This must be Tokio Hotel in Asia day! We missed the announcement, but this is such fun! So so SO many fans in Asia! *waves*
Tokio love – By MELODY L. GOH
Germany’s latest export, Tokio Hotel, is taking the world by storm.
THEY’RE currently the most popular German band to hit the international music scene, and they’re about to get bigger.
Formed in 2001 in a town called Magdeburg in Germany, pop rock band Tokio Hotel has been dominating the European music television channels for a little more than two years now with their vividly striking video clips and charged-up tunes. In Germany, teenagers walk the city streets all dressed up like Bill Kaulitz, the band’s lead singer.
“It’s crazy! But it is also like a dream come true for us. I think every band dreams of having people imitate them, it’s a form of flattery,” said Bill in a phone interview from Los Angeles, where Tokio Hotel was promoting its latest album, Humanoid. The band, which was called Devillish in its early years, also includes Kaulitz’s guitarist twin brother Tom, drummer Gustav Schafer and bassist Georg Listing.
“When we got our recording contract, we had to think of another name. We like to travel, and we love Tokyo. The one thing that you will always go to when you travel is a hotel, so we decided to call ourself Tokio Hotel. The funny thing is, we have never been to Tokyo but we do hope to go there soon,” explained Bill of the name change.
“After this I think we’ll be going back to Germany, then to Paris, and then later return to the United States and South America, as well as to Canada,” he added, relating the band’s busy schedule. Earlier, the band had played in Athens, Greece, as part of the MTV Day 2009 celebrations (the gig will be shown under the MTV World Stage banner on the MTV channel).
On Nov 5, Tokio Hotel will perform at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin, Germany. Among the other stars on the list are Katy Perry, who will be hosting the programme, Foo Fighters, Leona Lewis, Shakira and Green Day.
“We’re so excited about that! We’ll be playing with such big names like Foo Fighters and Green Day – these are bands we grew up listening to. It will be a totally amazing experience,” said Bill, who sounded genuinely giddy with excitement over the prospect of playing with childhood heroes.
Tokio Hotel is no stranger to MTV awards. In the 2007 Europe MTV Awards the band received the best international act honour, while a year later, it won best new artiste in the MTV Music Awards, as well as several accolades at the MTV Latin America Awards. However, Tom insists that winning awards is the last thing on the band members’ minds when it comes to their music.
“It’s mostly about the lyrics and how to reach our fans through music. But the awards that we get show us that we are appreciated, so that’s very special, too,” explained Tom.
For Humanoid, the band’s second English album (the first was the international hit Scream), Tokio Hotel worked with producer David Jost for about a year, co-producing some of the tracks.
Said Bill: “We have German and English versions of the album, but right now we are focusing on promoting the English version. We write our songs in German because that is our mother tongue and it is much easier for us to think and express ourselves in the language. But we want people all over the world to enjoy our music so we translated the songs into English.”
Having been together for some time now, the band members are aware of each other’s personalities and traits, so travelling around the globe for weeks (and sometimes, months) is not much of a problem, although the twins do admit to having arguments every now and then.
“It’s normal for people to fight, especially for brothers like us! But everyone knows their boundaries and we each try not to make things difficult for everyone else. If we do argue, we’ll usually forget about it after like, five minutes,” said Bill.
Well, with their star rising at mega speed at the moment, Tokio Hotel really does not have much to argue or complain about, anyway.
As Tom concluded: “We do love the attention and the success, and we appreciate every minute of it.”
> The MTV World Stage will be screened today at 10pm on Astro’s MTV Channel 713, with repeats tomorrow (8pm) and Sunday (10pm). The 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards will be shown on Nov 6 (8am and 7pm), with a repeat on Nov 7 (noon).
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When I read this in the Star newspaper that day, I started squealing like a total fangirl! XD The actual article that was printed had a great picture of mohawk!Bill during one of the concerts. It’s currently up on my bedroom wall. :D And I remember when I viewed it online, Tokio Love was one of the top 3 most viewed and emailed articles. x3
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I’m from Vietnam and I love TOKIO HOTEL soooooooooooo much!!!
TH will boom in ASIA next year! I hope!
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It seems everyone got the only copy of Humanoid in stores. I thought I bought the one and only copy of Humanoid in Penang, but when I returned to the store the other day, there were loads more and Humanoid was ranked 3rd in the selling for that store (Artist Gallery). :)
Oh and anyway I have a scan of this article: http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3928/001tv.jpg
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:)
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Malaysiaaa! Wo0two0tt!
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At Last..Wow, it good to read people in Malaysia wrote about Tokio Hotel… the greatest band in the world..love you guys..sayang sangat kamu semua.. ayuh, datang Malaysia…
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BETUL-BETUL!!!MALAYSIANZ LOVEEEEEEE TOKIO HOTEL!!WE R WAITING 4 U GUYZ
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I would really like to know why Tokio Hotel is going to be shown on MTV around the world tonight except in America! America won’t give Tokio Hotel any press,time or anything. I’m sick of MTV America and the stupid shows they have on it! MTV America you SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been saying that for years, now it is really true. And by the way MTV you suck also for not showing the EMA’s, It’s being shown all over,except here in the US.and alot of artist from the US are up for awards.Know what MTV is going to show on the night of the EMA’s a stupid show about how awful kids are here to their parents, another stupid reality show.
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i agree, theres no reason why they cant show it here! everyone else gets it, but we cant its ridiculous! its like theyre teasing us or something
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W8 A FRIKKIN MINUTE!!
IF THE EMAZ RN’T ON MTV THEN WHERE CAN I C IT??!!
HELP! i’m confuzzled big time
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MY COUNTRY!! YAY! *zombie dance* <3
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Yes!! They said Canada… I almost thought they forgot about us!
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I know…I thought they forgot about us Canadians as well haha
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aaww , mtv world stage isnt gonna be shown on mtv in the usa:( i checked ,nothing.. :(
anyways,
YAY! TOKIO HOTEL! THEIR GETTTING BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY SINGLE DAY ! :DDD
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Tokio Fever has spread world wide :)
I’m still happy they appreciate everything.
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ASIA! ASIA! ASIA! ASIA!
[i live miami though, but hey a little World Domination here, a little World Domination there--either way the WORLD will become a HUGE Humanoid City!]
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LAST DAY TO VOTE FOR TOKIO HOTEL AT THE EMA WEBSITE!!!! VOTE ALOT TO ENSURE THAT THEY RECEIVE THE BEST GROUP AWARD! (100 votes per country,you can switch countries at the bottom right corner of the ems site. If you max out all the countrie, just delete your internet history and cookies and begin voting again! We can do this!! :D
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Im from Malaysia n im so happy tat i got 2 buy one of da greatest album in da world….Humanoid.I started screaming n crying when i saw the album in one of the music stores in Ipoh cuz itz really hard to get their album in Malaysia.I WAS VERY LUCKY bcuz there was only one album in the store n now the album is mine now.i wish TH will cum here 2 perform live.
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omg NANI you bought yours in IPOH??? im from Ipoh, but i study in KL now. and even here it’s super hard to find HUMANOID. it’s amazing Ipoh has it! haha =D
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hahah.,,yeah itz kinda amazin rite!!i cant believe ma eyes when i saw da humanoid album in da music store!!me n ma sis were screamin our head off n people were lookin at us as if we lost our sanity!LOL!I BOUGHT IT IN PARADE….A MUSIC STORE NEXT 2 NOVELHUT.i think u better go n take a look there when u r in ipoh.GOOD luck!I STILL CANT BELIEVE THAT KL DOESNT HAVE IT BUT IPOH DOES???!! WOW!
:)
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Nani, have you gotten your copy of Humanoid yet? If you’re still in KL, they’re selling Humanoid in ROCK CORNER, The Gardens Mall! I bought my copy on Oct 19th, one day after it was released. They keep replenishing their stock, so go and get yours if you haven’t yet! :D More info about it at http://tokiohotelmalaysia.forumotion.com under the ‘TH Rocks Malaysia’ topic!!
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*Alexa, sorry!
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Nani, you buy it at IPOH??? what the name of the music store???? i cannot believe it????
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Yeah.im so sorry wei.i was too excited n forgot 2 see the name of the music store.but u can find da store next 2 Novelhut in Ipoh Parade.
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Actually Tokio Hotel’s Humanoid album was reviewed in a Singapore Newspaper yesterday too!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7529yGEWvro/Suk8Uq0Pi7I/AAAAAAAAABU/F2U7SLZGaEI/s400/Photo0768.jpg
Scanned by: Aini
Source from: http://www.tokiohotelsg.blogspot.com/
(Tokio Hotel Singapore Street Team)
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BTW The newspaper’s name is “TODAY”.
29 Oct is totally TH in Asia day! XDDD
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I’m always so pleasantly amazed at how polite, poised, and professional Bill is. They could easily be arrogant and cocky because they’re young, incredibly successful, etc. BUT, they always impress me with how laid back and gracious they are.
They rock in SO many ways!
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Gaaahhhh……… what took them so long?=) Yes! Agree with ghilijah! Please come down to Asia and do a concert! You guys give the best concerts and love Bill’s presence on stage, such aura =)
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IT’S ABOUT TIME!!!
*now if only they’d do a concert somewhere… anywhere in Asia*
=D
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NEXT IS TOKYO!!!…WATCH OUT JAPAN!
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TH is only getting bigger and bigger!! so awesome!!
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YES! FINALLY! Tokio Hotel’s finally INTRODUCED to MALAYSIA!!!
and im so happeee im owner of the only HUMANOID copy available (in the music store =P) in the country!!!!!! YESHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
WORLD DOMINATION!
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Total Tokio Hotel Takeover!!!!
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Finally Tokio Hotel’s hit Asia, they’re really taking over now.
Tokio Hotel WORLD DOMINATION!!!!
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Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!