1.30.2014

Tokio Hotel Twitter Update

Twitter: #AskTokioHotel Questions & Answers

Transcript by TH-Wonderland 
 
Q: will you visit Latin America on the next tour?
A: Sure we always had an amazing time in Latin America !!

Q: Why did Georg cut his hair?

A: Because it was time…:-)

Q: When will the album be released?
A: Well we can at least say that much: We had our final listening session

Q: What would you describe the sound of this coming album?
A: It's gonna be way more electronic than anything we've ever done. really personal at the same time! can't wait to share

Q: What is your favorite song of the moment ?

A: the neighbourhood sweater weather !!

Q: Favourite person in the world? you must to choose only one

A: that's easy : Mum

Q: Do you already have some ideas for new music video?)

A: Oh yes we do! Already in talks with different directors!

Q: do you feel anxious about 2014 with the new album and stuff ?

A: Sure, but we are more excited than anxious!

Q: to gustav and georg: would you like to play another instrument on a tokio hotel album and live? just like tom did

A: Gustav=vocals, Georg=guitar, Tom=drums, and Bill=flute

Q: Did you already get some shootings done for THTV?

A: Yes we are on it!

Q: do you like fan arts?
A: So much great stuff out there, we will feature some of the best works during this year!

Q: Who chose the name for the album? There is already a name, right?
A: Oh yeah and actually Tom came up with it ( As always

Q: How was the experience of working with Rock Mafia, David Corey and Wiclef?

A: Great guys! Great cause! Good times!

Q: Did you know that I will always be by your side, no matter what?

A: Thank you :)))

Q: If you have to choose one adjective for describing your new album, what is it?

A: late…:-)

Q: Tom- what made you change your mind about getting a tattoo?
A: Bill changed my mind…;-) Already planing my next one!

Q: Will you include a cover version in the new album? c:

A: Nope, there will be no cover versions on it...

Q: I think the dog of the Tom's christmas video would appear in one of your singles, wouldn't it? LOLOL
A: hahaha no he's actually tooooo good

Q: What should I do to get a follow back from you? Tell me... Pls... I need it!
A: There you go

Q: Tom, do you rooted for who? Lakers or the Pacers?

A: L.A. Lakers!

Q: Have you ever considered the idea To play classical music?
A: Ugh, we thought we already do that?! ;P

Q: I want that Georg makes us a striptease for the next tour ! Is this possible ?

A: throw enough $$$ on stage and he'll do it

Q: There will be more or less than 10 tracks on the album ?

A: There will be more than 10 tracks and several versions

Q: Gustav a serious question: which fitness program you follow?

A: it's called beer and cigarettes…;-)

Q: what was it like being away from touring for so long?

A: Really missing it and can't wait to get on tour again!!!!

Q: Do you miss the German beer?
A: You can buy some here as well

Q: question for everybody: if you were in Hogwarts, in which house would you be ?

A: Bill: Sylterin, Tom: Gryffindor, Gustav: Hufflepuff, Georg: Ravenclaw

Q: Will you come to Spain again?

A: Love Spain! Definitely

Q: Did you see The Wolf of Wall Street yet?

A: Yes!!! Loved it! ..best movie we've seen in a long time!

Q: Georg do you miss Tom's little jokes about you?

A: no… still hear them every day…;-)

Q: Tom will we ever see you with dreads again?

A: actually I still got some 'downstairs' ...

1.25.2014

BUNTE #05/14 [Germany] - 23.01.2014 + TRANSLATION

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Scans by MaNuy/Translation by Tokio Hotel Wonderland
  
Mystery about their future
TOKIO HOTEL: it became silent around the world famous teen band, since the Kaulitz twins returned to America. Does the band still exist? Following traces…

Until four years the German teen band Tokio Hotel knew only one way: the way – upwards and steeply. They could always rely on their “Aliens” – how the fans call themselves. 

They sold more than six million records, fans even catapulted them into the US Billboard charts (#39), they celebrated their band with hysterical love and some even learned German because of them. 400 000 Aliens celebrated the performance in front of the Eiffel tower, where Tokio Hotel got invited by ex-president Nicholas Sarkozy in 2007. And Tokio Hotel thanked their fans: “Wir sterben niemals aus. Ihr tragt uns bis in alle Zeit. Sowas wie wir geht nie vorbei.“

Back in November the Aliens presented their band with a new European Music Awards for „Biggest Fans“. Now, 4 years since the last record, the fans seem to lose their patience: “Ehere is your new single? Are you kidding me? I love you, but I can´t take your lies anymore!”, grumbles Daria Jaxn from Poland. “We can´t wait forever, our patience is at its maximum!” threats Paula Justine Jaworska from Poland. And Nacy Gotbow from Mexico claims: “We don´t need Twitter – we need a new album.”

It became silent around the band – except their intermezzo as judges at DSDS last year - since the Kaulitz twins moved to Los Angeles to avoid the excitement around them. Bill Kaulitz (24), Tom Kaulitz (24), Georg Listing (26) and Gustav Schäfer (25) promised new music multiple times: “We have now more freedom than ever before. We enjoy the time and the work on our new album. We´re working daily on it.” said Bill Kaulitz to BUNTE in December 2012. 

After all we still haven´t heard anything from their new album. The official Tokio Hotel website is maintained since several months. The band doesn´t want to comment their current situation, neither their record label Universal – which wasn´t even willing to confirm that Tokio Hotel still exists. Fans are annoyed of the delaying tactics on Twitter and Facebook: “Exciting News coming up really soon.” or “Tokio Hotel collaborated again. Stay tuned“. Next to this you find melancholically black and white pictures of the nightlife of Los Angeles (“LA nights. who are you, who am I?”) and a photo of Bills new heart tattoo including a cryptic message (“Give back my heart that your body rejected”).

Did Tokio Hotel get lost in the music-nirvana of Los Angeles?

BUNTE found out that Bill and Tom still live together with their mother in the hollywood hills – and that they´re still working intensively on their new album. Even Gustav and Georg are still part of the band, they keep recording their parts in Germany and everything gets mixed together later. “The band is doing well. They´ll release their new album this year and there´ll also be for sure live concerts after.”, says producer Peter Hoffmann (60) towards BUNTE. “The band already recorded the songs. They´re currently working on the post processing and choosing the right songs”. Are there any differences between them and their record label? “No, we agree with Universal about the songs. But an international release date should be well chosen”.
Why did this take so much time then? “If you work hard, you also need to hold your breath for a longer time.” says Hoffmann. “The boys had an unbelievable pensum, but nothing has been lost.”

A friend of the band reports other things: “They do have enough songs, but their record label does not agree to all songs. It´s a huge risk to release something after such a long time. Universal and the management are scared, that the new album could be a flop, because their former fans grow older.”
The successful producer Thomas Anders also sees the comeback as a hard challenge: “Four years are like eternity for a teen band. Their former fans grow up. Tokio Hotel need to reach the adult pop market now. Miley Cyrus did it – but she did it without a break and with the help of excellent American adviser.”
For now they´re working on their European comeback, later they´ll maybe work on a return for the American music market.

A hard aim: “There are hundreds of bands like Tokio Hotel in the USA”, says music manager Thomas Stein (64), who worked for Falco and La Bouche in America. “It´s hard to establish yourself there. It´s like navigating a huge truck through a slalom. Without the right adviser you´ll set it against a wall.” 

Even Thomas Anders warns the band of settling too high aims: “It´s hard to get into the American music market. When I tried to work on a new album in America in 1990, my record label told me: we can´t afford this. The producer Lionel Richie asked 100 000$ for one song. In the end the whole production would have cost around a million dollar.” Right after he added: “Even Robbie Williams wasn´t able to reach the American music market. Even though he has millions of dollar and good adviser.” 

1.22.2014

Bravo.de - Tokio Hotel: Neues Album kommt 2014

Tokio Hotel will es nochmal wissen 

Tokio Hotel: Neues Album kommt 2014

Sie wollen es allen zeigen! Tokio Hotel bringen ein neues Album raus - und das noch dieses Jahr. Hier gibts die Facts dazu!

Nach vier Jahren Pause sind Tom, Bill, Georg und Gustav zurück! Die Jungs von Tokio Hotel wollen ihr neues Album noch dieses Jahr rausbringen.

Gegenüber der Bunten erzähle Produzent Peter Hoffman: "Der Band geht’s gut. Das Album wird dieses Jahr kommen, und danach wird es sicher auch wieder Live-Konzerte geben."

Die Songs des neuen Tokio Hotel Albums sind sogar schon aufgenommen. "Jetzt geht es nur noch um die Nachbereitung und darum, die richtigen Songs auszuwählen", verriet Peter.

Wir sind echt auf die neuen Tracks gespannt. Schließlich sind Tokio Hotel und auch ihre Fans älter geworden. Ob sich das in den Songs zeigen wird?

Wann genau das neue Album von Tokio Hotel veröffentlicht wird, ist noch geheim.

Freust du dich auf das neue Tokio Hotel Album?
OMG!!! Jaaaa!!!!
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English Translation by Tokio Hotel Aliens Spain

Tokio Hotel: New album comes  in 2014
They want to show it all! Tokio Hotel release a new album this year. Here are the facts!

After a four year break, Tom, Bill, Georg and Gustav are back! The guys from Tokio Hotel want to bring out a new album later this year.

 Producer Peter Hoffman told to the Bunte Magazine: "The band's fine. The album will come this year, and after that it will certainly give back live concerts."

The songs from the new Tokio Hotel album are even recorded. "Now it's all about the follow-up and a matter of selecting the right songs," revealed Peter.

We are really looking forward to the new tracks. Finally, Tokio Hotel and their fans have grown older. Whether this will show in the songs?

When exactly will be published the new album from Tokio Hotel , is still a secret.

Are you looking forward to the new Tokio Hotel album?
OMG!!! Jaaaa!!!!

SOURCE [VOTE!!!!]

1.14.2014

Laut.de - Gebt uns Bill & Tom zurück!


 It seems that the public does not approve the jury of this year of the program DSDS, a German article says "Bring us back Bill and Tom!"

Definitely a great revenge for the duo Kaulitz, given the skepticism expressed by the German public through Bild announcement that the Tokio Hotel twins would be part of the jury of the last edition!

Translation TokioHotel_Army 

1.10.2014

Fan Action :Tokio Hotel VEVO



We’ve been planning a fan action that will be quite interesting for Tokio Hotel YouTube channel. Now we need a help from the greatest amount of Aliens as possible to help us accomplish this fan action.

When a video of a channel has over one hundred million (100.000.000) views, VEVO gives its official certificate to this channel and the artist gets an award for it.

So Connection Tokio Hotel is with Tokio Hotel Hysteria, Tokio Hotel Malaysia Street Team, Tokio Hotel Turkey, Tokio Hotel Ecuador and AlienTHeam to try to get an official certificate from VEVO for the band.
We have organized a list of music videos of the band and each week one video will be accessed by the fans as much as they can access, thus increasing the number of views.

Here is a list of videos to be accessed per week:
Week 1: 04/01 ~ 08/01 – Scream
Week 2: 09/01 ~ 15/01 – Hurricanes and Suns
Week 3: 16/01 ~ 22/01 – Ready, Set, Go!
Week 4: 23/01 ~ 29/01 – Mädchen Aus Dem All
Week 5: 30/01 ~ 04/02 – An Deiner Seite (Ich Bin Da)
Week 6: 05/02 ~ 11/02 – Automatic
Week 7: 12/02 ~ 18/02 – Monsoon
Week 8: 19/02 ~ 25/02 – Darkside Of The Sun
Week 9: 26/02 ~ 04/03 – Wir Schließen Uns Ein
Week 10: 05/03 ~ 11/03 – 1000 Oceans
Week 11: 12/03 ~ 18/03 – World Behind My Wall

A great way to listen to Tokio Hotel’s good old songs and show them that we’re still here for them. So who’s with us?

During the week, we’re gonna do some little games with the videos.
Help us to spread this fan action by using the tag #WeWantTokioHotelVevoCertificate
If you have any doubts, you can ask here: http://ask.fm/CTokioHotel
Prepare your browsers!

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