I HAVEN'T SEEN MY FAMILY FOR 5 YEARS (being an immigrant in the US)
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- my story. what they don't tell you about being an immigrant in the US.
connect with me on IG: / vitalyfortherecord
my main channel: / @vitalyspace
any inquiries: vitalyfortherecord@gmail.com
"Behind every accent there is a brave story" I love this so much 😢 I think some people forget that the US was founded by immigrants - keep being iconic!
That quote made me teary eyed for sure
Stolen from natives, but yes
@@user-qv9vl2mi6ydo you live in America? If you do, you sound like you dislike America bc it was “stolen.” So why are you still here? You don’t wanna go find another country that wasn’t stolen?
Speaking of not forgetting, lets not forget about the language and culture that existed here before the “founding”, just saying as an indigenous person… i mean the “founding” certainly not something i can forget about, but yeah, sadly, probably true, easy for most…
Let’s not forget Americans also have an accent 😂
смотрю тебя лет с 12..сейчас мне 22. невероятно
пусть у тебя все будет хорошо 🩷
Помните его пьяные мукбанги из России?)
@@fortunamondiale9 о да!
Мой первый Донат был отправлен ему 😁
the perfect moment will never come - thanks for reminding us -
This was the exact comment I was thinking of leaving. Nice to also be reminded I am not the only one who needs the reminder at times too!✌️💓
I'm very happy you made a channel like this!! Thank you for letting us into your life - even if its deemed personal
😊 agree!!
Виталян, мы скучали! Полностью тебя поддерживаю, здорово, что ты будешь вести канал на английском! За тобой всегда интересно наблюдать! А сколько есть разных историй у Легенды - это мы знаем! С нетерпением жду нового видео!
А кто помнит: не получилось - бросила!😂
ICONIC🔥
i am english and even i forget english words after living aboard for years. your english is good. much loves
We all forget them sometimes, even not living abroad lol that's why filler words exist. "Um" "uh"" "like" or complete sentences to make up for the times our brains and mouths aren't working so well together "cats got my tongue" "you know what I'm trying to say, right?" "I'm having a brain fart"
Native English speaker here. I can watch your videos on 2X speed. So, if that’s any consolation I think you’re doing great!
He is actually amazing if not better than a native english speaker
the cheese for the grandma on death row 🤣🤣🤣🤣 i just can’t haha
His impressions were so funny and accurate 😅🤣
I’ve worked in food service all my life I can relate to all this 😅😝🙂↕️🫶🏼
Задумка потрясная, уважаю!
Виталий, как иммигрант в другой стране я так чувствую тебя по поводу семьи!! Моим бабушке и дедушке уже за 80, они живут в городе, где я сама родилась и выросла до переезда. Порой я чувствую такую безвыходность из-за ситуации в мире и невозможности повидаться с ними и моим близким человеком, с которым мы до сих пор активно поддерживаем связь. И в тот момент, когда мои бабушка с дедушкой покинут этот мир, я просто... Не буду знать, что делать.
we would never judge you we love you SOO MUCH I love your stuff so much and your pop culture videos ilysmmmmm
i love your personality and i’m so excited for this new journey! i hope you’re not insecure about your english, you actually do a really good job speaking it! i’m sorry you haven’t seen your family, i hope things change soon 💕 sending lots of love your way, keep being yourself legend, we all love to see it
Your pop culture channel is one of my faves! You’re so naturally funny and charismatic! I’m so excited you’re giving us the opportunity to get to know more about you 💓
I immigrated from Germany to the US eight years ago and I know exactly how it feels. My reasons for moving there were different but the struggles are the same. People questioning if you came there legally or if you’re staying legally is so sad to me. I’ve been through the entire green card process and it’s no Picnic. It cost a lot of money, it’s very invasive and takes a long time. But you’ll get through it. The family part was and is the hardest for me too. I would suggest , if it’s possible, to find a therapist. I did and it was the best thing I ever did for myself. Good luck on your journey ❤
You're such a sweet and funny soul, hope you can reunite with your family as soon as possible! Love from Romania 🇷🇴
iconic. even tho its sad. iconic.
You have all my support we love a brave honest legend ❤
Виталик, поздравляю тебя с новым этапом в твоей жизни, ты ставишь цели и добиваешься их, успехов❤❤❤
I love that you’re stepping out of your comfort zone and trying to expand not only yourself to document life but your language 🩷
Once he's feeling more comfortable and/or confident (channel your 2015 Demi Lovato, Legend!) he could even do cute little Shorts, like expectations vs reality regarding his first-time experiences in America (first apartment, first job, etc) or even "What people think immigrating from Russia to America is" (Fieval and his mouse family 😂) vs what it was really like, but ofc with that elevator music from so many memes playing over footage of boring airport lines and whatever else captures the non-Fievalness of it all....and perhaps any actual cats or rodents one might glimpse during modern travel 😅
...Now that I think about it, such Shorts might help Vitaly grow this channel. Others who have moved from their home country to the US or even Canada could watch them and relate, which might pull them in to watch his longer videos....which they might also relate to. Or people thinking about moving from their homeland to the US might watch and find it both informative and humorous. I've found a few creators I've subbed to through their Shorts. Today was this dude who does/is Powerline from A Goofy Movie. If you're a Legend like Vitaly, you know and love both Powerline and A Goofy Movie. If not, well....."If we listen to eachothers hearts, you'll find we're never too far apart" 👍
I hate the deli department at the grocery store even as just a customer. It can be so hectic and overwhelming.
I’m stoked you made this channel and look forward to learning more about your life- its past, present, and future. America is lucky to have you 🙏🙌
Right? It's like, it's just sliced cheese, it's not that serious if it's not perfectly sliced, Kathy.
Vitaly!! I think I speak for just about everyone here when I say, we adore you! Thanks for sharing with us. 🫶
Excited for this! ❤
Speak your truth, brother! I'm subbed for this.
I really like your OG channel and have been curious about who you are. I'm happy that you got the courage to do this. Thanks for sharing! Also I just think the sound of your voice is aces. Please get this man some voice-over work - Subscribed! 🎉
Vitaly, I was you 24 yrs ago. A little 19 yo boy from Russia who escaped Russian traditional values for the first time and was able to be himself. The struggle you’re going through is giving me flashbacks of my own story. It took long 7 years before I was able to go back home and visit my family. Now my husband, who’s English is going through the immigration process and it helps a lot to understand his pain having gone through it myself. He’s also stuck here until his green card is approved.
I adore Slavic accents. My entire family is from Poland so I grew up having to translate for my mom. My mom still makes cute little mistakes when she speaks English, like saying "one buy, buy one free" instead of "buy one, get one free."
I adore the little slip-ups from people where English is not their first language. I remember these two Portuguese girls talking about "dirty biking".. I almost didn't want to correct them because "dirty biking" sounds so much cuter and is also more accurate than "dirt biking"...though I did kindly inform them "You're close! It's 'dirt biking' but I really do like the way you say it better!" They appreciated the help improving their English as well as the compliment.
I still want to call it dirty biking lol
Your mom's "buy one free" is actually pretty on point, too. You do have to buy one for the free one! 💖
Проснулась в 7 утра с ощущением, что срочно нужно найти тебя на ютубе и вот, у тебя еще один канал с влагами ❤❤❤❤ удачи в творчестве 🥰
This is gonna be so interesting, Thanks for sharing!🖤
Hiya Vitaly! Stoked to see what this channel brings! I'm absolutely shocked that you're in Massachussets. I figured you'd've chosen California! I'm going through something similiar but not really, I had to leave the US as I wasn't "legal", my whole family is still there while I'm alone in Canada. I haven't seen them in 11 years. I'm hoping that my paperwork stuff gets squared away soon, I totally felt when you said "had to learn to celebrate Christmas alone".
Виталя я тебе прекрасно понимаю, у меня такой же путь. Сейчас живу в НЙ и строю свою жизнь. Прорвемся легенда!❤
"Behind every accent is a brave story"! I ❤love❤ this!
I personally LOVE accents. I have a bit of a heavy NYC accent. My closest friends has a parent with a Korean accent and the other Chinese. My parents - Italian accents, but they speak two separate dialects so there's a little variation there. My partners parents are Jamaican. I love just listening to everyone.
Your English is very good, sir. I personally love your accent too❤❤
* Paris voice * That's hot...so excited for this channel!!
I'm not American and i don't live in America, my family came from Eastern Europe and the "behind every accent is a brave story" hit hard. Everyone's circumstances are different and it takes a lot to go where you feel you need to be. You're doing phenominal ❤️
I can’t wait to hear about it your journey!! I’ve wanted to start my own channel, but I’m not sure I am ready to be so brave as you are!
Hey Vitaly, I want to start by sending _much love_ from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 And yes, as a Bulgarian, I understand all the Russian jokes & references you make 😹 I haven't missed a video of yours since I found your channel & I'm so glad you finally decided to give us some backstory 😸
I was born in 1994 & I've been a *Melomaniac & Pop Culture FanGirl* for as long as I can remember, so I can totally relate to people sometimes just using you as Google, Wiki, or simply a History book, while completely forgetting that you're an actual human being with a soul & personality 😅
I've also been working in the food industry for years now: supermarkets, hypermarkets, bakeries, now I'm in the office & production workshop of a coffee chain - so your workplace stories also resonated a lot (I swear, SOME clients are just-) 😄
I'm so happy you made it to to The States 🇺🇸, and as hard as it is, just remember how lucky you are & that it's all worth it ⭐ My cousin left around '07 & was really panicking in the beginning (couldn't even tell the weather over there, because of the different measurements, LOL) but now she says she's never coming back here - just comes to visit the family once in a couple of years 🔙 (and TBH - can't blame her one bit)...
P.s. if you by any change decide to come back & visit Russia, pleeease be extremely careful - you can get drafted for the military (or God knows what else) - things in Eastern Europe are SO NOT calm by any means 😩
Since you are sharing about you, I am compelled to share a little bit with you.
I am first generation American born. My mother is from Trieste ,Italy and my father Sicily.
My mothers father moved here shortly after she was born. He lived here alone, working 6 days a week, saving up to get my mom and her mom here. He worked so hard to provide me so many opportunities.
It is such a bad@ss and brave thing to move countries!
I am not in the same state, I am in NYC, but we are time zone buddies!
I love your first channel and am all in for this one! Wishing you so much success. 💓✌️
It is definitely brave for anyone to just leave everything behind and move some place where they know nobody. Especially an entire other country where there's bound to be struggles with a language barrier. It can be frustrating for both sides when that barrier comes up and must also feel very isolating at such times for those who are being misunderstood in their efforts to communicate. English is my first language and I struggle sometimes to be understood by fellow Canadians; we speak the same language but they still don't always understand and I don't always know how to put thoughts/feelings into words. That in itself can feel isolating or frustrating, but I'm still in my home and native land....
This is probably part of why places like "Little Italy" etc exist in large cities (Toronto is basically the Little Apple if New York is the Big Apple.) It allows brave immigrants a place where they can have a taste of home and be able to speak without any language barriers getting in the way. They can even create new families with their fellow.....I want to say "imports" like how fancy wealthy people love boasting about their expensive goods imported from Paris, Milan, etc, but I'm afraid it might come across as something negative when I don't mean it as such. Not everyone is brave enough to have themselves imported by exporting themselves away from everything and everyone they know....and also you can't spell important without "import"
Another thing I've been noticing amongst the younger folk who come here is they're still forming their own "families" away from home with other international students etc, but they've also created their own subcultures mashing our stuff with theirs. It blew my mind when I discovered this Sidwhalla (forgive me for any misspelling) guy...huge east-Indian rapper and his music videos were pretty much like our rap videos, except I don't recall seeing any ladies booty-shakin'. Opening up their own bars/clubs catering to the international college students who find they quite enjoy many things about living here, but they also want to put their own twist on our things. I think that's pretty cool.
Some people complain a lot about immigrants everywhere, and that's not cool. It's like they forgot that we live on stolen land....and also we have people from other lands to thank for some of our favorite foods and other things. Most people like pizza and lasagna, for example, or tacos, or pierogies if they're made right, Swiss and Belgian chocolates....I know there's so much more to other cultures than just food, but food is almost as universal as music, if not moreso. Most of us outside of Scotland do not appreciate the sound of bagpipes (except for maybe Korn/Jon Davis stans, which good for Jon doing for bagpipes what Weird Al did for the accordion), but as soon as you smell something good cooking, you want to know what it is and if you can have some. Especially now that it's barbecue season! But anyway, yeah, most of us are descendants of immigrants who came over at some point, just it's easy to forget when its been so many generations since our ancestors stepped off that boat. (Mine stepped off The Mayflower, like so many others.) And those international students are working their butts off to be here between their education and their jobs!
Also 🤍🙏🏻 praying you get to see your family soon in the meantime you gotta stay positive and keep aiming for the stars ✨
Subscribed! So excited for this channel!
Baby, trust me when I tell you this, I damn near broke my wrist, and ankles, trying to grab my phone when I heard my sis say u posted 😂. My sister, and myself will continue to support you my fellow Celebrity 🥰 we will subscribe to u rn! You look gorge babe! Can't wait to learn more about you 💯💜 I copied and pasted this comment, only because the other one is getting deleted. Te Amo y besitos 😘 ( I LOVE you, & kisses in Spanish) 💜
Vitaly, you're doing great! I'm excited to learn more about you.
Виталий, я очень рада, что ты завел канал о себе ❤️ очень скучала, легенда
The horror movie posters! 😭 you could not have gotten any cooler 😎
As a fellow introvert, I’m glad you’re trying to make things work out for you. Your English is pretty good already!
And 5 years later (actually even more) I'm also still with you, your old fan, with whom you were speaking one time on your UA-cam stream. You gave me really great advice about relationships, that I still remember. I really love your charisma and personality and that's why I'm with you and I really excited you made this channel!!!!! Finally, we'll listen to all of your adorable stories. I fell you, because I also emigrated from my country and facing same problems as you 5 years ago. So grateful I found your new channel! Кто не с нами, тот под нами! Icon!
Can't wait for your next video. Thank you for giving us insight into a more personal side of you. And your English is great.
Yay!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!! I’m so so so so so so proud of you!!! I can’t wait to hear everything about your life and journey.. I know it’s gonna be such a huge inspiration to so many people ❤ your story matters and it has to be heard! ✨ love you! 💙
love you so much my FRIEND! 🩷 thanks for the words of wisdom and encouragement you’ve given me during my darkest times!!!
I cant wait for that boyfriend storytime
I'm in the southeast, and you speak better english than some folks down here 😅. Thanks for being brave and sharing, Really excited to hear more stories!
i’m russian myself
i teach English
i’m so happy i’ve come across your channel and that now i get to know you as a person
your story is sooo inspirational
you deserve the world ❤
0:09 🖤💛💖 subscribed!!! I have deep mental health issues and I’ve finally started to live my life again. It’s a lot so I’m here for your journey. Seeing other people go through their journey makes me feel like I can get through mine too 💕
Love it! ❤
Hey I'm so proud of you for sharing this part of your life. I can't wait to hear more. You're such an interesting and honest person. And I'd love to have a friend like you!! It's hard making new friends as an adult so I get it. Native english speaker in LA willing to scope out celebrity hot spots and go on driving tours of iconic paparazzi locations, filming locations and find celebrity houses. 💕
You honestly seem like such a sweet person. I’d love to have a friend like you! I wish you all the best:)
Well I watched the latest vid, you popped up in my feed, that's a good sign for he Algorithm for you! There are only the 3 so I said I'm going to be an OG on this channel and watch them all. It is very touching and shows your determination not seeing your family to make a new life here. I wish ALL the best for you and that you are also all reunited soon.
I am so happy you did this! Very excited to see what your life is like and what you're up to day to day!
wydm *not* pop culture?
this is still pop culture thnx,
hey celebrity 🎬💫
omfg finally! we are getting 1 k subs today , period! for us introverts are really hard to practice any language and skills because we rather be hermits. I totally get it, we love ya and we are here for you darling ! let's do your astral chart soon :) il do it if you want to give the deets .
For what it’s worth, I love your accent Vitaly🤍 and you always have the coolest thing to say. No pressure from me ⭐️
wow I loved hearing your story. adore you, Vitaly. keep sharing, we're all here for you.
I live in austria and i'm such a huge usa fan. Your new channel is realy interessting 🎉
My uncle in Austria and I wish I could see him
@@user-Atimetotwirl can i ask you, where do you live?
I feel like your English-fluent Russian audience from years ago is STRIVING now. I mean I can fully confirm that lol cause I freakin missed YOU and all the stories you used to share about yourself & your life, etc etc. Beyond happy to have you back in a way that you’re comfortable with. Hope you’ll enjoy this journey. But please remember one thing: икона и в Африке икона 💅🏼 so keep on slaying. All love.
love from the UK!! love this channel and this video! i was born in the UK but my parents immigrated to the UK from South Africa. I’m introverted and this video felt like a FaceTime call with a new bestie on FaceTime. Thank you for sharing this glimpse into your life, many will relate to this entirely, or only aspects of it, if not relate, they will learn about such processes, the impact and sacrifices people have to make for this.
Thank you again, sending sm love🦇🫀🧛🏿♀️
I’ve been following your y2k channel for some time now. First time I’ve commented on ur content. Your effort and grind is so admirable, and you definitely deserve all great things moving forward with this new channel. Subbed! Can’t wait to get to know you and your story! Side note: ur accent and tone is 💋! Happy for u Vitaly, hang in there! We love you.
Vitally, I Can honestly say that out of all the YEARS I’ve spent watching UA-cam (I’m fkn 31 and the way you have all of us 2000s teens in a chokehold is insane 😂) I’ve never gone back to someone’s Chanel three times after watching One of their videos for the first time and had to make sure the subscriber count was correct. Not that it’s the most important thing but I just couldn’t believe you didn’t have millions. Anytime I show anyone your content they’re like “OMG he’s talking about everyone we grew up with! “ you may not have millions of subscribers (yet 😅$$$$) but I honestly believe that the ones that are here are here because they truly admire all of the hard work and effort you put into your videos. You’re always so spot on with your commentary too. We love having you here in the states but especially California! Working and pursuing your dreams is not easy but you’re kicking ass. God bless you on your journey and even though California is expensive af (I’m about 4 hrs away from la) it is a dream at times. I still get that same feeling whenever I go to la too. It’s an ugly cement place that’s so AMAZING to me. The pop culture girlies get it! Thank you for all you do babe!
Im always here for people who want to be honest and tell their life stories so im happy that u open up this channel i wanna learn more about u as a person and ur culture i really wanna see russian culture within u being urself in an american life cuz immigrants r people i trust since they have been through a lot but still going strong
❤❤❤ yay!!!! I made it! So happy for you❤❤❤❤
😊 just finished the video. Great job on your English skills. The cheese slicing story had me laughing so loud😂😂
I've been watching your other channel since the beginning and loving every minute!
We here in Jenntopia- ( a magical place that accepts everyone) is bestowing on you " The knight of All 2000s Pop Culture " 🦄
Keep going sweetie!!!🌟🌈❤😊
i am actually really hyped for this channel, proud of you that you are doing this
Lmaoooo the American ordering at the deli impression. Happy you’re in the New England area and like it! I am right up in NH
You did great with your English. Im glad your here trying to live your dream. I will pray you get to reunite with your family soon. Hopefully you can bring them here.
always wondered what your background / immigration story was, from the bits and pieces you’d mention in your y2k videos. so this is exactly what i was looking forward to! immediately subscribed. also, i can’t imagine speaking russian as a native english speaker myself, so don’t worry - your english is amazing. looking forward to the future of this channel!
I used to work at a deli too, don’t miss it at all! Looking forward to this new channel
Discovered your other channel almost a year ago and I’ve always enjoyed your content! Excited for this new channel and looking forward to getting to know you better and following your journey. Sending you love from South Africa, legend!🇿🇦
Любим!❤
I fucking love your laugh. I'm grateful that you are here in America. This is your home now and that makes our country that much better.
The imitation of the customers is hilarious 😂 “can I also have turkey for my grandma on death row”. 😂
you definitely became one of my favorite youtubers everr, i love all of your videos from the other channel and i love your personality!! so excited to get know more about you
урааа!!!! наконец-то канал о тебе!!! 🤩
любимка 😻
I’m so happy you made a channel like this 💜💜💜 I’ve been watching for a long time now and I just think you’re the coolest and genuinely so inspirational to me. I believe in you and can’t wait for more 💜🫶
I love your main channel vids and I’ll definitely love these ones too! I’m so proud of you for getting out of your shell and doing something that is difficult for you. Keep up the great work!
Been waiting for something like this
верю и надеюсь, что у тебя все будет хорошо.
ты крутой.
я не знаю аналогичных русскоязычных каналов о зарубежной поп-культуре нулевых такого же уровня... да и знать не хочу.
спасибо за то, что теперь делишься еще и личными историями
You’re so sweet and come across as 100% genuine! I’ve been watching you since the beginning and it has been a joy to watch your growth and progress! You’re doing fantastic!
Excited for this new channel. I’m an immigrant too and know how hard it is. The deli department stories had me dying 😂
I'll stop spamming comments but fr more personal story times pls Vitaly!!! Lmfao ur description of the customers in the American grocery store 😭😹😹😹😹
A summer in Cape Cod is life changing, albeit a very tough one. I too spent the summer in Provincetown after college and it was a blast (to some extent LOL) Thank you for sharing your story 😘
As someone who also worked at a Deli, its comforting to know that breakdowns in the walk in fridge are are international experience
Awh Vitaly, I work at Home Depot, so I know how retail is and sometimes customers are the worst. But you gotta just take it in strides and keep doing the hard work. It will all payoff in the end!
Hey legend! Congrats on starting the new channel, I wish you all the success. Continue slaying like a true 00s icon and doing it fiercely
I'm also gonna immigrate to study and work as soon as I have enough money(most likely to Canada)😅 i loved hearing other people's story and know what to expect! I always wanted to hear your story but figured out that you may just not want to talk about. ANYWAYS I loved hearing your perspective
You did amazing for your first video!! You speak fantastic english so you should be proud of yourself! I can't wait to see more videos about you and your life. I'm definitely an introvert myself so I can totally relate where you're coming from! One of the most beautiful things about the states is it's a melting pot of all walks of life and immigrants is a huge part of that. My heart breaks for you and your family not being able to see eachother but can you atleast talk on the phone and facetime?
I love listening to you speak. Your accent is great!
youre english is so good! youre literally a historian at this point
My brother's wife immigrated from Moscow in 1986 and your English is as good as hers all these years later. I think you are doing very well to speak the language that is so different from your first language. We don't even have the same alphabet.
I admire you so much for going for your dreams!
Thanks for sharing and I’ll be waiting for more content! ❤
congratulations on this new chapter, I'm soo here for it >:)
Легенда вернулась. ❤
Будем improve English together. Только недавно начала усиленно изучать этот язык и вот тут такой прекрасный формат🤗🤗
А у вас тоже пропал телеграмм Виталика ?, или только у меня?
I love your awkward laugh lol.
Your story is interesting and your storytelling is fun to listen to! Love your work, keep going!
I'm planning on immigrating one day to a European country or an anglosaxon country that isn't the UK or the USA, so this is helpful as to what to expect when that happens, if it ever happens.
I literally adore you as a person I'm so honored you let us join you in your life and we will never ever ever judge you and we're all a little fucked up its okay