(December, 2014)

Jolie meets Bill and Tom Kaulitz
The Tokio-Hotel-Twins talk about their new home Los Angeles,
wild orgies and Helene Fischer.

You really have to accomplish something like that first: Tokio Hotel have been out of the spotlight for four years – in spite of that, the Pullman Hotel in Erfurt is surrounded by fans who want to take a picture with Bill and Tom Kaulitz. They moved to Los Angeles in 2010 and are now in Germany to promote their band’s new album, called “Kings Of Suburbia”. Their celebrity status is however challenged by their English bulldog, Pumba, who wants to be pet by everyone and constantly runs in front of the camera. During the interview you immediately notice how similar the identical twins are – they even finish each others sentences. There was only one topic they didn’t agree on: Anise-Candies.

Jolie: You’ve got a really cool dog there, Bill.
Tom: We live together, therefore you can say that Pumba is our dog.
Bill: No, he’s my dog. You’ve got your own.
Tom: But he’s a big hound dog and didn’t even come with us. Travelling with him is very strenuous.

Jolie: Which one of you takes the dogs out for walks?
Bill: I take Pumba out – but only when there aren’t a dozen fans surrounding us or if I can leave through the garage. In any other case an assistant, sadly, has to take him for walks. In Los Angeles it’s always us who do that though.

Jolie: People like going for a walk in the morning in Venice Beach there…
Bill: We have a completely different rhythm than the people there. They all get up at eight in the morning and do Yoga or Pilates, get a healthy drink afterwards and buy a salad from the organic market. No one smokes, no one drinks too much. At two in the morning night clubs already close – everything in L.A. is very reasonable. And we…
Tom: …are usually awake until six, seven in the morning…
Bill: …and sleep until late afternoon. We actually live a very European lifestyle.

Jolie: Why did you choose to move from Germany to Los Angeles, specifically?
Bill: That’s a question I’ve been asking myself now too, because L.A. is a little too boring for me. The people and the fashion in New York would inspire me much more. In L.A. you have to make sure that you don’t let yourself go. Everyone there wears flip-flops and shorts because of the heat. But after spending some time in Hamburg, where it was grey and cloudy, it was wonderful.

Jolie: Do you feel like you can call the US your home now?
Tom: Home, for me, always refers to your own house – doesn’t matter where it is. As long as my dogs, my family and my friends are there with me, I feel home. But when we come to Germany, we have a feeling of being in control. We understood that country completely, there was no culture shock. But a lot of things in the US are also awesome, like the park service and Restaurants or hotels. Why isn’t this a normal thing here as well? I would love to just throw together the best of both worlds to create the perfect country.
Bill: The visa and green-card formalities alone, always remind us that we’re not Americans (laughs). I also always connect home to the taste of “Schmalzkuchen” and German bread.
Tom: Yup, as well as roasted almonds.
Bill: Yes, yes, yummy!
Tom: And I love Anise-candies.
Bill: Ew (Tom laughs)

Jolie: Your career took off when you were teens, now you’re 25. Do you feel like adults?
Tom: Honestly? I feel like less like an adult today than I did with 15.
Bill: When I was 15 I hated it when people would ask me for my ID, for example… (falters for a moment) when I wanted to buy alcohol (both laugh). In the past I felt ready for everything. I wanted to earn my own money, live on my own and be responsible for as many things as possible. But every time I don’t have to show them my ID now I always ask myself: “Why?” (laughs)
Tom: Since I’ve grown a beard people rarely ask me for it.

Jolie: Do you come off as younger or older to women?
Bill: Just recently a women at a party wanted to know how old I was. I let her guess my age. Then she looked at me, thought about it for a while and said: “Maybe 34?” I was shocked. And what does she do next? She makes it worse by saying: “It’s so hard to say with your costume on.” And I just went: “Which costume?” She said: “You have so many tattoos and piercings.” It was unreal.

Jolie: You’re probably not going to see her again.
Bill: Definitely not. Although, at the end she did say that my eyes look very young. (both laugh)

Jolie: Does being an adult have its drawbacks?
Bill: I can’t recover that fast from partying all night anymore. I always end up thinking: “Oh my god, look at those eye-bags!” Or: “We should drink less.” We do notice that we have to take more care of ourselves.
Tom: Maybe we should start living that healthy-L.A. lifestyle as well. (laughs)

Jolie: More salad, less burgers?
Tom: We’re lucky, because we can eat what we want and not gain any weight.
Bill: All men in our family stay really thin right up until they reach an old age. But I do have to admin that we’re unhealthy eaters.

Jolie: Do you at least compensate for the unhealthy food with sports?
Tom: In the past we went to the gym a lot, but we haven’t been going there regularly anymore.
Bill: I hate that. We only go there to look reasonably good. I always feel like I’m under pressure when I see all those fit guys in their tank tops there.
Tom: By the way, that’s another pro about living Germany – you can hide everything under your winter clothes.

Jolie: In the video for your single “Love Who Loves You Back” you are dressed revealingly and there’s a wild orgy. Who came up with that idea?
Bill: I’ve been wanting to shoot such a music video for a long time, because I really like the last scene in the movie “The Perfume” – which is quite similar. It was important for me that we show same-sex couples, skinny and big and old and young people in the video. Because I think that you can’t choose who you fall in love with.

Jolie: Are you all of the same opinion, when it comes to those decisions, as a band?
Bill: Creatively we all decide everything together, the individual tasks then get allocated.
Tom: With the orgy the only question that came up was, if we would all participate or not. But we all agreed pretty quickly that only Bill would take part in that.

Jolie: Did you, in the US, hear about the huge success that your colleague Helene Fischer has had in Germany?
Bill: I heard of it, but it’s hard for me to comprehend. She’s probably a really nice women, but I’m really not into her music style.

Profile – Tom:
– The guitarist likes going out to “Hyde” in Los Angeles: “It’s a bar and nightclub in one with a good smokers’ corner.”
– Which dish can you always successfully prepare?: “Penne Pasta with Ketchup”
– What did you want to be when you were six years old?: “Mechanic”
– What do you think of right before you go to sleep?: – not legible –
– What’s the most expensive item you own?: “Bill”

Profile – Bill
– Bill named his dog Pumba after the wart hog from “The Lion King”: “Thankfully he’s easy to train.”
– What’s the first thing you do in the morning?: – not legible –
– What’s the most expensive item you own?: “Tom”
– Which three traits are typical for you?: – not legible –
– What do you think of right before you go to sleep?: – not legible –

(25.10.2014)

TOKIO HOTEL Answers Some Questions From Their Fans!

Tokio Hotel took some time to answer some questions sent by their fans! Read on for more!

After five long years, German rock band Tokio Hotel is back with their new album “Kings of Suburbia”! During a MYXclusive phone interview with guitarist Tom Kaulitz and lead vocalist Bill Kaulitz, we had the opportunity to ask the band some details about their comeback album “Kings of Suburbia”!

“We worked on this for a long time actually,” shared Tom. “We took some time off after the last record and we just need to live life and I think that’s what this new album’s all about. We put a lot of life and a lot of love into this record,” he continued.

As for the title of the album, Tom revealed that “Kings of Suburbia” is about a feeling that they had when they were still kids, growing up in their hometown. “It’s a feeling that everybody of us always had. It’s a special meaning for us.”

Prior to our phone interview with the band, we asked some Tokio Hotel fans to send us some questions that they want to ask Bill and Tom and the twins were nothing but excited to answer them!

And for the most common question from the fans: “Are there any plans of visiting the Philippines soon?”

“We’re just planning our tour and we’re just thinking about where and when we’ll play. We hope that next year, we’ll get to travel all over the world. We would love to play in the Philippines! We’d love to see our fans and play there so yeah, this might gonna happen in 2015!”

Aside from answering the questions that you sent them, Bill and Tom also left a message for all the Tokio Hotel fans out there!

“We just want to say thank you so much to everyone! We see the comments and we feel the support and we can see the love. It’s so great and we’re so grateful for everything they do and it’s amazing! We hope to see everyone soon!”

We know you’re all excited for a possible visit from Tokio Hotel next year and that’s really something to look forward to!

– original article

(17.10.2014)

Tokio Hotel returns with Kings of Suburbia,
a personal and a very electronic sound album

Know what its members Bill and Tom Kaulitz told about this new production in StarMedia exclusive interview from Los Angeles, USA

Five years they remained away to take scenarios from a new life and to rediscover their musical path, Tokio Hotel return with Kings of Suburbia, their fourth Album. In an interview for StarMedia members Bill and Tom Kaulitz told details of it’s new production. Here’s what they said!

1. What do you feel in his comeback after 5 years of absence from music?

Bill: “we were not at all away because we were working in the Studio doing Kings of Suburbia and we are now happy to be back to show people this new album. We also miss our fans, the stage and introduce ourselves live.”

2. kings of Suburbia sounds completely different to what you have done, why make such a radical change?

Tom: “on the sound of the new album, we are very happy because it was a whole process write songs and produce them. We try to do something different, authentic and I can say that we like all the songs that are on the disk.”

3. which of the songs do you feel you most identified?

Bill: “it is difficult to say one only because we produced the entire album, made mixtures and work hard. We took enough time doing and put lots of love. What we hear can be different everyday, for example now is Love who loves you back that is a great song“.

4. What is the story behind the title of the Kings of Suburbia album and song that bears this name?

Bill: “we had the idea of naming it Kings of Suburbia on a trip to Germany. It came by that feeling you have when you’re young you feel the King of your universe, wanting to do what you like. That was a feeling we share with everyone when we did the record. It also has relation with our lives because all come from different suburbs of Germany“.

5. Who thought of the concept of the video Girl got a gun? What d you say to criticisms that you’ve received?

Bill: “we are very happy with the video and believe it is one of the best we have done. We create the concept together with the director Kris Moyes who is a very innovative person. We wanted something cool and new because the song has an interesting sound. I had the idea of including drag queens and Kris made the proposal for the costumes and makeup. We really liked it and it is normal that there are people who like it and those who do not“.

6. Will you include Mexico in his international tour?

Tom: “We are planning the tour, I think that we will start in the spring of 2015. Mexico will be included and we will also go for promotion before the end of the 2014. We get messages with much love from our Mexican fans, and it is something that we are grateful for.”

7. How would you define the album Kings of Suburbia in a few words?

Bill: “It is very personal, electronic, full of life, with much love and is one of the best albums that the band has done“.

– original article

(01.10.2014)

“Tokio Hotel is the love of my life“

Berlin – Long it was quiet around Tokio Hotel. Bill and Tom Kaulitz (25) fled virtually overnight to California. There, they worked on their fourth album “Kings of Suburbia” that electro beats combined with instruments to Club music. An interview.

Why did you move to Los Angeles?

Bill Kaulitz: Because we had come to a point where everything has become Too much. We urgently needed distance from the whole Tokio Hotel madness. To At last, have time to find out what we really expect from life. For this, we had to hold our career back for a while and clear our head.

Did you find In fact the anonymity in California, after which you have longed for?

Bill Kaulitz: Yes. Initially we didn’t really move purely to Los Angeles, but had lived A little bit outside. So we could submerge completely. Especially since we were first often total at home when we went on the road.
Tom Kaulitz: We are staring here A lot less than in Germany. The Knowingness is also not necessarily the problem.
Bill Kaulitz: Exactly. It is really bad when people are always at the gate or even follow us. This was partially already something abnormal about it. In the United States, we are No more confronted with something like that.

Is there no danger so that you drop so like Britney Spears?

Bill Kaulitz: but everyone goes through crises – which is unavoidable. Questioning one’s self or one’s career. You must just To try to keep this out of the public, or the media make it a big deal. We had not pulled back anyway, without reason completely from the public eye. If we start now again correctly, it can happen, say in one and a half years: “I can No more. I need to step back, a break”

In theory you could then break up the band. Or were not created for normality?

Bill Kaulitz: I can live very well either with or without the fame. On the one hand I love to stand on the stage and make music. On the other hand I find it hard, to have no privacy. There are already moments in which I curse our success. But Tokio Hotel is the love of my life.

Would you exchange sometimes with your drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing, who are not as prominent as you?

Bill Kaulitz: Clearly, they have it here and there more than we. They are still in her hometown. The loss of privacy was never a so great theme for them. Moreover, they are really happy. They certainly would not exchange with us.

Are they really never jealous of you?

Tom Kaulitz: Everyone has thier role in the band, which has Of course evolved. In this respect, since no dispute breaks out. Envy or jealousy never had it.

I would venture to doubt that as brothers there is fighting

Bill Kaulitz: We’re fighting some really intense. When that time happens, it’s so blatant that everyone else in the room go.
Tom Kaulitz: But after at least two hours, everything is fine again.
Bill Kaulitz: Because we can Not at all imagine a separate life, basically, we are as a person. If we are separated from each other, something is missing.

But you Two want under one roof live forever, or?

Bill Kaulitz: I think we will somehow always live together. Maybe we live one day in two adjacent houses, which are connected by a tunnel.
Tom Kaulitz: Although we have not stood in the last five years on stage, we spent every day with each other.

What is your everyday life in Los Angeles today?

Bill Kaulitz: Tom is A little bit quieter than I. I am totally A lot. Actually, I’m only on the partying.
Tom Kaulitz: We have a comic rhythm. Only between 6 and 7 o’clock, we go to bed. We see the Sunrise every morning.

The interview was conducted by Dagmar Leischow.

– original article