K/DA skins show up in testing, the loop closes and the release schedule becomes readable to within a few weeks. Until then, the honest summary fits in one line: a K/DA return in 2026 is no longer much in doubt — its staging at Worlds rather more so.