Los Colorados

Los Colorados
Los Colorados performing their cover of Katy Perry's "Hot n Cold"
Background information
Also known as	The Colorados
Origin	Ternopil,  Ukraine
Genres	Rock, polka, folk
Instruments	guitar, accordion, bass guitar, drums
Years active	2006 - Present
Members	Ruslan “Prystupnic” Prystupa – lead vocals, bayan (accordion) Rostyslav “Roslyk” Fook – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, backing vocals Serhiy “Masyanya” Masyk – bass guitar, upright bass, backing vocals Oleksandr “Lesyk” Drachuk – drums, bass drum, percussion, backing vocals
Notable instruments
guitar, accordion, bass, percussion

Ruslan “Prystupnic” Prystupa – lead vocals, bayan (accordion)
Rostyslav “Roslyk” Fook – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, kazoo, backing vocals
Serhiy “Masyanya” Masyk – bass guitar, upright bass, backing vocals

Los Colorados (from the Spanish: The colorado potato beetles, also known as The Colorados) is a Ukrainian band formed in 2006 in Ternopil. The band play their own songs, but have also covered several popular and folk songs. Los Colorados increased in prominence after their cover of Katy Perry's song "Hot n Cold" grew popular via online video websites. The band plays guitar, bayan, bass guitar and drums.

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 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."

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.