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After winning the U.S. its first Olympic gold medal in figure skating since 2002 on Thursday, Alysa Liu returned to the ice on Saturday (February 21) to defend a different title: World\u2019s Coolest PinkPantheress<\/a> Fan. At the 2026 Olympic Exhibition Gala in Milan, Liu debuted a new routine set to the pop star\u2019s \u201cStateside\u201d remix with Zara Larsson<\/a> (who, watching the number on TikTok<\/a>, remarked: \u201cYou know it\u2019s good when the commentators are quiet.\u201d) Check out Liu\u2019s full performance below.<\/p>\n Liu and PinkPantheress\u2019 mutual admiration is well-documented. When Pitchfork asked her to share her Perfect 10<\/a> earlier this month, she chose Pink\u2019s 2023 album Heaven Knows<\/em><\/a>, noting: \u201cIt gets me hyped up, and it gets me in the zone\u2026it\u2019s just very inspiring.\u201d Later, Pink replied with her own message. \u201cYou are so inspiring and when I was younger I was obsessed with figure skaters so you are literally living my dream,\u201d she wrote Liu. \u201cThank you so much for the love.\u201d<\/p>\n Liu first teased her \u201cStateside\u201d routine earlier this week, after reporter Raymond Braun shared<\/a> Pink\u2019s message of support with her. Liu responded by calling Pink her favorite artist, and confirming that if she performed at the Olympic Gala, she would skate to the \u201cStateside\u201d remix. It\u2019s not the first time the athlete, who rocks a smiley piercing and halo hair, has brought her personal taste to a major stage\u2014she set her gold-medal-winning free skate program to Donna Summer<\/a>\u2019s \u201cMacArthur Park Suite,\u201d and her short program to Laufey<\/a>\u2019s \u201cPromise.\u201d<\/p>\n The Larsson-assisted \u201cStateside\u201d remix appeared on Pink\u2019s 2025 album Fancy Some More?<\/em><\/a> The record gathered peers (Jade<\/a>, Oklou<\/a>, Ravyn Lenae<\/a>, Nia Archives<\/a>) and influences (Sugababes<\/a>, Basement Jaxx<\/a>, Kylie Minogue<\/a>) alike to remix the British artist\u2019s sophomore album Fancy That<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n