Stirling Uni lecturer joins Greg James on Radio 1 for Taylor Swift-inspired duet
A Stirling University lecturer has joined DJ Greg James to perform a duet on his Radio 1 show.
Rebecca Boulton, known as Becky, joined the presenter on his breakfast show on Thursday morning.
The pair performed wasp impressions to the tune of the Taylor Swift hit Anti-Hero.
It came after Becky, a wasp biologist, wrote a parody of the 2022 song from the perspective of the insect for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year.
She hopes to change the reputation of wasps and highlight why they are important
The song features lyrics like: 'I have this thing where I'm misunderstood by everybody, just cause I like to have my space.'
Another line says: 'What they don't know is my sisters and I stopped a famine, so maybe get off of my case.'
The song ends with: 'It would be nice if you started rooting for us anti-heroes.'
After performing the song live on air, James said: 'Becky, that is so good.
'I love you for that and I love your brain.'
He added that he had 'struck gold' after inviting her on the show and promised to join her for another duet.
Becky then teased a Blurred Lines parody about the genitalia evolution of insects.
The evolutionary ecology lecturer is a regular listener of the breakfast show.
After hearing a segment about flies flying into people's mouths, she was reminded of her song and decided to get in touch.
Becky told The Courier: 'Talking to Greg on Radio 1 and doing a duet of our song was a great opportunity to spread my love for wasps.
'It was Greg's idea to do the wasp voice, and I am always up for that sort of nonsense.
'It was great fun and certainly an unexpected series of events for what would have otherwise been a quite routine day of doing wasp genetic work in the lab.'
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