About

"Shadilay" is a 1986 Italo disco song by the Italian band P.E.P.E., which features an illustration of a green frog holding a magic wand in the album artwork for the single. After it was discovered by users on 4chan's /pol/ board in September 2016, many hailed the song as proof of meme magic and the Prophecy of Kek due to the band's name and frog illustration bearing similarities to Pepe the Frog.

Origin

In 1986, the music label Magic Sound released the single "Shadilay" by the band P.E.P.E. On November 17th, 2009, YouTuber Sinjanin Satirc uploaded the recording to YouTube (shown below, left). On September 13th, 2016, YouTuber breakintheline reposted the song under the title "/pol/ exclusive – P.E.P.E.- Shadilay" (shown below, right).





Spread

The following day, DJ Magaman uploaded a remix of the track to Soundcloud (shown below).





On September 15th, an article titled "The Truth About Pepe the Frog and the Cult of Kek" was released on Wordpress, which described the song as "Kek/Pepe's musical anthem." The same day, YouTuber Soundae posted a vaporwave remix of "Shadilay" (shown below, left). On September 16th, YouTuber Succpapi uploaded another remix of the song playing in the background of an illustration of Donald Trump with animations of Pepe the Frog dancing in front of the words "Praise Kek!" (shown below, right).





On October 19th, 2016, Urban Dictionary user kekmugwort submitted an entry for "shadilay," defining it as a term used by followers of Kek to "praise the dark lord" (shown below).





On November 9th, following the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States, a 4chan user submitted a post containing the song's lyrics to the /pol/ board (shown below).





Search Interest

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