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Thousands of concertgoers in Poland randomly decided to sing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and it was flawless

The music of Queen is a universal language.

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You can't not sing this song.

The music of Queen has a profound visceral effect on everyone. Few pieces of art can cause complete strangers to put aside their differences and come together in song, but by golly, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is one of them. It would be cheesy if it weren’t so absolutely beautiful.

This pertains even to non-English-speaking countries, it appears. Recently, thousands of Harry Styles concertgoers in Warsaw, Poland, began cheering as those iconic beginning piano notes penetrated the air.

It wasn’t long before the entire stadium was singing along to that beloved tune and acing every single lyric. As one person commented on YouTube, even though most people in Warsaw don’t speak English, “they sing Queen.”

The passionate impromptu performance serves as a reminder of how special both Queen and the late Freddie Mercury remain today.

“No other band will ever come close to Queen. They were lightning in a bottle and Freddie was a whale in a teardrop. Once people keep singing his words, FM will live on forever,” another YouTube viewer wrote.

Indeed, seeing an entire stadium come alive with “Bohemian Rhapsody,” you can’t help but feel Mercury’s soul return to the mortal plane, as if we’ve all been transported back to that historic Live Aid concert in 1985 when he had the entirety of Wembley Stadium wrapped around his finger for 21 glorious minutes.

Watch below, and try not to sing along. Scratch that—sing your heart out.

This article originally appeared on 7.14.23

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Harry Styles heard his 'first teacher' was in the audience, so he stopped a show to find her

She taught him when he was 4.

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Harry Styles in 2013.

The impact teachers have on our lives lasts a lifetime. Even though most schoolteachers instruct countless children throughout their careers, they remember how the students affected their lives, too. A perfect example of this is the exchange between pop megastar Harry Styles and his first teacher from primary school on June 15.

Between songs at his concert at Emirates Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, Styles stopped the show to find someone in the audience. It was no easy task, there were 74,000 people at the show.

"I'm going to ask a favor from you because I'd like to try and find someone in the audience," he said, according to CBS News. It was his “first-ever schoolteacher” Ann Vernon. The gig was a homecoming for Styles, who grew up in nearby Cheshire, and he was told that some of his former schoolteachers may be in attendance.

Styles scanned the massive crowd for Vernon until he saw someone he thought was her. Unfortunately, it was her colleague, Mrs. Bailey.

"How are you? I heard you're retiring,” he called out to the person he thought was Vernon. “I'd just like to thank you for everything in those formative years. And yeah, thank you so much, it means a lot to me that you're here tonight."

"Can you imagine dealing with me when I was 4?" Styles joked. He then dedicated his next song, “Canyon Moon,” to his former teacher.

Even though Vernon wasn’t at the gig, she got Styles' touching message. Bailey called her and shared a clip of the exchange. After the concert, Vernon appeared on "The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show" on BBC Radio 2 to talk about what it was like teaching young Styles.

"As a teacher, you remember all of the children that you've taught, all of them are amazing in their own way," Vernon said. “Harry obviously has gone on to mega, mega things—everybody at Hermitage is just so, so proud of him." She recalled that he was a “delight” and that he had “a cheeky sparkle in his eye, he was a little bit of a tinker some of the time but he was a character so that's for sure, we all remember him.”

A big part of Styles' appeal is that he’s a nice guy who will "take a walk on a Sunday through the afternoon" with you. Some might have thought that it’s just an image he’s trying to sell the world, but it’s pretty easy to believe it’s true after seeing him stop a show to salute one of his teachers.

He was also gracious to his audience whom he thanked for coming to a show near where he grew up.

“This is an absolute pleasure to be here at my home show, I cannot begin to tell you how much it means to me to play here tonight and all of you for coming,” he said, according to Yahoo News UK.

“Some of the happiest times of my entire life have been making these last couple of albums, and some of the happiest times of my life have been right around the corner from here. So it feels pretty perfect to me playing these songs to you here tonight,” he added.

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'Tina, she's gay!': Harry Styles helped a fan come out to her mom in spectacular fashion.

Although Harry Styles is British, he's certainly an American sweetheart. The former One Direction star did something truly special for a fan during one of his concerts this July, making hearts swoon yet again.

Styles briefly interrupted his San Jose, California, concert to help a fan come out to her parents.

Grace, 18, made a double-sided poster sign for her 10th (!!!) Styles concert of the summer. The sign read, "I'm going to come out to my parents because of you!"

Styles noticed the poster and stopped the music. After asking Grace for permission, he read the poster aloud. He then asked Grace for her mother's name. (It's Tina.) Then after quieting the crowd, he shouted: "TINA, SHE'S GAY!"

At the time, Tina was in a hotel room a few miles away, but that didn't stop Styles from supporting Grace's efforts.

"Tina says she loves you," Styles told Grace in front of the packed stadium. "Congratulations. I'm very proud of you."

Grace filmed the whole thing. When she reunited with her mother at the hotel, Grace came out as bisexual and showed her mom the video. Tina's response was beautiful.

"Yes, I do love you," Tina told her daughter, "and you can be whoever you want to be."

While Styles has never "felt the need to label" his sexuality,  he has always been outspoken in his defense for LGBTQ rights.

In an interview with The Sun, Styles expressed support for Miley Cyrus's coming out as pansexual. "Being in a creative field, it’s important to be ­progressive," he reportedly said. "People doing stuff like [Cyrus] is great."

In November 2017, he made a passionate speech during a concert in Stockholm expressing his love and support for his gay and transgender fans."If you are black, if you are white, if you are gay, if you are straight, if you are transgender — whoever you are, whoever you want to be — I support you," Styles said.

While performing in another concert in Washington, D.C., Styles defiantly waved the trans flag and in Philadelphia, a "Make America Gay Again" flag.

Through his celebration of all identities, Styles is helping more people be more comfortable in their own skin. That in itself is worth applauding.

After the show, Grace tweeted her gratitude to Styles and said that his advocacy for the LGBTQ community helped her gain the courage to come out. "Thank you so much for creating an environment where I am proud to be who I am," Grace tweeted. "Your continuous support of the LGBTQ+ [community] has helped me come to love myself and feel safe."

In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Grace said she had only come out to a very few select friends before the concert. But coming out to her mother gave her a huge sense of relief. "Coming out was very liberating," Grace said. "I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my chest. I'm very happy with who I am."

Stepping up as an affirming ally of the LGBTQ community makes a difference. Harry, thanks for spreading the love.

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