The 2018 Winter Olympics have come and gone and the highlight of the closing ceremony in Pyeongchang was 13-year-old South Korean shredder Yang Tae Hwan. Hwan dazzled audiences during the ceremony with a rippin' rendition of Vivaldi's 'Winter' that had social media in a frenzy.
Hwan even got the attention of Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick who captioned a photo of the teen shredder with the message "Electric guitar to world: “Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated“ Holy smokes, who saw last night’s Olympics finale?"
Just found out that the #기타리스트 is Yang Tae Hwan, aged 13. He is my hero and my aesthetic. pic.twitter.com/LHj5u9SV0f
— Cait Linanna (@Caitlin_Riblett) February 25, 2018
That's it… We can all stop trying to be cool. You will never be as awesome as Korean 13yo Yang Tae Hwan shredding his guitar in front of the #Olympics torch!! pic.twitter.com/t4oQyRn9Es
— Juan Pablo Rojas (@elchapablo) February 26, 2018
The Winter Olympics also featured skating routings to the music of AC/DC and Disturbed, so it's nice to see rock and electric guitar have a presence at the Games. Maybe at the next games we'll get some thrash metal?
Here is some more footage of Hwan shredding:
