Zladko Vladcik
Zladko "Zlad!" Vladcik is a fictional character created by Australian comedian
Santo Cilauro and is the unofficial mascot of
Molvania. Over time, he has become a kind of
Internet phenomenon. He is notorious on the Internet for the
novelty pop song and music video "Elektronik Supersonik" which, according to Zlad!, "is a melodic fusion combining hot
disco rhythms with
cold war rhetoric."
Many consider Zlad! a form of
viral marketing for Cilauro's Molvania book.
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
According to the Molvania website [
1], Zlad! was to perform his hit single at the
Eurovision Song Contest in
Istanbul,
Turkey, but he was arrested at
Atatürk Airport for possessing recreational drugs, and was immediately deported, disqualifying the tiny Eastern European republic of Molvania from the song contest.
"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, not to mention full of hilarious grammatical errors, reversed semantic units, and
meta-references to thick Slavic accents.
I Am The Anti-Pope
Zlad!'s hopes for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in
Kiev,
Ukraine, were again quashed when his entry "I Am The
Anti-Pope" was disqualified due to the satanic nature of its content. Zlad! has since defended the song as "a light-hearted ballad recounting the short reign of little-known Beelzebub the First", who apparently was the first Pope to be "crucified at the stake".
The song itself is quite orthogonal to its predecessor, as it lacks the poppy electro-feel, which was replaced by a sound that can be vaguely categorized as a "light" version of
doom metal filled with stock sound effects. The lyrics resemble neither the wit nor the terrible grammar of Elektronik Supersonik either, and only contain a few sexual
innuendos - albeit the way of the vocal delivery didn't change at all.The song ends with a
reversed sample of Zlad! saying "Kneel before Zladko, the God!"
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Molvania*
Borat, a similar character
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"Electronik Supersonik" (video and MP3 audio)*
"Electronik Supersonik" (Mirror of above video)*
"I Am The Anti-Pope" (video and MP3 audio)*
"I Am The Anti-Pope" (Mirror of above video)
