The “Fat bottomed boys” in a virtual duet with Freddy Mercury.

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Fat bottomed boys

  • A group from Lille imagined singing a duet with the leader of Queen, Freddie Mercury.

  • An unfinished mock-up of a title by the famous mustached singer, dating from 1984, has been finalized.

  • The song, titled "New York," was released on social media, along with a music video.

Don't stop them now.

Having Freddie Mercury as a

guest

wasn't given to everyone during his lifetime.

But there, thirty years after the death of the mythical singer of Queen, it is squarely a miracle.

Well it happened, this miracle, for the two members of the Lille group Fat bottomed boys.

They have just released

New York

, a track accompanied by a clip, in which appears and sings a Freddie Mercury in better shape than ever.

The Fat bottomed boys are a group that was formed during the first confinement.

Thibaut "the sergent", on vocals, and Louis-Henri "Elash" on guitar, compose songs largely inspired by the Queen style of which they are unconditional fans.

Both have been part of another group since 2015, Tribute to Queen, Rock you.

“One day we came across an unfinished demo by Freddie Mercury from 1984. He had only recorded a verse and a chorus on a piano melody.

We said to ourselves that it would be fun to finish it, ”explains Thibaut.

The real voice of Freddie Mercury recorded in 1984

So they did.

Drums, guitar, bass, finish the piano score and complete the text.

“We arranged it all like a duo.

The voice of Freddie Mercury that we hear in the song is his, recorded in 1984, ”continues The sergeant.

The song was to be included in their debut album,

Let's do it

.

Except that the process to obtain the rights did not succeed, Sony music simply never having responded to their requests.

“The title is not on the album, but we made a clip to put it on social media without touching any money on it.

The designer Marialexie made us an animated Freddie Mercury who sings with us in the film, ”explains Thibaut.

To the sound, the result is there.

By closing your eyes, you can easily imagine the two Lille people on stage with the star.

And as the name of the most famous mustached singer does not leave you indifferent, the Fat Bottomed Boys initiative has made people talk in France, but also in the world: Italy, Brazil, Chile ...

Thibaut assures that they were finally contacted by relatives of Queen: the official archivist and biographer.

“They themselves had forgotten this model and they liked the result,” says The sergeant.

Good, but not enough.

"The dream would be that it reaches the ears of the last living members of the group and that they authorize us to publish this song on our second album", hopes the singer.

They may need

A kind of magic 

to get

The miracle

.

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