(09.03.2017)
“Bill Kaulitz: “The move to L.A. has saved us”
The front man of Tokio Hotel talks about the dark sides of fame”
Bill Kaulitz, 27, and his guys from Tokio Hotel have brought out their new album “Dream Machine”, and the accompanying tour is already in the starting gates. Meanwhile, Bill, Tom, Gustav and George are grown up and can deal with the success, but that was once different. In the Talk-show interview by Markus Lanz, Frontman Bill talks about the beginnings of the band and that he was partly very afraid.
Bill Kaulitz talks about the beginnings of Tokio Hotel
Bill Kaulitz and his band Tokio Hotel were almost famous overnight and suddenly filled large concert halls. At that time the twins Bill and Tom were only 15 years old – today – 12 years later Bill at “Markus Lanz” talks about the first time of their fame.
“We moved out at 15. I rented a loft from my first advance.”
Bill Kaulitz: “We have built a small prison”
After a while, they had to leave their first place after fans had rendezvoused around and had followed them.
“We built a small prison outside of Hamburg. So with two-meter fence and so. We had a nice house with a garden, but we could not get out. ”
In front of the guarded gateway to the house stood “always 50 to 100 people” as Bill explained. The real moment of the realization that they actually no longer have a private life came however much later. “With 19/20 we have only realized, crass, we can actually do nothing“, said Bill in the interview. The situation worsened as the fans broke into the house.
“We just saved ourselves. This was no longer possible. They then somehow broke into the house. And we thought before we move again … ”
Escape to Los Angeles
Bill and Tom then rented a house away from Germany in Los Angeles and took flight. To date, the twins have not regretted this decision:
“I would always do that again. That saved us.”
And with their new album, the guys from Tokio Hotel will soon visit their German fans again.