Shadilay

Shadilay is an Italo-disco song by the Italian band P.E.P.E.,[lower-alpha 1] released in 1986 by the music label Magic Sound.[1]

It gained attention in 2016 for the band name's similarity to the meme Pepe the Frog, the single's cover also featured a drawing of a cartoon frog.[2] It has since been used as a national anthem for the fictional meme country of Kekistan.[3][4][2]

References
  1. "Un tube italo disco est devenu l'hymne des néo-nazis américains". 7sur7. 2017-09-11.
  2. Don Caldwell (August 2017). "Shadilay". Know Your Meme. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  3. "Comment l'alt-right s'est approprié un tube italo-disco oublié pour en faire son hymne". Slate.fr (in French). 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  4. "Ecco a voi Big Man Tyrone, il presidente del Kekistan". Agi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-08-15.

Footnotes
  1. P.E.P.E is the acronym for "Point-Emerging-Probably Entering"
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