Eduard Khil was a popular Soviet-era singer of the '60s and '70s . Hide Caption 8 of 21 His words-free performance came after Soviet censors banned a song 's lyrics . The YouTube video became a new version of the Rickroll meme .
Eduard Khil was a popular Soviet-era singer of the '60s and '70s . Khil found renewed fame decades later online as `` Mr. Trololo '' His words-free performance came after Soviet censors banned a song 's lyrics . The YouTube video became a new version of the Rickroll meme .