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Watch This Year’s Olympic Figure Skaters Perform to Beyoncé, U2, and Justin Bieber Thanks to a New Rule Change

GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 11: Mae Berenice Meite of France competes in the Figure Skating Team Event – Ladies’ Short Program on day two of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 11, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

After an International Skating Union rule change in 2014, 2018 is the first year that Olympic figure skaters have been allowed to perform to perform to music with lyrics. Where once music from Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff dominated the ice, some of this year’s most exciting performances have been set to songs from James Brown, U2, Justin Bieber, and The Eagles. This year, Germany’s Paul Fentz performed Paul Anka‘s big band-rendition of Oasis‘ “Wonderwall,” France’s Maé-Bérénice Méité performed to Beyoncé‘s “Run the World (Girls),” and Canada’s Patrick Chan skated to “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas. Watch their routines below.