Matt with Jeremy Abbott (Figure skating champion who skated to Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3)
Jeremy Abbott:
#FBF to meeting @mattbellamy in my hometown. I was really trying to keep my cool while talking to him. It’s extremely difficult to act chill when the person standing in front of you, along with his band, changed the course of your life. When I decided to skate to Exogenesis Symphony Part 3, in 2011, I was at a place where I thought figure skating had given up on me and I was close to giving up on it as well. I heard this piece of music and I had no other choice but to skate, to be defiant of the nay sayers (myself included), and to fight. This piece allowed me to start over again artistically, emotionally, and physically. It gave me the courage to do my own choreography for the first time and put myself out there in the competitive circuit, raw and exposed. I was terrified, but it became home for me. I found solace in this piece and it became a signature for me. I won two of my US titles skating to this man’s music (2012 & 2014) and It helped give me redemption at my second Olympics. (A little too on the nose huh?) Anyway, thank you Matt and @muse for the amazing gift you gave me. I truly can’t express enough gratitude. x
