Benson Boone Brings Cardboard Cutout of Queen’s Brian Might

• After Coachella attendees had a lackluster response to Benson Boone’s shock visitor, Queen’s Brian Might, throughout his April 11 efficiency on the competition, Boone had a bit enjoyable
• The “Lovely Issues” singer paraded round onstage with a life-sized cardboard cutout of Might throughout his second Coachella efficiency on Friday, April 18
• Boone beforehand shared his frustrations with the Coachella viewers after the primary weekend with a cheeky April 13 TikTok

After Coachella-goers didn’t deal with his shock visitor, Queen’s Brian Might, just like the rock icon he’s, Benson Boone didn’t cover his disappointment — and even introduced him out once more to troll the group. (Properly, kind of.)

Throughout his debut Coachella efficiency on Friday, April 11, Boone, 22, introduced out the Rock n’ Roll Corridor of Famer, 77, to play guitar as he channeled Might’s late bandmate Freddie Mercury for a dramatic rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

And whereas the duvet marked a profession excessive for Boone — plus a powerful comeback for Might, who had a “minor stroke” simply seven months earlier — the “Lovely Issues” singer was let down by the competition crowd’s lackluster response to the rock icon’s presence.

Understandably, he anticipated a bit extra enthusiasm — and didn’t draw back from his disappointment, trolling the viewers for the lukewarm reception they gave Might in a TikTok following the shock team-up.

And for his second Coachella efficiency, Boone took the trolling to the subsequent stage, getting his followers enthusiastic about his shock visitor (“Simply wait until you see who I carry up for Bohemian Rhapsody right this moment,” he teased on TikTok) just for the visitor to be Might — in cardboard cutout kind.

As Boone ready to cowl Queen’s 1975 basic for a second time on Friday, April 18 — for which he even rocked a Mercury-inspired cape within the late vocalist’s honor — followers eagerly awaited the particular visitor reveal.

After performing the primary verse of the hit observe — and, true to kind, flipping off of a grand piano — the “Gradual It Down” singer revealed the two-dimensional Might. The life-sized, guitar-wielding cutout stood on a platform heart stage, flanked by the choir Boone enlisted for the highly effective rendition.

Later within the track, the singer joined the cutout, holding it up excessive and bringing it again all the way down to the principle stage earlier than hilariously parading it round for the rest of the duvet. He even wrapped the duvet by serenading the flat rocker.

And whereas Boone’s message hit dwelling, so did the cardboard cutout, which fell a number of instances, seemingly because of the notorious Indio, Calif., wind.

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Boone had beforehand shared his frustrations with the Coachella viewers after the primary weekend with a cheeky April 13 TikTok. Within the clip, Boone lip-syncs “Bohemian Rhapsody” right into a banana earlier than getting annoyed with the invisible viewers.

“Me making an attempt to get the group at Coachella to grasp what an absolute legend Brian Might is,” he wrote over the clip, “and the cultural impression he has on music and THE WORLD.”

The Grammy-nominated singer additionally posted extra about Might following his second efficiency (which the rocker missed to witness a NASA mission in Colorado, per his Instagram), together with sharing a snap with the guitarist’s cutout on Instagram Tales.

“@brianmayforreal wanting further spicy right this moment,” he joked over a mirror selfie with the cardboard rocker.

Can also documented the duo’s Coachella team-up — the primary one, not his cardboard cameo — with a candy submit on Instagram. Alongside a selfie with Boone, the musician wrote, “Do we glance comfortable ? !!! Gonna treasure this second on the airplane with @bensonboone – a very golden 22 yr previous prodigy. I am proud and comfortable to say we at the moment are formally friends 💥💥💥💥 Bri.”

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Later, the Queen rocker additionally praised Boone for his signature “aeronautics,” and even stated he was “awestruck” by the rising star.

“I am nonetheless reeling from final evening at Coachella,” Might wrote on Instagram. “Because of all of you people who made it really feel so particular — you recognize who you might be !!!! And this specific means of concluding Bohemian Rhapsody will likely be arduous to beat within the years to return !!! Thanks. And for Benson and his complete group, I’ve no phrases. I am awestruck.”