In 2009, a 1976 video of Khil singing a non-lexical vocable version of the song I Am Glad To Finally Be Home (Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой) was uploaded to YouTube,[4] and quickly became an Internet meme[1] known as "Trololololololololololo" or "Trololo"[5], giving Khil the nickname "Mr. Trololo" or "Trololo Man"[5]. The song itself was written by Arkady Ostrovsky, and was also performed by Valery Obodzinsky[6][7] and by Muslim Magomayev on the Little Blue Light program in the Soviet Union.[8] The name "trololo" is an onomatopoeia of the distinctive way Khil vocalises throughout the song.
The "trololo" meme in turn re-ignited interest in Khil's singing career aside from his vocalised performance; the "trololo" website includes a petition for Khil to come out of retirement to perform on a world tour.