Zladko Vladcik
Zladko "Zlad" Vladcik is a fictional character created by Chris McClave and is the unofficial mascot of Molvania. He is notorious on the Internet for the pop song and music video "Elektronik Supersonik" which, according to Zlad, "is a melodic fusion combining hot disco rhythms with cold war rhetoric." According to the Molvania website, Zlad was to perform his hit single at the Eurovision song contest in Istanbul, Turkey, but he was arrested at Ataturk Airport for possessing recreational drugs, and was immediately deported, disqualifying the tiny Eastern European republic of Molvania from the song contest. Zlad won the Molvanian Idol contest and was the leader of the supergroup "Wow!", but during their first tour, he went solo after he felt the band was "moving in a different direction (Romania)." "Elektronik Supersonik" is itself a kitschy, over-the-top combination of Electro, Synth Pop, and Europop. Zlad is featured in a mullet, bushy moustache, and silver spacesuit. His lyrics are often in spoken word or badly sung in a thick generic Eastern European accent, not to mention full of hilarious grammatical errors. His backup singer is a pink-haired lady with a space costume and a keytar. Zlad himself is playing a Yamaha keyboard, although it is clearly not in sync with the music. The backdrop to the video are images of space and cheesy special effects. The track has received a reasonable amount of popularity that, in fact, some people heard it in nightclubs.
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