--- title: 2018 Closing Ceremony Olympic Anthem Singer Is Viral Star description: The young singer who performed the Olympics anthem at this year's Winter games closing ceremony isn't new to being a viral sensation. canonical: https://time.com/5175054/olympic-closing-ceremony-anthem-performer/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-26T05:21:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:55.179Z og:title: Young Olympic Closing Ceremony Singer Is Already a Viral Star og:description: Everything you need to know about Oh Yeon-joon og:url: https://time.com/5175054/olympic-closing-ceremony-anthem-performer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cfde91b49ea8098/698928d57cdbac4138d5c173/oh-yeon-joon-olympic-anthem-singer-closing-ceremony-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3798 og:image:height: 2136 og:image:alt: 2018 Winter Olympic Games - Closing Ceremony og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Young Olympic Closing Ceremony Singer Is Already a Viral Star twitter:description: Everything you need to know about Oh Yeon-joon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cfde91b49ea8098/698928d57cdbac4138d5c173/oh-yeon-joon-olympic-anthem-singer-closing-ceremony-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Get to Know the Closing Ceremony Anthem Singer Who Captured Everyone's Hearts  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 26, 2018 5:21 AM UTC  PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 25: Singer Oh Yeon-joon performs the Olympic Anthem during the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on February 25, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images) PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 25: Singer Oh Yeon-joon performs the Olympic Anthem during the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on February 25, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)Dan Istitene—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 26, 2018 5:21 AM UTC While the [2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony](http://time.com/5169066/final-medal-count-2018-winter-olympics/) in [PyeongChang, South Korea](http://time.com/5164622/2018-winter-olympics-korean-history/), had plenty of memorable moments, from [flying glowing panda bears](http://time.com/5174878/beijing-pandas-olympics-2018/) to [Johnny Weir’s most bedazzled fashion statement yet](http://time.com/5168888/johnny-weir-olympics-fashion/), there was one star who really captured the attention of viewers and athletes alike: Oh Yeon-jun, the talented young singer who performed the Olympics anthem at this year’s Winter games closing ceremony. While it was a widely acknowledged fact that Oh Yeon-jun had talent to spare, what some viewers may not have know is that the 11-year-old singer has already been a viral star in his own right before the Olympics, thanks to his success on the Korean talent show, _We Kid_. Oh Yeon-jun’s former life as a talent show contestant wasn’t completely forgotten by some corners of the Internet, who took to social media to share their memories of the younger, but just as talented singer. > [](https://twitter.com/KateL2355/status/967735633404973056) > [](https://twitter.com/rcachan%5F/status/967736385032486912) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5175054/olympic-closing-ceremony-anthem-performer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5175054/olympic-closing-ceremony-anthem-performer/"},"headline":"Get to Know the Closing Ceremony Anthem Singer Who Captured Everyone's Hearts","datePublished":"2018-02-26T05:21:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:55.179Z","description":"Everything you need to know about Oh Yeon-joon","url":"https://time.com/5175054/olympic-closing-ceremony-anthem-performer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8cfde91b49ea8098/698928d57cdbac4138d5c173/oh-yeon-joon-olympic-anthem-singer-closing-ceremony-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/blt8cfde91b49ea8098/698928d57cdbac4138d5c173/oh-yeon-joon-olympic-anthem-singer-closing-ceremony-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2018 Winter Olympic Games - Closing Ceremony","caption":"2018 Winter Olympic Games - Closing Ceremony","creditText":"Dan Istitene—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/5175054/olympic-closing-ceremony-anthem-performer/","name":"Get to Know the Closing Ceremony Anthem Singer Who Captured Everyone's Hearts"}}]}] ```