Brendon Urie, Jimmy Fallon, and The Roots cover 'Under Pressure' using pan lids, wine glasses, and... a toaster?

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Brendon Urie, Jimmy Fallon, and The Roots cover 'Under Pressure' using pan lids, wine glasses, and... a toaster?
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It's a wonder Queen and David Bowie's iconic collaboration "Under Pressure" hasn't already become a pandemic-era anthem. Who among us has not literally watched their good friends screaming "Let me out!" on a video call by this point?

Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie joined Jimmy Fallon and Tonight Show house band The Roots for an abridged 12-part DIY cover of the song on Tuesday, with Urie tackling Freddie Mercury's soaring vocals and Fallon breaking out a respectable Bowie impression.

The Roots accompanied them on a mix of actual instruments and household objects, ranging from a frisbee to a four-slice toaster and spatula. Proof that making do with whatever you have lying around the kitchen isn't just for quarantine cooking.

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Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin is Mashable's Australian Editor. She has written for The Guardian, Junkee, and any number of plucky little music and culture publications that were run on the smell of an oily rag and have since been flushed off the Internet like a dead goldfish by their new owners. She also worked at Choice, Australia's consumer advocacy non-profit and magazine, and as such has surprisingly strong opinions about whitegoods. She enjoys big dumb action movies, big clever action movies, cult Canadian comedies set in small towns, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Replacements, smoky mezcal, revenge bedtime procrastination, and being left the hell alone when she's reading.


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