Eyeliner-heavy, German teen pop quartet Tokio Hotel’s third (and second English language) full-length album is a significantly louder and considerably darker affair than their previous outings.
While there’s little doubt that screaming teenage girls will still stand front and center at the foot of the stage, the band has set its sights on the “First Person Shooter” male demographic this time around, baiting the hook with enough generic sci-fi imagery and Depeche Mode-meets-Fall Out Boy melodrama to fuel one hundred angry bike rides home from work.
That’s not to say that the results aren’t effective, as Humanoid, though predictable and generally harmless, is immaculately crafted, thanks in part to longtime producer David Jost and a handful of A-list engineers. Between the Auto-Tune heavy first single “Automatic” and the Arcade Fire-lite stadium anthem “World Behind My Wall,” one can almost envision the elaborate stage show being planned for the next MTV video music awards, and while Tokio Hotel may not have matured enough to hang with the big boys yet, they are most certainly the dark horses pacing up and down the Disney fringe.
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Tokio Hotel’s name is intenationally recognized.
These boys are incredibly gifted and their future seems to be getting brighter and brigther.
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But it would be great to see them star in a Hollywood Movie though.
I’d watch it. But it has to be written and filmed with a pretty damn good script and a fine director though.
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I highly doubt Disney would decide to work with Tokio Hotel, despite the immense popularity the band has.
Disney’s way too family-orientated.
But it would be pretty cool to see Tokio Hotel working withwith FOX, USA, NBC, CBS or that shit.
But that can only be possible in the future.
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Guys, chill. They’re not saying TH is like Disney artists. They mean that, in a music scene predominated by Disney artists, they are still making themselves known, despite the odds. Hence the term ‘dark horse’, a dark horse is a candidate that is not expected to win, but ends up coming out on top in the end. The implication is that Tokio Hotel is set to take over the teen music scene. It’s a compliment, even if it’s a little oddly worded. XD
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hehe thx 4 the translation ;P
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To even mention Disney in the same sentence with Tokio Hotel should be a crime….damn. Disney?? Really??…..
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Disney. You. HAVE. to be kidding me.
Tokio Hotel and Disney. HAIL. NO. I dunno about you guys but there is NO way that I can imagine hem be in shows like Suite Life, Hannah Montana, or Waverly Place, i am sorry.
I swear this person who wrote this review needs to be slapped or something to have the nerve to be mentioning TH and Disney even in the same SENTENCE together.
>.> Disney fans are just people that arent able to handle Tokio Hotel.
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Oh, and about the segment about the “big boys”. Once again, needs to be slapped and needs to rewrite that sentence, because THEY ARE THE BIG BOYS!
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Tokio Hotel is WAY better than any of the Disney artists I have ever heard…by A LOT! I get so mad when I hear them being compared to the Jonas Brothers. *shudders*
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YESSS. THERE STOMPING DISNEY!!!!!! THE WORLD MAKES SENCE AGAIN!!!!!
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Im confused!!Did they say they were better than those DISNEY WANNABE CELEBRITIES???or that their not good enough???
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that they are better =D
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It’s snarky review, but overall it’s pretty good. And they didn’t say TH is Disney like, but just the opposite. Chill out guys :)
And add another cougar here :)
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I got the rolling stone magazine yesterday and there was a horrible reveiw in it!!!! I was so mad!!!! But it is only one guy saying this stuff. Because, i think that the album is great!!!!
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That writer is a douche!!! If Tokio Hotel ever become Disney whores like the Jonas Brothers, I would lose all respect for them.
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Reviews like this make me wanna hang myself
*suizid modus*
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UGH NOOOO there not saying there like disney stars there saying there BETTERR its a complementt
so stop saying “oh there to good for disney” (whih they are) and what not and enjoy the good reveiw ur reading it all wrong
world domination start 10/6/09 HELLZ YEA lol btw down on you is AWSOMMMEEEE
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I seriously don’t get these people. Tokio Hotel is an amazing group and Why doesn’t mtv and others see this. They are just a good as Fall out boys and depeche mode, and they have the awards to prove it, man this crap makes me angry!!
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pfft theyre better than fall out boy and depeche mode
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Not ready to hang with the Big Boys?……THEY ARE THE BIG BOYS!!!
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Not mature enough to hang with the big boys? Somebody send this reviewer a pic of that Oasis member coming to their meet-and-greet in Sweden and posing with them.
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TOKIO HOTEL HUMANOID WILL RULE THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW AND FOREVER!!!!
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i dont know about you guys but if Tokio Hotel got signed on to Disney, whether it be a music video for a classic movie, tv show, or special guest, I will tackle Bill(just cuz hes the smallest in weight wise) and choke him until he agrees to rip up the contract. Of course I wouldnt kill him, just frighten him a little, I hate the disney ppl. Just think, if they guest starred on Hannah Montana, all the HM fans would be like ‘omg their so cute!’ and then we would have a billion CFFs.
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I think after this album, they are the ‘big boys’. And no Disney for these guys…can you imagine Bill talking about making a porn movie while under Disney contract?! Even though he’s just joking, no way would Disney understand. And that is as it should be. I am not a Jonas fan, and there’s a reason for that.
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NO. No Disney for Tokio Hotel!!! That would be so weird. They are WAYYYY too good for Disney. (sorry, disney :P) I don’t know what I would do.
What does that last line mean anyway?!
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I am downloading humanoid off of itunes as i type this
!!!!!!!!!
CAN’T BREATHE !!
AAAHHH XD XD XD
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Just finished downloading!!!! Can’t believe it’s finally here!!!:)
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Disney? DISNEY!? *kills self*
REALLY?! They are WAAAAAY better then the Jonas Brothers or Selena Gomez , atleast when I’m listening to them, I’m not trying to scratch out my ear drums, I’m turning up the volume!
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well said! unfortunately, my volume on my stereo won’t go as high as i want it to when i listen to TH! ;]
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YOU CAN ORDER THE ALBUM ON ITUNES NOW!!
and if you pre-ordered it (like me) then you can download it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ah this is so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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They aren’t grouping them with disney,
I think they are saying that they are going to
be heavy competition for the disney peeps[=
damn right, with tokio hotel in the mix,
disney doesn’t stand a chance.
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Disney? DISNEY?! They’re an evil corporation and anyone captured in their clutches fails to escape.
That being said, Tokio Hotel is so much more talented musically than the people Disney THRUSTS upon us (admittedly, I do like Selena Gomez’s voice and the Jonas Brother don’t kill me on a good day) and I feel it’s a little insulting to compare them to disney channel stars.
I mean, if they’re not mature enough to hang with the big boys, that means they have to hang out with a bunch of kids? Burn.
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No way would tokio hotel go with disney! Can you picture Tom talking in a disney interview? what the jonas brothers and hannah montana talk about in thier interviews vs. tokio hotel? nah, TH is too good for disney!!! :D
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haha, that made my day.
imagining Tom talking in a disney interviewxD
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Gross, they are being assoiated with Disney now?!?!??! Ugh, they are so much better than that. Whoever wrote this needs to get their facts straight!!! TH is with UNIVERSAL and Cherrytree!!! DUH!!!
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This is what they get for hanging out with Miley that one time :D…
Yeah. No.
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SCHNEE! Help! What does the last line mean?!We only know how to decode TH lyrics!
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They are the big boys! Other people are not mature enough to hang with TH.
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disney? wow. disney. i am insulted. insulted for the boys. ay dios mio
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O_o what’s that last line supposed to mean…?
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OH MY GOOODDD!!!! i pre-ordered the deluxe album and i’ll have it this time tomorrow!!!!!
i’ve been waiting forever and i can’t believe october 6th is already here – thanks god
WAHHHH
so excited
love you guys
we’ll support you always
<3
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i’m glad it’s an overall positive review – but TH and Disney?? i don’t think so! :P
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this review makes it seem like I’m the oldest person, at my ripe old age of 17, who likes Tokio Hotel…
At the Disney Fringe? I’ve never looked at them and thought, Oh yes clearly they are Disney material. I actually think parents would riot if they saw the Kaulitz twins on Disney. lol.
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lmfao no first they’d see their daughters drooling over Bill nd be like wtf why does my daughter like a girl? then they find out bill is a boy, and they’ll be like uh-uh he’s too pretty to be on here xD
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If this is true then I am very immature since I am a “25″ year old fan. Maybe I can put in my bid for the oldest TH fan. LOL :)
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might have you beat…..36!!
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36?!!!……..U GO GIRL…U COUGAR U! ;)
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26 and still a “young” TH fan!
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scared to say my age. didn’t want anyone to think I was like that nutso 36 year old in Germany. I’m not, just know awesome music!! But I’ll take Cougar LOL :)
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“they are most certainly the dark horses pacing up and down the Disney fringe.”………..wth does that even mean? lol xD
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They don’t needa hang wit anyone yo
They’re too badass ;] people needa hang wit THEM :* =P
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i can’t help but laugh when critics think they know everything. this isn’t bad but it’s stupid.
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I know what you mean! But I never listen to the critics! How can they even put Tokio Hotel and Dysney in the same sentence!
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oops misspelled Disney, but who cares?!
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“they are most certainly the dark horses pacing up and down the Disney fridge.” That just made my day! I love this review!
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fringe* not fridge lol oops
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lol I wonder what’s in THAT fridge? chocolate milk? while in the TH fridge there’s probably some red bull and fun alcoholic beverages instead, yay! hahaha sorry the fridge thing is making me giggle at 2am. I need to go to sleep xD <3
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No! Do not say disney!
I’ve been fighting too hard for them to not be compared to disney stars! This’ll just ruin all my hard effort lol
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They are saying that they are NOT Disney stars… they’re similar in age and fans, but that’s it. “On the fringe” means that they are darker and much more cutting edge than the cookie cutter Disney stars.
Why are people freaking out about this? It’s more of a compliment than anything.
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Oh yay! Ookay then =3
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they totally are READY to hang with the big boys!