Panic! At The Disco Perform Sensational Cover Of Bohemian Rhapsody

At a live show, Panic! At The Disco announced that they would cover Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Brendon Urie’s range was a focal point of the performance, which combined the band’s style with the familiar composition. Some fans compared his singing with Freddie Mercury’s. The performance subsequently attracted more than 55 million online views, placing it among the song’s most popular cover versions.

Another rendition featured by the source comes from Putri Ariani of Bangkinang, Indonesia. Blind and self-taught as both a singer and musician, she plays piano, guitar and flute. For her version of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Ariani adopted a delicate, calming tone. The source characterizes the result as mesmerizing and suggests that it could rank among YouTube’s finest covers of the Queen song.

Ariani was 17 when she auditioned for America’s Got Talent on June 6, 2023. Traveling from Indonesia for her first visit to the United States, she delivered the kind of unforeseen performance that the source says can distinguish television talent competitions from their familiar formulas. It also notes that such appearances might not reach an international audience without the talent-show franchises associated with Simon Cowell.

Many people in the audience were shown crying during Ariani’s audition. Her blindness and her ambition to use the competition as a step toward studying at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music contributed to the reactions from the crowd and judges. The source, however, credits the quality of her performance as the main reason for the emotion. Before beginning, Ariani said her greatest obstacle was that people regarded her only as blind rather than recognizing her as a musician. Singing, she explained, allowed her to feel like a superstar.

Watch the full performance on page two