Xindl X

Who is Xindl X?

Xindl X, real name Ondřej Ládek, is a Prague singer-songwriter born in 1979. He took his stage name from a character in Woody Allen's film Hollywood Ending. He studied screenwriting and dramaturgy at FAMU and played in the bands Já a brácha and Jupí Tralala before performing as Xindl X from 2007. E15 calls him a rapper with a guitar whose style sits between rap, folk and jazz. He played The Culture in České Budějovice in 2025.

In 2007 he won the Česko hledá písničku contest with Mamut, and in 2008 the songwriting competition at Porta with Dysgrafik. His debut album Návod ke čtení manuálu came out in autumn 2008, and the video for Anděl was among the most-watched Czech videos on YouTube in 2009. His duet Láska v housce with Olga Lounová reached no. 1 on the radio chart in 2010, and he was named Climber of the Year in the 2010 Český slavík Mattoni poll.

The album Čecháček Made from 2014 entered the album chart at no. 2 and stayed on it for more than 250 weeks. Its song V blbým věku spent 14 weeks at no. 1 on the Top 100 radio chart. Cudzinka v tvojej zemi with Mirka Miškechová, Popelka (2016) and Puberťák (2025) also reached no. 1 on the radio chart. As Ondřej Ládek he wrote the screenplay for the film Restart and co-created the sitcom Comeback. As a lyricist or composer he has written for Kryštof, Ewa Farna, Michal Hrůza and Lucie Bílá.

What are Xindl X's best-known songs?

His best-known songs on the IFPI radio chart include:

• Láska v housce (with Olga Lounová, album Praxe relativity, 2010, no. 1, 20 weeks at no. 1 on the Top 50 CZ radio chart)
• V blbým věku (album Čecháček Made, 2014, 14 weeks at no. 1)
• Cudzinka v tvojej zemi (with Mirka Miškechová, album Čecháček Made, 2014, 7 weeks at no. 1)
• Popelka (album Kvadratura záchranného kruhu, 2016, no. 1)
• Puberťák (2025, 5 weeks at no. 1)
• Dřevo (2018, no. 3)
• Na vodě (2016, no. 4)
• Anděl (album Návod ke čtení manuálu, 2008, no. 6, no. 1 on the Top 50 CZ radio chart)
• Barbína (2014, no. 8)
• Štědrej večer nastal (2012, no. 11)
• Dysgrafik (2008, no. 20)

Positions without a label are peaks on the Top 100 radio chart.

What albums has Xindl X released?

His releases include:

• Fén X (2024)
• Terapie (2021)
• Sexy Exity (2018)
• Kvadratura záchranného kruhu (2016)
• Čecháček Made (2014)
• Láska (2012)
• Praxe relativity (2010)
• Návod ke čtení manuálu (2008)

He has also released the acoustic album Xpívánky (2011), the live album G2 Acoustic Stage (2014) and the compilation Anděl v blbým věku (Best of 2008–2019).

Who has Xindl X worked with?

He has sung duets with Olga Lounová (Láska v housce), Mirka Miškechová (Cudzinka v tvojej zemi), Sabina Křováková (Věčně nevěrná) and Katarína Knechtová (Si zabil, kámo). Karel Gott guests on Cool v plotě on the album Láska. He made DigiHrách with Kryštof and guested on The Tap Tap's Řiditel autobusu, Eddie Stoilow's Elita and Skety's Nech to koňovi. He composed the music for the musical Cyrano! Cyrano! Cyrano! at the Vinohrady Theatre with Dalibor Cidlinský Jr.