Freddie Mercury

In vision, Freddie Mercury wears the years with regal poise, his iconic mustache now flecked with gray, eyes still sparkling with the fire of an unfinished performance. He was the flamboyant frontman of Queen, commanded the world’s stages with his four-octave range and anthems like “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “We Are the Champions.”

His music broke molds, and his style defied categories. The world dimmed when he left it on November 24, 1991. Yet, in this imagined present, we see the legend as he might have been—older, perhaps wiser, but eternally the champion of an era that still echoes with his voice.