Watching Pyeongchang Olympics now . They played Kpop songs like PSY, TWICE , BIGBANG AND BTS @ Opening Ceremony 😀 And they’re performed a beautiful performance now ♡ pic.twitter.com/4gFWh4r4jo
— MissCool (@Miss_Cool28) February 9, 2018
K-pop fans were definitely thrilled during the grand opening ceremony of the most awaited 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on February 9th as some of the most popular K-pop songs were played during the Parade of Nations.
The songs may have been new to most of the athletes and viewers worldwide, but this is the perfect opportunity for South Korea to share one of their most successful cultural exports around the globe — and that is K-POP.
And in the end a kpop shop owner talks about how the whole kpop merch is like arts starting from photobooks to photocards that fans exchange to even tickets for meet and greet. And the commentator says that the whole kpop business concept is very well thought through
— 에스라 누나 (@OnlyForJk) February 8, 2018
For those of you who’re wondering #PyeongChang2018 opening ceremony musics now, old & new K-POP songs are playing now at #PyeongChang Olympic Stadium. It shows we have diverse culture & diverse feelings of music industry.
— Jaehwan Cho 조재환 (@hohocho) February 9, 2018
It is currently freezing in South Korea and it looked like it helped the very cold athletes gain a bit more warmth by dancing to the K-pop hits!
I know I’m a little late to the game but….that music in the Opening Ceremony for the Olympics was LIT fam.#DATAapproves #Techno #Kpop #Electronica #Electro #ElectroDub #WubStep #SpaceAge#WinterOlympics2018 #PyongChang2018 #OpeningCeremony #GameTime #bbcolympics #nbcolympics
— CØMMANDER DATA (@DATATR0N1K) February 11, 2018
Check out the songs played during the unforgettable PyeongChang 2018 opening ceremony:
• Gangnam Style — PSY
OMG! The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s commentators talking about K-Pop during the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Opening Ceremony is hilarious! ‘Is Psy’s “Gangnam Style” considered K-Pop? BTS’s “DNA” is certified K-Pop!’ 😀 #olympics #kpop https://t.co/pOGwsRqPSD pic.twitter.com/WocgbRndIv
— CP Ranger (@CrayonPopRanger) February 10, 2018
• Likey — Twice
• Fantastic Baby — Bigbang
• DNA (remix) — BTS
• Red Flavor — Red Velvet
The English Canadian commentators are kpop fans trying desperately to contain themselves from fangirling about it to a confused older commentator.
— †┏┛milou┗┓† @ 🐤 🐥 (@miloucomehome) February 10, 2018
The organizers also launched the 2018 PyeongChang Cultural Olympiad to show its global audience the best of South Korea’s art and culture. K-pop fans also get the chance to watch many popular K-pop artists perform for free at the K-POP WORLD FESTA in the Gangwon Province.
Immensely popular K-pop artists like EXO and CL of 2EN1 are anticipated to perform at the Olympics closing ceremony on February 25th, causing so much excitement to the fans!
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