The June 4 issue of Play Magazine in Taiwan has some new photos of the band as well as an interview. Isn’t it so incredible to see them gaining such popularity in a new place in the world? Later today, we will catch up on some fashion posts, but for now, enjoy this interview!
Translation by xxcheukxx (Thank you so much! Please credit when used)
Humanoid – Tokio Hotel
(the right bottom black box)
Although they were only 16 years old on average when debuted, they had already won an Echo Award for Best New Comer, which is the highest honour of the German music circle, in a short period of time. Tokio Hotel is formed by Visual Vocal Bill Kaulitz, Hip Hop Guitarist Tom who has dreadlocks and is the elder twin, Bassist Georg Listing and drummer Gustav Schaefer. Since they debuted, they have got 3 NO.1 albums, 4 NO.1 singles, 10 platinum records and 40 different awards from various countries including “Best New Comer” of VMA 2008 and “Best Band” of the European Music Awards 2009. They are very popular, a hundred percent! This is their first time to visit Taiwan, they will occupy your vision and raid your hearing.
(the interview part)
P: Did you google “Taiwan” before you came?
TH: Not really (laughter). This is the first time of us to visit Asia and we think this place is very mysterious. We come from another part of the world so we felt really warm when we knew that we had so many fans here.
P: Have you ever listened to any music of Taiwan singers?
TH: No, we still haven’t had this chance but we do want to know more about the kinds of music that Taiwan people are listening to.
P: What is the first Chinese word that you learnt?
TH: Our band name “Tokio Hotel”. On the press conference, there were children who wore shirts with our band name on them and the host told us about it. Ha, those children are really cute! (the editor: those 4 children, good job! If anyone has photos of them please provide them to us.)
P: What is your first impression of Taiwan fans?
TH: We don’t think they are crazy, but they are beautiful (Woahh). We saw a lot of fans welcoming us at the airport and they had made some posters with German on them. There were also fans who drew portraits of us which was very touching. Taiwan fans always follow the rules and are polite, we think that they are one of the best group of our fans. (Is it true?)
P: Why are you so obsessed with Tokyo?
TH: We came from a small town of Germany so we always want to see the outside world. We knew there was a city called “Tokyo” when we were small and it sounded like it had many amazing stuff there. Although we still haven’t been to Tokyo, we hope we can have this chance soon so we can perform for our fans there.
P: Please list your favourite top 5 hotels.
TH: The ones that we have deepest impressions are the hotels in Madrid, Moscow, Paris and Berlin. Of course the Taiwan hotel that we are staying in is great too! (editor: graceful answer.)
P: When did you start to be vegetarians?
TH: We can’t remember, but the reason is very simple that we don’t want to kill animals. We humans should not take away animals’ lives because of our desires and nothing bad would happen even if we didn’t eat meat! (laughter)
P: You have 4 dogs, Do you mind telling us their names? Could you share their photos with us? Who is responsible for taking care of them when you are on tour?
Tom and Bill: Sorry we can’t tell their names as this is our little secret (laughter). Our parents are also dog lovers so they will take care of our dogs when we are not at home. We have to thank them! (laughter)
P: Have you ever think of having other jobs besides singers and rock stars? Such as a professional make up artist?
Bill: Frankly I have never thought about it because we were a band when we were small and it feels like we are always doing things related to music. I never think of others job like policeman or fireman, music is the most important thing to us.
P: Lastly, can you use the songs in your new album <
TH: It is very hard to use the songs to describe our looks or feelings because every song is about different aspect and they are like our kids. I don’t have a favourite one but if I must choose one, I will choose “Automatic” because this song tells about the advanced technologies and their impacts on human relationships.
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Eeep! Tom is wearing my favorite color! Purple! :D -giggles- ^.^
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adorable!
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MMMM Tom in a purple sweater.
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on another note, Bill is ADORABLE! and Toms purple hoodie is soooo cute, he looks good in purple :]
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OMG….Bill and Tom are soo CUTE!!!! They look amaaaaazing…..and you know, i love Georg and Gustav too.
That interview was sooo fabby. And i love how they’re all open about being vegetarians. Normally guys are all quiet about it. Another reason why i love them!!
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TH are so sweet and humble, when they give interviews their attitude and answers are graceful,honest and dedicated even though they mustve done about a 1000o interviews by now :)
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Oh My Tom!!!!
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Omg! Tom in purple ahh!! can he look more sexy or what?
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i love it that every retelling bout the meaning of ‘automatic’ to them, there will be slightly different version, as if, if i read all those versions then i may know completely what they r trying to convey to us :)
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the boys are so hot that they make me wanna cry :’)
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Tom’s about to strip off that purple hoodie…
yeaaahhhh
*where is my mind at?*
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OH I LOVE what Bill is wearing! SMEXY!
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To looks delicious in purple! And Bill in plaid… Well we all love that! The G’s front and center, great!!! They look so adorable!
And isn’t one of there dogs named Scotty? The one in the WBMW music video?…
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Tom looks great in purple
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jeez the boys are really good at keeping the dogs names secret….. does anyone know what they actually are?
hahahaah
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tom and bill do :D
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and Georg and Gustav…..yeah thats probably about it
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WWWWWOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
ANY BODY ELSE VERY VERY VERY HHHOOOT RIGHT NOW LIKE I AM
WELL BUY I THINK I AM HAVEING A TOKIO HOTEL FEVRE IF YOU KNOW WAT I MEAN (SWEATING VERY VERY HARD ) LOVE THE BILL POSE AND PICTURES
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wow georg’s hair got long realy quick =]
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Lol in chinese Bill’s name has the upside down Tokio Hotel sign.
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haha wow it is!
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this is so damn funny! you’re very perceptive!
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thats pretty damn amazing.
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K the pics are HOT HOT HOT !!!!!!!!!
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im really happy for the asian fans, and that theres talk of asian tours and such, but i think im gonna cry if i dont hear something about a US tour, or US anything D: so at the moment i think its safe to say that asian fans, IM SUPER JEALOUS. we barely get them in magazines :C
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LOVELY !!!!!!
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I think the USA fans are the best.:)
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I am sorry but TK have phenomenal fans from all over the world.
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Take note people:
“Taiwan fans always follow the rules and are polite, we think that they are one of the best group of our fans.”
I LOVE this! They are getting respect AND adoration from their fans in Taiwan! They deserved every moment of it and more from their fans around the world!
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Tom’s in a purple hoodie! <3
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Hahah, I dunno about you, but I think it’s Totally Sexy! ♥
Damn Fine They Are! ; D
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I LOVE THE GROUP PICTURE OF THEM! there all kindof equal!
if that makes sense to anyone(:
& the interview is great. im so happy for them! :D
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Plaid is great by itself but plaid on Bill is SUPER SEXY!!! …..I love his jacket too!! :)
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Those are great pictures. Bill looks more boyish in the shirt and jacket. Tom looks incredible in purple. And the G’s of course and beautiful. *sigh* Yummy all the way around.
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i love these pictures!
especially love Tom’s purple jumper! it really suits him.
and of course Bill looks hot as always.
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It’s very exciting. And makes me extremely happy: the boys visiting this new part of the world and their welcomes being as warm as you could wish for. It’s wonderful. I love them smiling and they’ve had many, many reasons to!
Aw, the little children and their “Tokio Hotel” shirts. Too cute! :)
re: the photos. *melts*
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I think that is the first group picture I have seen where Bill is not front and center. Not a bad thing though, Gustav deserves a little more attention now and then. :)
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I think that is the first group picture I have seen where Bill is not front and center. Not a bad thing though, Gustav deserves a little more attention now and then. :)
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this is a great interview, the boys seemed happy to do it, and the pics are delicious. everyone of them looks so good in them it makes me want them all that more.
GOSH! i love them
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they are so beautiful…..
Tom looks like he did when he was younger…
Georg is extremely delicious…
I love Gustav’s pouty lips….!
And Bill….that is one of the sexiest pictures i’ve ever seen. i find it amazing how he matches his clothes, and plaid looks good on him.
They all look so content, i love these pictures!!!
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They all look fantastic. This color combination, red, purple, gray, black, is so eye pleasing.
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the twins look so HOT!!!!!!!!!!!
what happened to Tom’s baggy clothes???
anywayzzz i love them!
lovely interview!! good job!!!
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so awesome!!
so cooooooooooooool<33333333
i loooooooooooove those shots:')
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They laughed a lot in this interview. ^_^
yay! first comment. lol