{"id":96,"date":"2025-09-14T14:27:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibes15.com\/?p=96"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:27:03","slug":"not-just-bohemian-rhapsody-paris-crowd-amazed-as-new-flash-mob-performs-we-are-the-world-and-video-hits-over-2-3-million-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vibes15.com\/?p=96","title":{"rendered":"Not Just \u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d, Paris Crowd Amazed as New Flash Mob Performs \u2018We Are the World\u2019 and Video Hits Over 2.3 Million Views"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paris does goosebumps like nowhere else. In Van\u2019s full-length YouTube video, an orange upright piano is wheeled into a busy square, and a gentle intro blooms into a soaring street performance of \u201cWe Are the World.\u201d Posted on May 30, 2025 to the channel \u201cVan\u201d (@vantoan_), the clip has racked up well over 2.3 million views as of this week\u2014clearly, word got out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54215 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newsflash24h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/paris-flashmob-we-are-the-world-bohemian-rhapsody.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsflash24h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/paris-flashmob-we-are-the-world-bohemian-rhapsody.jpg 813w, https:\/\/newsflash24h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/paris-flashmob-we-are-the-world-bohemian-rhapsody-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsflash24h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/paris-flashmob-we-are-the-world-bohemian-rhapsody-768x415.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"439\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"X0wy1ATO\"><\/div>\n<p>The pianist is Van\u2014short for Van Toan Lam\u2014a Vietnamese-French musician whose social feeds are packed with spontaneous Paris moments and collabs. Around him, singers begin to stack harmonies one by one; you can spot the Sankofa Unit choir adding gospel weight and sparkle as the arrangement swells. Van\u2019s own posts credit Sankofa Unit directly for the flash-mob vocals, and the choir\u2019s pages show them to be a fixture of the Paris scene, from club stages to big-ticket collabs<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This beautiful flashmob in Paris will give you goosebumps.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5B0dT5MYHDo?feature=oembed\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"790\" data-origheight=\"444\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5E70AnN\"><\/div>\n<p>Halfway through, the groove deepens: a drummer locks in the heartbeat, and a cellist threads warmth through the chord changes. Those aren\u2019t anonymous ringers. The sticks belong to St\u00e9phane Avellaneda\u2014best known as the long-time touring drummer with blues-rock star Ana Popovi\u0107\u2014whose r\u00e9sum\u00e9 spans stages across Europe and beyond. The cello lines come from Charles Gaugu\u00e9 (yes, with the accent), a Conservatoire-honed player whose feed swings from Brahms to pop collabs in Paris. Both artists are tagged by Van around the flash-mob posts, making their cameos more than hearsay.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Paris-Flashmob-Bohemian-Rhapsody.jpg?quality=80\" alt=\"Unbelievable &quot;Bohemian Rhapsody&quot; Flashmob Takes Over Paris Streets\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris does goosebumps like nowhere else. 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