Someone blended the BBC News and BBC World intro themes with Dua Lipa’s “Hallucinate” and it’s glorious. (Christopher Polk/Getty)
In news that is well and truly breaking, a queer man remixed the British and World BBC News intro themes with “Hallucinate” by Dua Lipa and it is, frankly, the LGBT+ agenda.
Ben Howell, based in Glasgow, Scotland, dropped the edit Monday evening, blending the “certified bop” that is the broadcaster’s theme with the singer’s 2020 song from her lockdown album Future Nostalgia.
The most ambitious crossover event in human history? Probably.
Howell’s mentions have already been flooded with applause and praise for the recreation, with several BBC staffers lauding the song as well as asking if they can feature it on today’s programming.
Radio presenter Greg James demands that Dua Lipa edit become official BBC News theme tune.
Leading the brigade was Greg James, who demanded that the BBC News desk play its “new theme tune” which is a “certified banger”.
“Please change with immediate effect,” he added, before he blasted the edit on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
Thank you so much for the mention this morning Greg! You’re too kind! I was blushing into my cornflakes. 😂
— Ben Howell (@piffleandwhimsy) April 28, 2020
As Howell tucked into his cornflakes, he didn’t quite imagine that his edit would be played across the likes of the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show as well as BBC Radio Manchester’s Make A Difference desk.
BBC newsreader Sophie Raworth even hinted that the Dua Lipa song might be featured on the broadcaster’s 6pm slot.
Go on, you know you want to! 😂👍
— Ben Howell (@piffleandwhimsy) April 28, 2020
And the BBC’s press team said they’d “have a word with the bosses”.
We will have a word with the bosses….
— BBC News Press Team (@BBCNewsPR) April 28, 2020
Some fans even called for the singer herself to react, much to Howell’s disbelief.
Gosh, imagine that. I’d be over the bloomin’ moon!
— Ben Howell (@piffleandwhimsy) April 28, 2020
And it’s even started to divide BBC News theme song stans and Lipa stans, a sentence we never expected to type in our lifetimes, but there you go.
Hmmm this sounds great – but it highlights that the original Dua Lipa tune is rather boring and needs colour, and that the BBC News theme is a banger – which was originally a Bill Bailey gag in his live show https://t.co/oe9w8bgxgB
— Melanie ‘Isolation Karen’ Princess (@MeLadyFreshness) April 28, 2020
The remix even got the blessing from gay Welsh weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans, who recently went viral for his own recreation of the theme song with drums.
Omg what makes the BBC News theme even better than just rocked up drums? The addition of DUA LIPA!!
— Owain Wyn Evans (@OwainWynEvans) April 28, 2020
The difference, however, between Howell’s and Evans’ versions? Evans’ was officially broadcast on the news.
Your move, BBC News.