{"id":280934,"date":"2026-06-29T10:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/280934\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:20:08","slug":"minionese-performances-of-olivia-rodrigo-queen-and-jackson-5s-songs-go-viral-at-minions-monsters-hollywood-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/280934\/","title":{"rendered":"Minionese performances of Olivia Rodrigo, Queen and Jackson 5&#8217;s songs go viral at &#8216;Minions &#038; Monsters&#8217; Hollywood premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Performances of iconic songs\u00a0in the fictional Minionese language have\u00a0gone viral following the premiere of Minions &amp; Monsters, drawing widespread praise and humorous reactions online.<\/p>\n<p>The performances took place during the film&#8217;s premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on June 28.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured four performers entertaining guests ahead of the film&#8217;s theatrical release on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>One performer delivered the entirety of Queen&#8217;s classic hit &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody&#8221; in Minionese, the fictional language spoken by the Minions throughout the Despicable Me franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Another performer sang Olivia Rodrigo&#8217;s \u201cdrop dead\u201d, while a rendition of the Jackson 5&#8217;s \u201cI\u2019ll Be There\u201d received the event&#8217;s Golden Banana award.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The \u2018MINIONS &amp; MONSTERS\u2019 Hollywood premiere held a Minionese singing contest.<\/p>\n<p>The winner sang \u201cI\u2019ll Be There\u201d by the Jackson 5 and was given a Golden Banana. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ntAkzgAv7h\">pic.twitter.com\/ntAkzgAv7h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/2071411797425586654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The viral clips quickly spread across social media, with many viewers praising the effort required to perform the songs in the fictional language. One user wrote, \u201cFreddie Mercury would\u2019ve been proud\u2026.somehow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others joined in with playful responses inspired by the song and the franchise. One fan commented, \u201cGalileo, Galileo, Galileo\u2026 banana! The opera section finally hits different.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additional reactions included,\u201cThis is why I pay for the internet.\u201d One fan also praised the performer&#8217;s commitment, writing, \u201cShe demonstrated unwavering dedication by learning the entire operatic section in Minionese. Give her an Oscar right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Minions &amp; Monsters, the seventh feature film in Illumination&#8217;s Despicable Me franchise, stars Zoey Deutch, Jeff Bridges, Allison Janney, Bobby Moynihan, Jesse Eisenberg, Trey Parker and Phil LaMarr.<\/p>\n<p>                                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Performances of iconic songs\u00a0in the fictional Minionese language have\u00a0gone viral following the premiere of Minions &amp; Monsters, drawing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[157,9,24,63,122,124,123,56253],"class_list":["post-280934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-entertainment","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-viral-trends-drama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}