--- title: Adam Rippon's Coldplay Routine Got the Internet Emotional description: The Internet lost their collective minds after Adam Rippon performed his free skate event to Coldplay's 2014 song, "O." canonical: https://time.com/5151258/adam-rippon-free-skate-coldplay-song-olympics-2018/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-12T21:10:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:33.312Z og:title: Adam Rippon Figure Skating to Coldplay Just Made the Internet Super Emotional og:description: Yes, really og:url: https://time.com/5151258/adam-rippon-free-skate-coldplay-song-olympics-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteed1db00ea051f2e/698927308fd2ee917a35aa99/adam-rippon-skates-to-coldplay-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 3 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Adam Rippon Figure Skating to Coldplay Just Made the Internet Super Emotional twitter:description: Yes, really twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteed1db00ea051f2e/698927308fd2ee917a35aa99/adam-rippon-skates-to-coldplay-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Adam Rippon Figure Skating to Coldplay Just Made the Internet Super Emotional > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Maddie Meyer—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 12, 2018 9:10 PM UTC [Adam Rippon](http://time.com/5134101/adam-rippon-winter-olympics-2018/) delighted the internet with his [joyous debut](http://time.com/5143878/adam-rippon-internet-reactions-olympics-2018/) performance at the [2018 Olympic Winter Games](http://time.com/5123348/winter-olympics-2018-schedule/) in [Pyeongchang, South Korea](http://time.com/5123599/pyeongchang-weather-winter-olympics-2018/), a program that netted him third place in his category. Rippon, who made headlines ahead of the Olympics with spirited [critiques of Vice President Mike Pence](http://time.com/5139247/mike-pence-adam-rippon/), set the internet ablaze with his song choice for the event, a mashup of Cinematic Orchestra’s “Arrival of the Birds” and Coldplay’s “O,” which appeared on their 2014 album, _Ghost Stories_. According to [_Billboard_](https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8099109/winter-olympics-adam-rippon-coldplay-skating), the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games are the first Olympics where singles and pairs can skate to songs with lyrics – a boon for Rippon and Coldplay. In fact, since Rippon performed to his medley with Coldplay, the song is now rising on U.S. iTunes charts. > [](https://twitter.com/ColdplayAtlas/status/962894995828166656) The internet wasn’t shy about their feelings on Rippon’s song selection and took to social media to share their thoughts. > [](https://twitter.com/brrryn9/status/962862873650368512) > [](https://twitter.com/Dee%5FLockett/status/962862046500081665) > [](https://twitter.com/ira/status/962861374006181888) > [](https://twitter.com/hillibusterr/status/962861104656502784) > [](https://twitter.com/rogbennett/status/962862474105163776) > [](https://twitter.com/stephenossola/status/962899546396295168) > [](https://twitter.com/Hello%5FTailor/status/962865699692711939) > [](https://twitter.com/42dontEverLetGo/status/962900571438149632) > [](https://twitter.com/fairytale%5Fbliss/status/962892354427478017) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5151258/adam-rippon-free-skate-coldplay-song-olympics-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5151258/adam-rippon-free-skate-coldplay-song-olympics-2018/"},"headline":"Adam Rippon Figure Skating to Coldplay Just Made the Internet Super Emotional","datePublished":"2018-02-12T21:10:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:33.312Z","description":"Yes, really","url":"https://time.com/5151258/adam-rippon-free-skate-coldplay-song-olympics-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","onetime","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteed1db00ea051f2e/698927308fd2ee917a35aa99/adam-rippon-skates-to-coldplay-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteed1db00ea051f2e/698927308fd2ee917a35aa99/adam-rippon-skates-to-coldplay-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 3","caption":"Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 3","creditText":"Maddie Meyer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5151258/adam-rippon-free-skate-coldplay-song-olympics-2018/","name":"Adam Rippon Figure Skating to Coldplay Just Made the Internet Super Emotional"}}]}] ```