Brian May of Queen Compares Yungblud to Freddie Mercury 

Brian May, a member of Queen, has recently compared Yungblud to Freddie Mercury after he heard Yungblud’s cover of ‘We Are The Champions’. Dominic Harrison, who goes by his stage name Yungblud, did a rendition of the famous Queen’s song from 1977 for Apple music, and May believes that the performance has some qualities of Queen’s legendary former singer, Freddie Mercury. 

“Every now and then, while idly scrolling in the park, you come upon something that makes you go ‘wow,’” May wrote on Instagram with the footage of the performance. He added, “and you just have to press that ‘follow’ button. Very classy.” However, the post did receive some negative reactions in the comments but May had the perfect response to that as well.

 “Well, this has been an eye-opener for me. I’m smiling quietly at all the ‘no’ comments. I remember so clearly the same kind of derision being poured on Freddie when we started out as Queen. As soon as I see someone who can inspire such strong reactions, positive and negative, I’m sure this person is a star performer.”

Yungblud recently spoke about the impact his parent’s abusive relationship had on him while growing up. In reference to the said influence, he said, “My parents had this weird, beautifully dark relationship where I don’t know if I’ve ever seen two people love each other as much as they have, but I don’t think I’ve seen anybody hurt each other as much. It was physically and mentally and emotionally abusive. I’ve always wanted to build a world where I could exist to escape what was going on around me.”

– Riya Sohini