Stern Interview Translation

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Not from this world
He’s loved or hated, nobody stays unaffected by him: Tokio-Hotel-Singer Bill Kaulitz is on the way to become a global superstar. For the first time the matured Musician talks about the burden of Fame, his fears, the longing for true love – and presents himself in a completely new Look.

Mister Kaulitz, You became a star at the age of 15 and since 5 years you’re living permanently under exceptional circumstances. When you look back, what do you feel?
The first years were like a flush. We didn’t have to go to school anymore, because it was besieged all the time. I, of course, thought that this was great. We could do what we wanted. But there was also an other side. I remember, that I wanted to celebrate my 16th birthday, but instead I had to give some interviews. It’s hard to develop this discipline and to accomodate to such things, it was exhausting.

2 years ago you lost your voice during a concert and you had to undergo a surgery. Now you’re on tour with your band Tokio hotel and you’ll play 32 concerts in 19 countries. How big is the fear that this’ll happen again?
I always carry this fear in me, it never leaves me. But I already played some concerts since then. It’ll work out.

Back then, did you think that you won’t be able to sing again in the future?
Sometimes yes. My whole life is based on my voice, that’s why it was such a horrible time. I was sitting alone in my hotel room in Berlin while the Band waited for me to return to Barcelona, to continue the Tour. I couldn’t even talk. I couldn’t even get out, because the whole Hotel had been surrounded by Paparazzi. I felt very helpless. The tour had to be cancelled. I’m glad that this is behind me now.

Tokio hotel was ridiculed as a short-lived teen sensation at the beginning. Meanwhile you’re on the best way to become global superstars. Is it a satisfaction for you, that you could show the critics that they were wrong?
I’m over this now. It was important for me to prove that we’re not one of those one-hit-wonders when our second album has been released. Now we clarified this.

You played in Paris in front of a crowd of 500 000 people, after you got an invitation from the state president. What do you feel in such moments?
I’m really, really nervous before concerts. It constricts my throat, my heart beats fast and my hands are shaking. Then, when I’m on stage, everything happens as if you’re in trance. After the concert I often don’t know what I did on stage. The movements kind of happen automatically.

You’re under permanent observation, also through the Paparazzi. Is this a fulfillment or a impertinence for you?
I can’t live with fame, and I can’t live without it. There are days, where I wish I could walk on the streets without being discovered. But what should I do? Bill Kaulitz as an office worker, sitting in front of the computer – I would become dilapidated. I do the things, that I do best. Standing on a stage and entertaining people. I get anxious when I watch TV and see an award show where Tokio Hotel aren’t present. I want to be on the top. That’s my internal force. It’s what’s holding me together.

Your Band polarizes the mass. One either hates or loves you…
…and that’s how it should be. The most horrible thing that could happen is when people wouldn’t care about me or what I did anymore. Tokio Hotel should arouse strong emotions in a person. Of course I could dress normally in the morning, to not stand out, but that’s simply not who I am.

Is there just an artificial Bill?
It’s not that I’m startled when I look into the mirror in the morning, but the Bill who wears make-up is much closer to me. But I’m also not just an artificial character, like many people still think. The ones who make the effort to look at old pictures of my childhood will see that I always ran around like this.

You grew up in a village with 700 inhabitants near Magdeburg with your twin brother Tom.
My childhood was a long struggle. I knew that by stepping into the school bus in the morning, that one half would laugh about me and the other one would insult me. My brother Tom and I felt like aliens on the wrong planet. Sometimes our step father had to get us from the bus stop with our dog and a baseball bat, so that we wouldn’t get beaten up.

Did you search this provocation?
Of course. I didn’t make life easy for me. I wanted to provoke them. I enjoyed it when I stepped into school in the morning and when one half of our classmates turned around. I know it sounds a little neurotic and sick, but that’s how it was. I could have never lived with the fact that everyone likes me, because I grew up with polarizing people.

Did the hatred towards you surprise you at the beginning of your career?
When I watch our old Performances and Videos I start to wonder. We were so young and innocent and had those baby-faces. And then there was this enormous hatred towards us. It wasn’t just one that people called me a “fag”. Today I find it amusing. I understand that some people had this expression, but that the newspapers still write about this makes me wonder. It has to bore the people to death by now.

Maybe that happens because you never show yourself in company of a women?
Yes, that’s the big gap in my life. I didn’t fall in love since I was fourteen. It’s hard for me to trust people. It may sound clichee, but I’m looking for a girl who’s like a soulmate for me. I’m very romantic and I’m actually waiting for my true love. But I could vomit when girls walk up to me at a party and ask me questions like “Hey, don’t I know you from somewhere. Aren’t you a musician?”. That’s a moment where I tense up – but honestly, I don’t know how you could start talking to me without this happening.

Your twin brother Tom is more loose when it comes to dealing with female fans. Do you envy him for that?
Of course. I envy everyone who can deal with situations like those more loosely. Back then Tom was the one who took a different girl with him after every After-Show-Party, while I was lying in my bed, back at the hotel. Groupie-Sex disgusts me. I hate it so much when girls start pushing around, just to be on a picture which will be printed in one of the newspapers tomorrow. Tom is different when it comes to this. But sometimes, when I like a girl, I request of him to stay in contact with her, to call and to keep writing short messages with her. We know everything about each other.

How big is the fear that a girl will sell your story to one of the tabloids?
We always calculate this possibility. We know what could happen, so we always phrase the short messages that we send to them, in a way, with which we could live when they would sell this story to the tabloids. That’s just how it is.

Is it even possible for you to lead a normal life in Germany?
For us, Germany is kind of like a huge Big-Brother-House. The people are always watching us. You can find an article in one of the newspapers almost everyday since I’m fifteen. We’re always filling up the gossip columns. Abroad, that’s different. We’re getting perceived as musicians there, not as people who you can gossip about.

Why aren’t you moving away from Germany, like other celebrities?
I like Germany. That’s where my family lives, and that’s where my home is. That’s where I live together with my four dogs and Tom, in a beautiful house with a big property. When I close the gate, I can rest. I wouldn’t have the heart to turn my back on Germany.

We have the impression that you’re loved more abroad, than here.
There’s not a single person in Germany who would listen to our music without having prejudices. There once was a survey on TV, where they let pedestrians listen to our music without knowing who it was from. Most of them were thrilled. As soon as they knew that it’s Tokio Hotel they made a face. That says everything!

A few months ago, your Band-Colleague Gustav got hit with a beer bottle on the head. Are you scared of assassinations?
I think that this could happen to me. There were situations at the red carpet where our Bodyguards had to pull people – who had camouflaged themselves as fans – out of the crowd, because they stood there with a knife in their hands. I’m also always tense while walking through the airport. I keep my head down and breathe heavily. Sometimes I watch myself from the outside and think: “Hey, Bill, relax!” But it doesn’t work.

How do you spend your free-time?
In the past I went to Clubs every now and then because I wanted to be among people. I thought that this had to work, but as soon as I stepped into the Club, I had to sit in one of the booths at the corner and let myself get goggled at by people. They held their mobiles over the barriers and took pictures, as if they were in a zoo. I can only relax when I’m away from all of that. Recently I was on the Maledives with Tom, but even there Paparazzi took pictures of us.

Recently you surprised us with your appearance as a Model during the Fashion Week in Milan. How did it come to this?
It was a dream that I fulfilled for myself. Already at the age of seven I bought cheap T-Shirts and Jeans to make my own clothes out of them. When the time comes, I’ll design my own collection, but I want to do this for real and not just as a job beside doing music.

What do you say to the accusation of you apparently being anorexic?
It bores me. If people made an effort to actually investigate, this wouldn’t be a topic anymore. Just take a look at pictures of me from five years ago or look at old pictures from my vacations. I was as thin back then, as I am today. I’ve always been like this.

Your brother Tom says that you two smoked pot and drank alcohol at the age of 13. How abstinent are you today?
Since I’m really afraid of losing control, drugs never had a chance to make me addicted. I tried a lot of things out at an early age, which is why I can let it go now. I could never play a concert, when having taken something before. That’s unimaginable!

With just 20 years of age you met a lot of other celebrities. Who impressed you the most?
Jay-Z surprised us by watching one of our concerts in L.A. Then we went out to dinner with him. That was great. and Karl Lagerfeld also impressed me. Maybe it sounds silly, but I think I could get along with Britney Spears very well. We kind of led similar lives in the past years, so we’d probably be able to tell each other a lot.

Is it true that you’re a fan of Angela Merkel?
Yes, I like Angela Merkel a lot. Lately she got criticized a lot, but I have to say that I still trust her. I believe in her.

Bill Uncut -GQ Interview

Sorry I missed this. I like… completely missed that it was even released! But thanks to Colby21, Kaulitz-fan and Pat, we have it on video with subs and can enjoy it now. It’s never too late, right?

Bill is that you?

Someone sent this to us because they noticed a slight resemblance to Bill in the game. It’s called Popstar Bodyguard. I would say that is definitely a Kaulitz. What do you think? Not sure if it the hair, the skull shirt or the brown vest that gives it away.

Bill’s an angel

Or a wreath. Wait, he was a wreath first and then he became the angel at the top of tree. This is from ToastieGhostie on twitter. Love it!

Bill: I wanted to drop everything!

This interview is causing a lot of talk in the fandom. Bill talks about how sad he is sometimes. We relate a lot and somehow, it makes him seem more real, you know? Hope you enjoy this. <3 Translation thanks to midorino from UK

BILL: “I WANTED TO DROP EVERYTHING!”

Bill has never been in a more thoughtful mood! Only in BRAVO the Tokio Hotel front man reveals how sad he is sometimes.

A recording studio, hidden away in a backyard in Berlin-Schönefeld. Together with BRAVO reader Nora (13) Bill Kaulitz (20) is currently standing inside a recording booth on the first floor of the building. She won a part in “Arthur and the Invisibles 2” (in cinemas from 26th November 2009) with BRAVO. Bill dubs the main character, Arthur. Though for now the Tokio Hotel singer is taking care of Nora, supporting her while recording. Both of them are getting along well, Bill is having lots of fun, is laughing all the time. However, he suddenly shows a totally different side [to himself] during the BRAVO interview that’s following…

Bill, are you happy?
I’m totally happy with my career. Our album “Humanoid” is being received incredibly well. We’re more successful with it in the charts than with our last album in most European countries! I wished my private life would go just as well. I don’t know what I need to be content – however, I’m not.

Any idea why it’s like that?
Maybe because I’ve got no time to really be happy about what I’ve experienced. I can’t celebrate or enjoy our success because I’ve always got something new to do. And I’m still missing love. Unfortunately…

How can you find it? Can we help?
I just don’t know either. (sighs) There are many people trying to find a partner on reality shows. However, “Bill in Love” would absolutely not be for me. To build up trust with a girl in front of a camera – that doesn’t work.. Unfortunately it’s very unlikely that I’ll meet someone privately just like that. After all I’m not going outside, not even shopping!

And why don’t you just escape your world for once and go out without securities?
To be honest I don’t even want to try it, am even scared of it! It’s difficult for me to go to a club by myself, especially in Europe. Even with securities it very much feels like a photo shoot or a signing session to me. Those times I feel like an animal in a zoo. However, that’s of course part of being a celeb. Maybe I’ll meet someone through my job one day – who knows…? If love really happens to come along, it’ll probably be totally random.

Are you at least happy with yourself?
Sometimes I can’t stand myself at all. I don’t watch performances of myself – I can’t stand myself on TV. I’m also annoyed that I’m constantly thinking about something. That I’m agitated and not relaxed so often. I always check twice whether the door is locked. [I] Have a look around ten times [to see] whether I really haven’t forgotten anything. I think I just have to get more relaxed.

Are you afraid of the future?
Yes. Who knows what I’ll be doing in five or ten years? It would be my nightmare to envision having an office job in front of a computer. That just isn’t for me. Even back in school I’ve already had an issue with authority. I just can’t listen to anyone. I’m hoping that I’ll always be able to be my own boss.

Do you also lose it sometimes – or are you more like constantly being nice?
I’m very emotionally charged, [and] have already yelled at the guys or other members of the team often if something doesn’t go right or isn’t to my liking.

What does an argument between Tokio Hotel actually look like?
In the past we’ve also been beating each other. Nowadays we’re more about mind games…

Really?! What does that look like?
In that case we don’t talk to each other anymore. Or we deliberately cancel somebody else’s appointments: If I’m really looking forward to a photo shooting and Tom’s mad at me, he’ll secretly cancel it. However, any trouble is mostly gone the following day.

Has anyone of you ever said “I’ve had enough! I quit!” when you were fighting?
Nobody has said it out loud yet but every one of us has had that thought already! There have also been moments when I thought: I’m not doing this anymore, I’m dropping everything! And this still happens: that I’m thinking, I just want to have time to myself.

What kind of situations are the times everything gets too much for you?
When I’m at a loss or I’m running out of ideas. Then there’s also days I just want to pack my things—and would rather not hear anything about the band anymore for a year. However, in the end I think about the fans again, [and] about the strength they give us and how much fun it actually is for me to be the front man of Tokio Hotel.
© BRAVO

Photo Captions
Top picture (Nora/Bill): BRAVO winner Nora got a dubbing part in the animated film “Arthur and the Invisibles 2” – Bill is helping her during the recordings.

Small band picture: Band colleagues and true friends: the Tokios Gustav (21), Bill (20), Tom (20) and Georg (22, pictured from left)

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Small Bill picture: Bill dubs the character Arthur. He’s having a blast doing so. However, he’s not always in such a good mood like here…

Big Bill picture: Bill from Tokio Hotel (“Lass uns laufen”/”World behind my Wall”) [being] very serious: “Sometimes I’m feeling very lonely!”

POTD – 12.03.2009

Bill Kaulitz – Arthur Premiere Recap

Wow. So so so so much news and pictures from the 22nd when Bill was in Berlin for the premiere of Arthur und die Minimoys! He stunned everyone in the snuggly sweater he wore, even making the Hommes Times, a men’s fashion blog.

He thrilled many fans, including this wee fangirl!

Also, BKth4E got an autograph from Bill! Her story is just wonderful!

Yesterday was really the best day in my life. I never thought that something could top cologne…but berlin did. We were there very early…and were standing in the first row right by the entrance….At 15.00 we had to pick up our tickets and they told us, that we will get a green ribbon and have to walk over the red carpet to get in . We were so nervous what to do, because we were afraid, that we couldn’t get into the cinema anymore, if we would wait for Bill to come…so we decided to go into the cinema…walked over the red carpet…side by side with all the celebrities it was really crazy…Then we sat down in the cinema….on the screen they showed bill’s arrival…and we were so sad…that we didn’t get an autograph…and we decided to leave the cinema again and went to the entrance…but the secus said, we are not allowed to stay here…i have seen at the begining, that there were some barriers in the entrance and i told my best friend…let’s go behind it…then we will get an autograph….Bill came nearer and nearer….my heart was beating like crazy….then he came in and first i thought…oh no…he will go downstairs…but then he came to us…and we got our autograph…we started to cry…he was so sweet….then we ran into the cinema….in our’s …it was cinema 8…all the celebrities and the press were sitting there…we had to sit down in the frist row…omg…to watch a movie in the first row is really bad…but who cares…and then she announced Bill and he came in, right on our side …there was a ” Fire-escape “and he stood right in front of us on a stage…he gave a short interview, the press made some pictures and then he gave us again autographs….then he walked to his place and sat down…some made a few pics and then the movie begun….it was so wonderful….he is so sweet…ein SCHATZii….

Bill rocked his Rick Owen’s platforms and made news all the world over!

MTV Buzzworthy, X17 Online, TIK Online, an RTL Exclusive video, and more!

WHAT AN AMAZING PREMIERE!

And now, we wait for December 4 when Tokio Hotel will perform World Behind My Wall on JB Kernere’s year in review!

POTD – 11.07.2009

New pic from Arthur

Smile

Cool Tweet about Bill

Side note: Anyone else fascinated w Bill Kaulitz from Tokio Hotel. Never seen a more gloriously androgynous beauty. He’s like an alien :) – Adam Lambert

We agree, Adam!

New Tom and Bill pics

Yes, these are on Tom’s blog, but they are so incredible and the twins look so happy, they deserve their own post. Bill Kaulitz and Tom Kaulitz in the studio, 2009

Kaulitz. Kaulitz. How do you say…

Birgerline made this video for us. One of the very often asked questions is “How do you say your last name?” So, in this video, Bill and Tom answer that question themselves. No more confusion. Thank you Birgerline!

When you’re gone… Bill Kaulitz

A fan video that is hauntingly appropriate.

Bill Kaulitz mentioned on American Idol

Well, it is season 8 on American Idol and this time, they were asking the contenders who their “hair” idols are. Part of a promo for Garnier Fructis. One of the people on the show, Adam Lambert, has named Bill as his hair idol and says he has “mad style”.

You can see the video here!

Thank you to twilightastronomer67 for this heads up!

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