Glastonbury rapper pulls random fan up on stage, fan absolutely smashes it

Talk about seizing the moment.
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Sam Haysom
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If you want to behold the purest definition of "seizing the moment," look no further. One viral video from Glastonbury pretty much sums it up.

On Sunday night, UK rapper Dave played a set on the Other Stage at the colossal summer music festival. About to perform a track named for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) soccer player Thiago Silva, the artist figured he'd get some help from the crowd.

"I got this track called 'Thiago Silva,' but you guys are too far away for me to even be able to see you," he said at one point. "Who is sober enough to be able to sing these lyrics along with me?"

Well, it turns out a man called Alex, donned in a PSG shirt, was more than up to the task. After 'auditioning' on his friend's shoulders in the crowd, he was pulled up to the stage, and well, he smashed it.

At the time of writing that clip has well over four million views, and 42,000+ retweets.

It's going so viral that the song's namesake, PSG player Thiago Silva himself, actually responded.

Needless to say, Dave was excited.

Silva followed his initial tweet up with a request for Twitter to help him track down Alex.

And an hour later, the man himself responded.

"Fully sent it," wrote Alex in a tweet late last night, accompanied by a video from the crowd presumably taken a friend. "So glad I didn't fuck it."

Mashable has reached out to Alex on Twitter, and we will update this post if we receive a response.

Although we imagine his phone is probably buzzing quite a bit this morning...

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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