With extra time on her hands during the COVID-19 lockdown, New Zealand educator Shirley Șerban decided to channel her creativity into songwriting—a passion she’s nurtured for years purely for her own amusement. While teaching is her day job, crafting original tunes and witty parodies is her guilty pleasure.
Her latest stroke of genius? A menopause-themed parody of Bohemian Rhapsody! The idea struck her when she realized that Queen’s iconic masterpiece—described as an emotionally charged, unconventional epic—perfectly mirrors the rollercoaster of menopause. “Isn’t that the ideal way to describe a woman battling the chaos of hot flashes and mood swings?” she quips in her viral YouTube video.
And yes, lines like “I am grumpy hot potato” make a dramatic entrance, giving Freddie Mercury’s classic a hilarious, hormonal twist. Watch, laugh, and relate!
