Fans of 90s boyband Blue are convinced the group predicted the coronavirus pandemic in two of their classic hits.
Daily Mail Political Editor John Stevens took to Twitter to share a thread of posts, after finding unlikely references to the situation in their tracks Fly By II and Bubblin’.
In the first track, the group sing the lines, “System up with the top down / Got the city on lockdown,” mirroring the current Covid-19 lockdown.
Meanwhile, in Bubblin’, the four-piece refer to two people spending time together as Bubblin’ – much like Boris Johnson’s new “support bubble” model.
He also shared some more possible links – take a look.
Wonder if Blue will re-release their 2004 single “Bubblin” pic.twitter.com/nSGj90X8d0
— John Stevens (@johnestevens) June 10, 2020
However, while fans soon jumped on the bandwagon and singer Duncan James shared several of the posts, on the group’s official page, they seemed unconvinced that the lyrics were anything close to a premonition.
“We also predicted we’d be the best UK act at Eurovision for a long time to come,” they jokingly tweeted.
We also predicted we’d be the best UK act at Eurovision for a long time to come.
— BLUE (@officialblue) June 11, 2020
Ps. The fact the Conservative Party logo is blue is a conspiracy theory. https://t.co/hENOzQ67Uu
Check out some of the best fan posts here.
In case you were in any doubt at how AHEAD of their time the boyband Blue was.
— Sophia Sleigh (@SophiaSleigh) June 10, 2020
They had a song called Bubblin'.
As well as singing about Lockdown 18 years ago.
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This @officialblue song has a whole new meaning since the prime ministers announcement on single adults allowed to share ‘bubbles’ yesterday… #YouAndMeBubblin https://t.co/fDO8DIMxi6
— Sunny Radia (@Sunny_RadDrinks) June 11, 2020
Blue were bubbling back in 2003. I'm sure if Lee Ryan can bubble, we can all do it for the good of the nation.https://t.co/VHwDAkuLlU
— Mark Neary (@MarkNeary18) June 10, 2020
