Canadian Physics Student’s Rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody Goes Viral

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Timonthy Blais is a graduate student in physics at at McGill University in Montreal. He’s also the latest You Tube sensation. His rendition of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” with new lyrics about string theory is approaching 1 million views.

“I mostly did it because I thought of it and then it couldn’t not exist,” said Blais, speaking with The World’s host Marco Werman. “This is sort of the way I operate with creative ideas: I think of something that I love and then I just sort of have this compulsion to finish it.”

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