Dmitry Larin (vlogger)

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Utkin.
Dmitry Larin
Дмитрий Ларин
Born
Dmitry Aleksandrovich Utkin

(1987-11-29) 29 November 1987
Matigory, Kholmogorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Other names
Occupations
Websitelarin.tilda.ws

Dmitry Larin (real name Dmitry Aleksandrovich Utkin[3]; born 29 November 1987, Matigory, Kholmogorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, USSR) is a Russian video blogger,[4][5] rapper and stand-up comedian. He first gained fame after releasing critical reviews of figures in the blogosphere as part of his show "Larin vs." on the video hosting platform YouTube.[5] He lives in Bali, Indonesia.[6]

Biography

He was born on 29 November 1987. According to him, he was born and raised in the small village of Matigory (Arkhangelsk Oblast).[7] In childhood, he was involved in skiing.[7]

In 2005, he graduated from school. At the age of 17, he moved to Arkhangelsk.[7] He studied at NArFU to become a chemist, but left after some time.[7] To support himself, he worked as a freelancer online in the field of programming.[7]

At a certain period of his life, he suffered from alcoholism, and he started making videos on YouTube, by his own admission, because of a state of deep depression.

On 10 June 2021, he was interrogated as a witness in the Khovansky case.[8]

On 26 November 2021, Larin released a video on his YouTube channel titled "TIME TO GET OUT OF RUSSIA", in which he said that he had temporarily moved to Indonesia due to the Khovansky case, but after the announcement of mobilization, he no longer plans to return to Russia.

Creative activity

Initially, Larin positioned himself as a cynic and critic of the Russian-language segment of the YouTube video hosting platform; over time, he became interested in music and blockchain. At first, he made short films, most often ending unhappily.

For some time, he worked at the internet radio station Maddyson.FM of Ilya Maddyson.[9] In 2013, Larin began releasing the show "Larin vs.",[7] in which he criticized figures of the Russian-language YouTube (and other famous personalities, groups). This brought him his first fame.[5]

In March 2015, he held his first stand-up comedy program in Russian cities.[7]

In December 2015, he challenged video blogger Yuri Khovansky to a rap battle within the framework of the internet show Versus Battle.[10] In March 2016, the competition itself took place, during which Larin was defeated,[11] but this did not prevent Dmitry from gaining a new audience.

On 24 June 2016, his first music video in the rap genre was released[7] titled "#kolyakhater". This video was a remix of the song "Partymaker" by Vitaly Pika,[12] popular at the time of the video's release. This video was also a response to "#dimаnеssy" — a call from Nikolay Sobolev to battle him in another rap battle.[5] The video was very successful and garnered 22.9 million views, while the original work only had 8.5 million.[12]

On 21 November 2016, he released the video "#larinprotiv"[12] (this time — a remix of the song "Kopy" by the band Griby[13]), in which he criticized his colleagues on YouTube (Boomchik, Volodya Rzhavy, Ivangay, Karina Streamersha, and many others), and also challenged rapper Rickey F to a battle, who, according to Larin, wrote rounds for Khovansky.[13] On 5 January 2017, Larin's third video was released (now hidden by the author[14]), titled "#khovangreben" and being a diss on Khovansky, who had slightly earlier released the music video "Forgive me, Oxxxymiron", in which he dedicated the second half of the track to Larin.[15]

On 2 April 2017, he again participated in the Versus Battle show, where he faced blogger and musician Eldar Dzharakhov.[16] Despite the fact that this battle was not judged and no winners were chosen, many noted that Larin performed much worse than Dzharakhov.[17] During the competition, after the words "the fifteenth year", Larin forgot his lyrics and kept asking for water.[16] A little later, Larin released a video on his channel in which he performed the forgotten verse.[18]

On 14 July 2017, he released his fourth video titled "Lyrics" — as the website The-Flow noted, "not a diss and not a cover of "Griby", but original material"[19]

On 2 October 2017, the music video for the song "Body" by the band LSP was released, in which Larin played the role of the recently deceased band member Roman Sasheko (better known as Roma Englishman).

On 23 December 2017, Larin released a video for the song "30 Years", timed to his birthday.[20] And on 30 December, a video clip "New Year", timed to the New Year. It was later hidden by the author,[21] because not all of Larin's audience understood that it was a joke.[22]

On 16 August 2018, Larin released a video for the song "#ApocalypseToday".[23]

On 6 November 2018, he released a video for the song "LYUTOVOLK", in which vocals were implemented, which is an innovation in the work of Dmitry Larin. The video was mostly positively received by internet users.[24][25]

On 16 November 2018, a music video for the song "Uff... Money..." was released, in which Larin played the drums.[26]

On 3 January 2019, Morgenshtern recorded a song together with Dmitry Larin, "Eternal Sleep".[27]

On 29 January 2019, a video for the song "YOU MEAN LITTLE" was released.[28]

On 7 May 2019, he hid all videos on his channel.[7] In August, after a stream, Larin made some videos public; the main public videos on the channel are clips, a review of the cartoon "Peppa Pig", and a video with Alexander Nevzorov.

On 9 September 2019, a new video "LARIN: INTO THE LONG JOURNEY" was released on Larin's channel.[29]

On 6 April 2020, an animated video "YOU ARE SPECIAL" was released.[30]

On 26 July 2020, the second part of the short film "Borshchevik" was released.[31]

On 14 August 2020, a video for the song "GIRLS" was released, which was warmly received by the audience.[32]

On 29 September 2021, Dmitry Larin released a joint video and track with Russian video blogger Ruslan Tushentsov, titled "#nifyodorovtherat". The material itself was a diss on Andrey Nifedov. The reason for the attacks on the blogger by his colleagues was that Nifedov himself gave false testimony in the summer of 2021 in the Yuri Khovansky case. This act led to a storm of indignation from his audience. Dmitry Larin and Ruslan SMN also joined the condemnation, which became the reason for recording the material. Yuri Khovansky himself, in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak, stated[33] that he does not understand the reason for such hatred towards Nifedov, arguing that, in his opinion, the blogger was tortured during interrogation by not entirely conscientious law enforcement officers who used physical violence to make him crack.

On 27 December 2021, a video in support of him was released on Yuri Khovansky's channel. The address featured his ex-girlfriend Maria Nelyubova, as well as 22 bloggers, including Dmitry Larin.

On 15 November 2022, a diss on Stas Ay Kak Prosto was released on Larin's channel.

On 8 March 2023, a track titled "Comfort Taxi" was released.

YouTube Play Buttons

Larin is known for his dismissive attitude towards the YouTube Play Buttons awarded for reaching a certain number of subscribers on the video hosting platform. During an interview with the news outlet Life.ru, the blogger explained his position:[34]

I believe that in the pursuit of accolades, awards and numbers, most figures on YouTube lose sight of the original purpose of their work, if there ever was one.

Larin screwed the Silver Play Button, an award for 100,000 subscribers, to the flush tank of his toilet.[35]

He threw the Gold Play Button, for one million subscribers, into the Moskva River.[34] At the same time, he launched a "Diver-challenge", inviting anyone who wanted to dive for this button and keep it. People who accepted his challenge did indeed show up.[36]

Public activities

In December 2018, he attended a meeting with rappers in the State Duma, which discussed the cancellation of performances by young musicians.

Discography

Singles

  • "#kolyakhater" (2016)
  • "#Larinprotiv" (2016)
  • "#Khovgreben" (2017)
  • "Lyrics" (2017)
  • "30 Years" (2017)
  • "New Year" (2017)
  • "SOBOLEV DISS CHALLENGE" (2018)
  • "Apocalypse Today" (2018)
  • "Lyutovolk" (2018)
  • "You Mean Little" (2019)
  • "Into the Long Journey" (1 round 17ib) (2019)
  • "You Are Special" (2020)
  • "Girls" (2020)
  • "Stas Ay Kak Prosto DISS" (2022)
  • "Comfort Taxi" (2023)
  • "Aty-Baty" (with Pikuli) (2023)
  • "#kolyazetnik" (2025)

Guest appearances

  • Morgenshtern — "Eternal Sleep" ("Smile, Fool!") (2019)
  • Zamay and Booker — "Scream" ("Ne Andrey") (2020)
  • CMH — "#nifyodorovtherat" (2021)

Rap battles

Online battles

17th Independent Battle "Hip-Hop.ru": "Into the Long Journey" (1 round, qualifying) — did not pass

Offline battles

"Versus Battle"

Opponent Release date
Yuri Khovansky 2016
Eldar Dzharakhov 2017

"YouTube Battle"

Opponent Release date
Lee Kei 2017

References

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  2. ^ "Larin vs Dzharakhov" (in Russian). Liveam.TV. Archived from the original on 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
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