An interview came out where Yuzuru said that he looks up to BTS'Jimin dancing and that he is a big fan and the news gained traction among Kpop fans, who are wishing for him to skate to a BTS song in the future. Like it or not, Kpop is a big deal right now and figure skaters interested in Kpop can be a way to get more people exposed to the sport. So I made a list of all Kpop-figure skating crossover that I know of: feel free to add more of them!
Skating programs to Kpop:
- FOI group EX (with Yuna Kim) to Abracadabra by Brown Eyed Girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_ZRKeOA03I&ab_channel=yunaworld1
- FOI group EX (with Yuna Kim) to Run Devil Run by SNSD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHT4MWRbaJM&ab_channel=aslotussvideo
- Misha Ge EX at 2018 Olympics to Mic Drop by BTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx3o1vxUVt8&ab_channel=Olympics
- Ice Fantasia group Ex to DNA by BTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4-zm4ZfJ84&ab_channel=kpopchannel.tv
- Rika Hongo EX to Blackpink medley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcwJ4C3h9Gw&ab_channel=figureskatingchannel
- Jin Seo Kim EX to EXO medley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taKaS9YdlDQ&ab_channel=HeeYuHee[DONOTRE-UPLOAD&SECONDARYPROCESSING]
- Jin Seo Kim EX to Fantastic Baby by Big Bang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5JC4lUXB1c&ab_channel=hyejeongJeong
- Young You EX partially to I'm the Best by 2NE1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHCGrrXLvF4&ab_channel=[MainCAM]Icescape얼음풍경
- Roman Sadovsky (a big Army by his own admission!) EX to Boy with Luv by BTS feat. Halsey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbH8iTkU220&t=77s&ab_channel=Romsky
- Komabatsura/Koleto EX to Filter by BTS Jimin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWeAiO5HbOs&t=16s&ab_channel=Aru'sworld
Other skaters fan of Kpop:
-Evgenia Medvedeva is an Exo-L, she even met the group at the 2018 Olympics and got a signed CD: https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/evgenia-medvedeva-exo/
Unfortunately Evgenia has so far skated only to snippets of EXO songs for fun, never to an entire program.
I already posted in another thread about Yuna and her many singing collaborations with famous Kpop singers, so I will not duplicate them here.
Last but not least, the crossover of the crossovers: Korean skater Park Sunghoon juggled figure skating with trainee life under Big Hit (BTS company); last year he took part in I-land, a boy group survival show, and he became a member of rookie group Enhypen. Check their first appearance at 2020 MAMA show, where Sunghoon skates in roller as an intro to the group song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUjXlVhWNYk&ab_channel=ENHYPENTV
Do you like Kpop? Would you like to see more Kpop programs in the future or you think Kpop is ok just for exhibitions (an opinion that was recently voiced by Eteri Tutberidze BTW)? Do you have kpop song suggestions for skaters?
Skating programs to Kpop:
- FOI group EX (with Yuna Kim) to Abracadabra by Brown Eyed Girls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_ZRKeOA03I&ab_channel=yunaworld1
- FOI group EX (with Yuna Kim) to Run Devil Run by SNSD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHT4MWRbaJM&ab_channel=aslotussvideo
- Misha Ge EX at 2018 Olympics to Mic Drop by BTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx3o1vxUVt8&ab_channel=Olympics
- Ice Fantasia group Ex to DNA by BTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4-zm4ZfJ84&ab_channel=kpopchannel.tv
- Rika Hongo EX to Blackpink medley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcwJ4C3h9Gw&ab_channel=figureskatingchannel
- Jin Seo Kim EX to EXO medley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taKaS9YdlDQ&ab_channel=HeeYuHee[DONOTRE-UPLOAD&SECONDARYPROCESSING]
- Jin Seo Kim EX to Fantastic Baby by Big Bang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5JC4lUXB1c&ab_channel=hyejeongJeong
- Young You EX partially to I'm the Best by 2NE1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHCGrrXLvF4&ab_channel=[MainCAM]Icescape얼음풍경
- Roman Sadovsky (a big Army by his own admission!) EX to Boy with Luv by BTS feat. Halsey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbH8iTkU220&t=77s&ab_channel=Romsky
- Komabatsura/Koleto EX to Filter by BTS Jimin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWeAiO5HbOs&t=16s&ab_channel=Aru'sworld
Other skaters fan of Kpop:
-Evgenia Medvedeva is an Exo-L, she even met the group at the 2018 Olympics and got a signed CD: https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/evgenia-medvedeva-exo/
Unfortunately Evgenia has so far skated only to snippets of EXO songs for fun, never to an entire program.
I already posted in another thread about Yuna and her many singing collaborations with famous Kpop singers, so I will not duplicate them here.
Last but not least, the crossover of the crossovers: Korean skater Park Sunghoon juggled figure skating with trainee life under Big Hit (BTS company); last year he took part in I-land, a boy group survival show, and he became a member of rookie group Enhypen. Check their first appearance at 2020 MAMA show, where Sunghoon skates in roller as an intro to the group song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUjXlVhWNYk&ab_channel=ENHYPENTV
Do you like Kpop? Would you like to see more Kpop programs in the future or you think Kpop is ok just for exhibitions (an opinion that was recently voiced by Eteri Tutberidze BTW)? Do you have kpop song suggestions for skaters?
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