Adrian Grimes’ reimagining of the 1975 rock opera has clocked up nearly 3.5 million views A cover of Queen‘s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ repurposed for the coronavirus pandemic has garnered millions of views on YouTube.
Musician Adrian Grimes’ reimagining of the 1975 rock opera has nearly 3.5 million views since it was uploaded on March 21. It includes new lyrics, such as “Mama, I just killed a man / I didn’t stay inside in bed / I walked past him, now he’s dead.” The YouTuber, however, revealed that he’s received some backlash to the lyrics. “I’ve had a few comments suggesting that this is ‘insensitive’,” he wrote. “I want to emphasise that I know where these people are coming from.