--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Adam Rippon Figure Skating to Coldplay Just Made the Internet Super Emotional  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 12, 2018 9:10 PM UTC  GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 12: Adam Rippon of the United States of America celebrates after competing in the Figure Skating Team Event Men's Single Free Skating on day three of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 12, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 12: Adam Rippon of the United States of America celebrates after competing in the Figure Skating Team Event Men's Single Free Skating on day three of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 12, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (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"}}]}] ```