's "
Hot n Cold" The band was formed in the city of
Ternopil in 2006 and originally performed their own songs. However, their popularity came when they were invited to a local TV station to perform live, where they played several songs, among them
Katy Perry's song "
Hot n Cold". The lead singer didn't speak any English and learned the song from a text transliterated into Ukrainian letters. The peak of popularity occurred when their version of
Hot n Cold was aired on
The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The video posted on
YouTube in February 2009 was viewed more than 3 and a half million times and received generally positive reviews because of its comic value and unusual interpretation. Katy Perry herself described this version of her song as "inspiring" in March 2009. During their performances members of the group present themselves as the "boys from the village of
Tetylkivtsi", a real village (population — 636); however, in reality, most of the performers come from the city of Ternopil. They recorded more cover songs in Berlin, with an album published in June 2012. One of those cover songs had been
Rammstein's "
Du hast", which became a major success in social networks, eventually surpassing the "Hot and Cold" cover (5 million views on YouTube by 2019). == Band members ==