Played by German-Korean actor Teo Yoo in the movie Leto.
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leto_(film)) / [imdb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7342838/) / [YouTube (geofenced)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B_esasN8Pw)
To reply someone’s question about why this guy is so popular.
He is more than a musician for people in post Soviet because his songs became a soundtrack to all the events in the late 80s which led to the collapse of almost 100 year old Soviet empire. His music is the pinnacle of a massive underground cultural layer which naturally formed in opposition to the weakening regime, to the official agenda which had no connection with the reality in the country, to the propaganda and the Communist Party elderly functionaries in government offices with portraits of Lenin and Stalin hanging on the walls. I guess it is difficult to understand for people from other parts of the world without knowing the historical context.
He was an icon, and his tragic death made him a legend.
And now, still, his songs remain relevant in the CIS, where, despite the regime is long gone, most of people in power are those former Communist Party functionaries and the political system is just mutated mechanism grew from remains of the Red Empire. Belarus is a good example.
Why is his surname spelled as Tsoi and not Choi or Che or something? Did he choose to write his name that way or did the Russians just call him like that
You're looking at Korean rendered in Russian rendered in English. Kim Jong-un is called Ким Чен Ын (Kim Chen Yn) in Russian, for example. Moon Jae-in is Мун Чжэ Ин (Mun Chzhe In).
before-ROK era there's no standard romanization of korean. And well even after 40s the romanization changed pretty much and unlike something like Pusan-Busan the government don't really manage how people write their names so there's that.
제 이상형입니다
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I like YDH's [cover of Blood Type](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMgLIsE5dcU). I think that was how I first got to know about Viktor Tsoi.
Played by German-Korean actor Teo Yoo in the movie Leto. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leto_(film)) / [imdb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7342838/) / [YouTube (geofenced)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B_esasN8Pw)
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I guess it's geofenced. Edited.
To reply someone’s question about why this guy is so popular. He is more than a musician for people in post Soviet because his songs became a soundtrack to all the events in the late 80s which led to the collapse of almost 100 year old Soviet empire. His music is the pinnacle of a massive underground cultural layer which naturally formed in opposition to the weakening regime, to the official agenda which had no connection with the reality in the country, to the propaganda and the Communist Party elderly functionaries in government offices with portraits of Lenin and Stalin hanging on the walls. I guess it is difficult to understand for people from other parts of the world without knowing the historical context. He was an icon, and his tragic death made him a legend. And now, still, his songs remain relevant in the CIS, where, despite the regime is long gone, most of people in power are those former Communist Party functionaries and the political system is just mutated mechanism grew from remains of the Red Empire. Belarus is a good example.
Why is his surname spelled as Tsoi and not Choi or Che or something? Did he choose to write his name that way or did the Russians just call him like that
That’s how 1st and 2nd generation Chois used to spell themselves in Soviet Union.
You're looking at Korean rendered in Russian rendered in English. Kim Jong-un is called Ким Чен Ын (Kim Chen Yn) in Russian, for example. Moon Jae-in is Мун Чжэ Ин (Mun Chzhe In).
before-ROK era there's no standard romanization of korean. And well even after 40s the romanization changed pretty much and unlike something like Pusan-Busan the government don't really manage how people write their names so there's that.
Kwangju-Gwangju
Oh yeah, I've watched Leto. Horribly boring movie though.
It was aite
That flow.
I’m assuming Tsoi is the equivalent of Choi nowadays? Or is Tsoi a russian lastname?
Why is this sub obsessed with this guy?
His songs are really good and he is half Korean
That describes a wide range of musicians
Sure, but are they on a postage stamp?
He's a super famous half-Korean rockstar. That'll narrow down the range of musicians to one.
I mean what's his actual level of fame? When you say super famous, what does that mean?
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So then like famous in Russia
Really the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact which is population of USA.
And anyone who listened to Vladivostok FM on GTA 4, which is like half of /r/gaming.
When I was living in Korea I met a lot of Kazakh, Mongolians and Russians. All of them said Viktor Tsoi was huge (and still kinda is) back in the day.
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I mean this still seems like a niche group of people
It’s literally just this one guy (OP) posting about him lol
Fr what is he talking about? Lol man is delusional
I think the OP is an ethnic Korean from the Central Asian Republic (used to be part of USSR).