Olivia Mag 2008
“I think that everyone should be how they want to be”
TOKIO HOTEL – TOM:
“Bill is my soul mate”
Tom is the more playful of the Kaulitz twins, but there’s still one thing that he’s deadly serious about:
the closeness and the love for his brother.
Also read about, how Tom’s dream girl should be and why he got his current hair-do.
Facts about Tom Kaulitz
Age: 18 years.
Born: Leipzig, Germany.
Job: Plays guitar in Tokio Hotel.
Eyecolor: Brown.
Favorite Dish: Pasta.
Interests: Parties, skateboard, graffiti.
Other: He always buys his clothes in size XXL.
Right now: The band is on their 1000 Hotels European Open Air Tour. Tom said that he is totally ready to get back into the studio and record new material, so the fans will already have something to listen to this winter, so keep your fingers crossed!
Tom performed for the first time at the age of 5 in the German tv-series “Verrückt Nach Dir” (means: Crazy About You), where he starred with Bill. But it wasn’t only the tv-carrier the got Tom’s attention. As a kid he actually dreamed about becoming a cowboy! But all that changed when his stepdad gave him a guitar, at the age of 9. The music has been the most important thing for Tom since then and he started writing his own songs right away. Later on when he and Bill started Tokio Hotel, everything else in life was pushed aside, including school.
Style and image
Tom’s style is inspired by rap and he loves caps and big pants. One of his biggest idols is the German hip hop-star Samy Deluxe, who was also Tom’s first concert. A trademark that a lot of people connect to Tom is his dreadlocks, which he got at the age of 12.
“I thought it was cool. When I was younger, I had short hair, but I got tired of always having to style it. I wanted a hair-do that was easy to take care of and looked the way it was supposed to, when I woke up in the morning. That’s why I let my hair grow and got dreadlocks.”
Tom thinks Bill dresses a little weird in his tight pants, but Tom thinks it’s really important that everybody looks the way that they feel comfortable with.
“I don’t want to change anything about myself. I think that everybody should be the way that they want to be and noone needs to change anything about themselves.”
Brother and soul mate
While Bill is seen as the kinda shy type, when answering questions, Tom is the loud joker who loves to be the center of attention and joke around. But when it comes to his relationship with his twinbrother, Tom is always pretty serious.
“I can’t live without Bill. We do everything together, we tell each other everything, we are unseperable.”
Like a lot of other identical twins, Tom feels that he has a special bond with Bill and knows how he feels, without having to talk to him.
“We don’t look like twins, but we’re soul mates. When I look at Bill, I know right away how he thinks. I can feel if he’s having problems, even if I’m not with him.”
Serious about love
Tom is known as a real player and even though a lot of people are crazy about Bill, Tom is not that far behind. Like the other guys in the band, there’s a lot of rumors about Tom having a girlfriend, but he denies right away at mention af the topic. He even says that he doesn’t think that he will ever trust a girl as much as he trusts Bill. So even though he seems like a player, love is important to him and not something you should joke about.
“I’ve been in love, but I don’t think I’ve every loved someone. Love is something rare and beautiful. But it can also suck, if the other person doesn’t love you.”
Tom’s opinion about:
Money: It’s a great bonus, but it’s not everything in life.
Friendship: Friends are super awesome to have. You need friends, eventhough it’s hard to find some who aren’t fake.
The Dreamgirl: She needs to be extremly spontaneous and fun. I need to be able to have fun with her, and it would be awesome if she wore cool clothes. It’s important that we’re able to be on the same level and of course I have to like the way she looks.
Tom in numbers:
-He owns over 350 caps!
-The 4 words that Tom thinks describes him are: laid back, spontaneous, smart and sloppy.
-He started wearing baggy-jeans at the mere age of 9.
-He is 184 cm tall.
-He got 1 piercing in his lip.
