Eduard Khil recorded 'I Am Glad, ‘cause I’m Finally Returning Back Home' for Soviet television in 1976, using the lilting trololo vocalise in place of lyrics. Decades later the footage resurfaced on YouTube around 2009 and exploded as the Trololo meme, with Khil dubbed 'Mr. Trololo' by international viewers. Talk shows booked him, remixes multiplied, and the clip became shorthand for cheerful trolling. Khil embraced the fame before his death in 2012, and the sound remains a staple of ironic meme edits.