--- title: Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres Skate to Disturbed Cover description: France's Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres danced to a metal cover of a classic at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the internet loves it. canonical: https://time.com/5160381/disturbed-sound-of-silence-skating/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-15T16:49:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:40.145Z og:title: The Internet Flips for This Hardcore Figure Skating Pair og:description: No one can stop talking about the heavy metal song og:url: https://time.com/5160381/disturbed-sound-of-silence-skating/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29f9b377c545452e/698927c8bc6cfcc0d73e508f/gettyimages-918508056.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics: Figure Skating, Pair Skating Free Skating og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Flips for This Hardcore Figure Skating Pair twitter:description: No one can stop talking about the heavy metal song twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29f9b377c545452e/698927c8bc6cfcc0d73e508f/gettyimages-918508056.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Living for This French Figure Skating Pair's Heavy Metal Performance by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 15, 2018 4:49 PM UTC  GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 15, 2018: France's Vanessa James (top) and Morgan Cipres perform their routine in the pair skating free skating event of the figure skating competition at Gangneung Ice Arena at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images) GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 15, 2018: France's Vanessa James (top) and Morgan Cipres perform their routine in the pair skating free skating event of the figure skating competition at Gangneung Ice Arena at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)Valery Sharifulin—Valery Sharifulin/TASS by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 15, 2018 4:49 PM UTC Olympic pairs skating just got so hardcore and the internet is here for it. France’s Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres performed to the metal band Disturbed’s take on Simon and Garfunkel’s classic “Sound of Silence” at the [free skating event](http://time.com/5159440/alexa-chris-knierim-olympics-florida-shooting/) and it elicited some truly excellent internet reactions. The pair, who won the bronze medal at the 2017 European Championships, finished sixth place in the team event short program with a score of 75.34\. It was enough to advance them to the medal round. But perhaps most importantly, the duo won over the internet with how they epitomized elegance to a surprisingly hard-hitting track. It’s the go-to song for the pair, who have been skating together [since 2010](http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/team/james%5Fcipres). They also used the song for their free skate last year. “It was our coaches who found it,” James told the [Associated Press about the song](http://www.businessinsider.com/france-figure-skating-disturbed-sound-of-silence-winter-olympics-2018-2). “They were like, ‘We really think it could be a hit.’” This marks the first Olympics where competitors can skate to songs with lyrics. The use of popular music is helping viewers [connect even more](http://time.com/5151258/adam-rippon-free-skate-coldplay-song-olympics-2018/) with what’s already one of the most popular sports of the Winter Games. See the best reactions to the pair below. > [](https://twitter.com/ARHeitmann/status/963983304625094656) > [](https://twitter.com/TheFakeGeekGal/status/963981035108171781) > [](https://twitter.com/spice%5Fdixie/status/964136986201092096) > [](https://twitter.com/ReneeKrane/status/964122795683799040) > [](https://twitter.com/YoungMexi3/status/964021750563528704) > [](https://twitter.com/SCLCPrez/status/963980908582883329) > [](https://twitter.com/alisonhaislip/status/963981207955374080) > [](https://twitter.com/AndreaDomanick/status/963982383153205251) > [](https://twitter.com/crousselle/status/963979575901540352) > [](https://twitter.com/IamWizardOfWazz/status/963982195848134657) > [](https://twitter.com/TheFakeGeekGal/status/963981035108171781) > [](https://twitter.com/Drone832/status/964111489429798912) > [](https://twitter.com/PaulJoyceUK/status/964156543926140930) > [](https://twitter.com/KressidaW/status/964157693685567489) > [](https://twitter.com/BeBraveAndTrue/status/963982057536880640) Listen for yourself below. Don’t expect all pop hits at the rink in Pyeongchang. Fan favorites like France’s Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron plan to perform to “Moonlight Sonato.”Wint ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5160381/disturbed-sound-of-silence-skating/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5160381/disturbed-sound-of-silence-skating/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Living for This French Figure Skating Pair's Heavy Metal Performance","datePublished":"2018-02-15T16:49:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:40.145Z","description":"France's Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres danced to a metal cover of a classic at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the internet loves it.","url":"https://time.com/5160381/disturbed-sound-of-silence-skating/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29f9b377c545452e/698927c8bc6cfcc0d73e508f/gettyimages-918508056.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29f9b377c545452e/698927c8bc6cfcc0d73e508f/gettyimages-918508056.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics: Figure Skating, Pair Skating Free Skating","caption":"PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics: Figure Skating, Pair Skating Free Skating","creditText":"Valery Sharifulin—Valery Sharifulin/TASS","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/5160381/disturbed-sound-of-silence-skating/","name":"The Internet Is Living for This French Figure Skating Pair's Heavy Metal Performance"}}]}] ```