Fazlija

Fazlija, born Fadil Fazlija on 15 July 1972 in Bihać, is a Bosnian turbo-folk singer of Romani background. He has made records since 1997, and his song "Helikopter" went round the world on TikTok almost two decades into his career.

He sang on stage as a young man in Yugoslavia. In 1992 he went on tour to Germany and Austria with his wife and their baby daughter, the war at home kept the family from returning, and they settled in Upper Austria. He lives in Linz.

His first studio album, Prosjak i kraljica, produced by Samir Mujagić, came out on the Lazarević label in 1997. More followed on Lazarević, VIP Production and Gold Music, with songs such as "Još jednom reci da me voliš", "Hajde moj dashni", "Malo viski, malo Coca-Cola", "Nije život 100 godina" and "Životna škola". At his concerts he sings in Bosnian and also performs Romani, Albanian and Turkish folk songs, and he plays all over the former Yugoslavia as well as in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Turkey.

"Helikopter", written in 2016, became a TikTok trend in 2021 and drew attention from the Kardashians, Britney Spears and Real Madrid footballers. In November 2023 it reached number 70 on the Austrian chart. In 2023 Upper Austria named him its international culture ambassador for 2024, the year Bad Ischl and the Salzkammergut were European Capital of Culture.

New songs keep coming on his own channel, among them "Berlin", "Crna koverta", "Kume, kume", "Rolls Royce" and "Dva lava" with Boban Rajović.