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27/05/2010
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German band Tokio Hotel was in Taiwan to promote their latest album Humanoid. Besides their music, lead vocalist Bill’s dress sense is also a hot topic amongst fans. Bill who is tall in stature and dressed head to toe in designer, attracts the same amount of attention as famous models. Most people assume it takes a long time and a lot of work for him to leave the house, he says laughingly, “I’m very quick, I’m done in 15 minutes!”
Amazed at Lagerfeld’s designs
Bowie’s style is an inspiration
Bill who loves fashion said, fashion is an attitude and is also where he gets inspiration for his work. Although his appearance often surprise and amaze people, comfort is a main priority of his when dressing, “But the shoes must have heels, it makes me more confident.” During the interview, he was wearing a pair of 7cm tall YSL Jonny short boots.
When it comes to his favourite designer, Bill and his twin brother Tom both highly praise fellow countryman Karl Lagerfeld. Bill said that Lagerfeld is a genius in creativity, his works are always stunning, “very cool, they gives off a lot of energy.” As for who is his fashion icon, Bill replied immediately, “David Bowie!” and that Bowie’s glam rock style gave him a lot of inspiration. As a matter of fact, for the photoshoot, Bill’s look was referenced from Bowie’s style.
TH-Band-Photo: Tokio Hotel bassist Georg (left), guitarist Tom (older brother), lead vocalist Bill (younger brother), drmer Gustav was in Taiwan to promote their new album, Georg and Bill were both wearing Gucci patchwork jackets.
Bill-Top-Photo: Bill’s height is 185cm but loves to wear heels, in the photo he was wearing a pair of YSL short boots measuring 7cm tall and a black, white and grey Gucci patchwork jacket with a price tag of 156,050 TWD, bought in Milan last month.
Bill-Bottom-Photo: Bill loves fashion and on the day he arrived in Taiwan, he was dressed head to toe in designer just like a socialite, carrying a LV Naxo series Keepall 45 bag, 132,000 TWD.
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27/05/2010
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TOKIO Hotel have never been to Tokyo
In fact, when the German rock quartet popped into Singapore three weeks ago, it was their first time visiting the region. However, they were so thrilled by the response of their fans here – and, yes, they do have fans here – they plan to return with a full show.
The band – twin brothers Bill (singer) and Tom Kaulitz (guitarist), bassist George Listing and drummer Gustav Schafer – are still tickled that they have fans halfway across the world. It’s something they certainly didn’t expect when they started Tokio Hotel as teenagers.
“When we started in Germany we were still in school. If someone told us five years later we’d be in Asia, I’d have said you’re crazy,” said Bill. “But here we are.”
Still, success came at a price. “We don’t have a private life any more,” said Bill. “It’s not possible to say, ‘I want to be a superstar’ and the next morning go down to the bakery. You can’t just go out any more. But that’s the decision you have to make.”
Part of their international success stems from the fact that they’ve gone from just recording in German to recording in English as well.
Their new album, Humanoid – a marked departure from the hard rock sound of previous offerings, with an emphasis on electronica instead of distortion guitar – had both English and German versions released simultaneously. They previously released Scream (2007), a compilation of English versions of songs from their German releases Zimmer 483 and Schrei. Of course, detractors said they were selling out.
“The idea of the English versions was simple: We wanted everyone to have a chance to listen and understand the lyrics,” said Tom. “But we started out by playing German and English songs, so it’s like getting back to our roots.”
Such naysayers are just the latest in a string of people the band has had to deal with since the very start. “The biggest challenge was that we were so young,” said Bill, who turns 21 this year. “It was really a fight to speak to the record labels. Everyone had their idea of what we had to be, but we didn’t really want to hear all that. We wanted to do our own thing.”
“Everyone was thinking: They’re kids, what do they know?” added Tom.
Well, these “kids” have performed at the Eiffel Tower to 500,000 people, and are taking their biggest show ever around the world. And they can’t wait to bring it to Singapore. “It’s the next level of our live show,” said Tom. “I think it’ll be good fun.”
Even as the rest of the world is beginning to embrace Tokio Hotel, the band said they’re already thinking of what to do next. “We want to get to the next level,” said Tom. “For this album, we wanted to have this electronic sound, but maybe for the next record it’s completely different.”
Tokio Hotel’s Humanoid is out in stores now.