Earlier today at the Closing Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, the hashtag #Olympics_EXO promoting the K-pop boy-band group named EXO went completely bonkers as fans watched their performance:
Take a look at some photos from the #ClosingCeremony of the 2018 Winter #Olympics in #PyeongChang2018, South Korea. The ceremony featured music from performers like @weareoneEXO. #Olympics_EXO pic.twitter.com/2m6bOWOSmI
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 25, 2018
And we do mean bonkers. Look at this tweet, for example, which had 80,000+ retweets:
Hello from backstage with the IOC President Thomas Bach! #EXO @weareoneEXO #엑소#EXO#ClosingCeremony pic.twitter.com/xexPlDcXar
— Olympics (@Olympics) February 25, 2018
Or this one with 84,000+ retweets for these pics:
#EXO @weareoneEXO ❤️ ?? #ClosingCeremony #엑소 pic.twitter.com/HKYEpNvsCg
— Olympics (@Olympics) February 25, 2018
This image from far away had 25,000+ retweets:
The crowd are jumping! ? ? @weareoneEXO are doing what they do best #엑소 #EXO #PyeongChang2018 #ClosingCeremony pic.twitter.com/Cko2BjRhWC
— Olympic Channel (@olympicchannel) February 25, 2018
Now, can anyone explain the replica Colonel Sanders outfits? What’s up with that?
#WeAreOne #엑소 #EXO #Olympics#폐막식 #ClosingCeremony #2018평창동계올림픽 #PyeongChang2018 #EXOL #Olympics_EXO pic.twitter.com/epazS98HII
— EXO (@weareoneEXO) February 25, 2018
Once you see it…
https://twitter.com/jdkimji/status/967775062425153538
Apparently the band used to endorse KFC, so these outfits are perfect!
i'm reminded that exo used to be endorsers of kfc#iHeartAwards #BestFanArmy #EXOL @weareoneEXO #Olympics_EXO https://t.co/bIUgAI9C4h
— [hiatus] (@YUWlNCTZEN) February 25, 2018
For real:
의상이랑 헤어스타일 본 순간 KFC 때 모습이 생각났다. 2014년의 시우민!#Olympics_EXO#iHeartAwards #BestFanArmy #EXOL @weareoneEXO pic.twitter.com/IpNtoljYxA
— 밤 (@DDILALILA) February 25, 2018
Here’s a commercial they did for the chicken chain in outfits that are almost exactly like their Olympic ones:
We’re dying:
The outfits looks lile their kfc cfs.. ??? just without red.. #Olympics_EXO
— donut (@donutnumnum) February 25, 2018
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