Coronavirus Rhapsody: isolation is catalyst for slew of parody songs
Songs, often tinged with dark humour, strike a chord with audiences amid lockdown
From a family in Kent reworking a Les Miserables song to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody being turned into an ode to coping with Covid-19, self-isolation is proving the catalyst for a new breed of homemade viral songwriting.
The Marsh family’s interpretation of One Day More clocked up 1.4m views, and made them internet stars with the lyrics (for example: “Our grandparents are miles away / they can’t work Skype, we’re brokenhearted”) being reworked to reference life during lockdown.