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Translation:
Pray for Him
The leader of Tokio Hotel is still very androgynous. But, with his thick hood, makeup and jewelry, he looks like a fortune teller.

Tokio Hotel – German group may be stronger than the Beatles in terms of number of fans completely hysterical that travels with him to each of his appearances – is back with their third album Humanoid! And it’s an event! Do not forget that Tokio Hotel, whose average age group is 20 years, no more, has already completed the Parc des Princes has single-handedly in June 2008! Nothing less!

Tokio Hotel was in Paris last week to present this brand new album in the bins since the beginning of October. Our reporter SoYouTV has met Bill (the singer) and Tom (guitarist), twins from the German formation. The two brothers took the opportunity to tell us about the evolution of the group, including their involvement in the group Tom and Bill are in fact co-produced the album, a way for them to remain masters of their work.

Translation by summerlove, please credit her when you use it.

Here’s the translation…I tried my best! French is my third language (and it’s getting rusty) so excuse me for any mistakes! :)

How are you?
Bill: We’re pretty well. We’ve been standing for a long time, but we’re always in a good mood.

The new Tokio Hotel?
Bill: The new album is a bit more electronic and there are a lot of other influences, but it’s something that came naturally during the production. It wasn’t planned or anticipated; it came like that. And I think it’s a normal evolution. It’s still tokio hotel, but the sound has changed a little.

And your French?
Bill: I love you (je t’aime)
Tom: I’m fine (ça va bien)… (sorry, I didn’t understand very well what else he and Georg said)

Your lyrics?
Bill: The lyrics aren’t 100% autobiographic!
Tom: After all, it depends on what’s called a true autobiography. But even when we speak of things that we’ve experienced, it’s linked to what we described in our songs. These are issues that affect us, that we are not insensitive to. And even if it’s something we’ve not lived, we have thought and felt about it. So they are autobiographical!

A very visual city?
Bill: This album is as we wanted it to be. There’s electronic sounds, and we experimented with many others too. And image, we immediately thought of robots! Same for our video. So you see me on a motorcycle in an urban city when writing an album, as the main display. It’s already known what our clips and everything will look like. And when you write, you put all these pieces together one after the other and the end result is the long awaited album.

Stage in France for 2010?
Tom: Nothing is concrete yet. We haven’t finalized all the plans. But what is sure is that in the beginning 2010, we’ll go on tour. Certainly there won’t be any cars or motorcycles in shows! But it will really keep in mind the CD during this tour. After all, whether we will be on stage in France? We will.

The Show?
Bill: It’s simple, the show will be like the album… MAGNIFICENT!

The Acoustic concerts?
Tom: We really love big concerts! That’s why we love having a LOT of fans to fill large venues because we love playing in a packed concert. We need this connection with the public, but maybe one day we will make an acoustic tour. It’d be fun!

Bill & Tom Co-Producers
Bill: We like to control everything and do all ourselves. Whether it’s the cover, we love to ‘touch’ everything. It’s our group and we do not want someone else to decide for us. We had also wanted to participate a little more in the development of the CD. We dove in and really worked on the production of the album. It was very important to us to have a say in the mix among other things. So that’s why we wanted to co-produce “Humanoid”. We discovered a new facet of our business and I think that in the future it will continue like that.

Yama vs Geisterfahrer
Bill: We all thought it’d be nice to have a feminine voice on this track and vary the rest of the album. Her voice was perfect for “Geisterfahrer” and I thought it was a good idea because she has the voice of an angel! even a little fragile and I thought it fitted perfectly with the song. She brings the emotion in this song. Her tone is opposed to what “Geisterfahrer” has, what he thinks, what he sees, what he says and what he sings.

Host 1: I must say that you scream a lot

Host 2: What are you doing here? Oh stop it now I know him since he’s little, I took him out of the streets.

Host 1: So it’s ok, I’m not bothering you?

Host 2: It’s MY show, I’m the one interviewing Tokio Hotel, not you.

Blablabla…**jokes** blablabla

Host 2: Ok but I just have to ask my guests if they are ok with this. Are you ok to stay with Mustapha?

Tom: No

Georg: No

TH: Yes, yes…

Host 2: Ok so I leave you with Mustapha El Atrassi

Host 1: Thanks Laurent! So, we’re good in here. I’ve been waiting for this for so long. A good chair from the public television, not some crappy TNT stool (TNT is like cable tv, the show is broadcasted on TNT but here they are on the stage of another show broadcasted on national tv) Hello Ladies and gentlemen, don’t be afraid all is ok. I’m hijacking this tv show so you’re not watching “On n’est pas couché” but my new show “La Nuit vous appartient”. Everything is gonna be ok, as France 2 (tv channel) has accepted to pay me a ransom in the form of a german group that we welcomed cheerfully in France, it’s a bit of a routine here. So you are really welcome. So…Tokio Hotel. You have to know that if you put the 4 of them together they don’t reach the age of Genevieve de Fontenay (french lady from the Miss France contest) They are here for their new album “Humanoid” in contrary to Genevieve’s album “Haemorrhoids” (ah ah…) Yeah it’s a real info I’m giving new here. So here we know very few about German people to tell you the truth… Güten Abend?

Bill: Güten Abend
Tom: Yes

Host 1: Ok so that’s all for German language. Those are the only words I know with Volkswagen and Birkenstock that are quite hard to include in an interview I would say. Nevertheless it’ll be my 1st question: Have you already driven a Volkswagen while wearing Birkenstock? Ah, you weren’t expecting this question dude!

Bill: Mmmh no not yet but I’d like to have some designed especially for me to drive a Volkswagen, it would be cool.

Host: What I’d like to know is how you dress to go to the beach?

Bill: I would say…a swimsuit…?

Host: That’s a really good answer. So I see that there are huge fans here so we’re gonna broadcast the video clip for those who don’t know Tokio Hotel yet. That’s the brand new single called “Automatisch” Here it is.

**Video clip**

Host: You really have a mad life so what I wanted to know is do you still have time to see your parents?

Bill: No so much. But when we’re at home we try to see our friends and family, we try to spend time with them.

Host: Do your parents still have authority with you? Isn’t it hard when your kid sold thousands of albums to tell him “Put your slippers on” “Brush your teeth” or “Put the Kohl pencil were you found it, Bill”?

Bill: No I find it cool from time to time when parents tell us what to do or not, “Pick up your dirty clothes” “Do this or that” It’s good, it brings us back to Earth.

Tom: And talking about this, you should make your mum iron your costume.

Host: Tokio Hotel it’s above all a style, you’ve noticed it. I tried to imagine how they would look without make up and it looks like that.

*picture of Les Choristes*

Host: What are you doing here? You’re badly parked here girls. Make some noise for Tokio Hotel. So Bill you have a tattoo that says “Liberty 89″ That’s it?

Bill: Yeah here

Host: So what is it? A cheat word for an History exam? This has nothing to do with the Berlin wall.

Bill: No nothing to do with the fall of the Berlin wall I made it on my 18th birthday and that’s my birth date.

Host: I don’t know if you know it but Berlin wall was build in less than 2 days… It proves that there are many Portuguese people in Germany

**people booing**

Host: Oh we have Portuguese people in here! So you surprise me everyday, I read articles about you in the newspapers and there’s one where you say that if Tokio Hotel doesn’t have success anymore, you’ll go play from bar to bars and do porn. That’s something they really say.

Tom: Yeah that’s for me. It’s true that I would really like that, it’s my thing. There was 2 possibilities, either being a porn star or being in a successful band and finally Tokio Hotel made it to the top so…

Host: Congratulations. But we’re not stopping here. What I want to know is what kind of porn? Accessories or not, with animals, leaving or dead..? We want to know! What kind of movies?

Tom: I filmed some at home so I could send those to you

Host: You wanna see that girls?

**audience YEEEEEEESSSSS (there’s a no lol)**

Host: And what would be the pitch (summary?) of the film? In one sentence. It must be short, cause a porn scenario must be able to be written on a dick. So short yeah. Tokoi Hotel in a porn film… Moreover YOU really look like a porn actor (pointing Georg)

Georg: Yeah

Tom: Snow White and the 7 dwarfs (translator note: WTF TOM???)

Host: Ok so you seem to be very glad to be here in France, you have a real love for France. Do you know some french singers and do you like french songs?

**audience: nooooo**

Host: Let them answer!

Bill: I don’t know many, I don’t really know the french scene but just now I can’t tell you one. You could tell us some?

Host: In an interview you talked about Carla Bruni

Tom: Yes

Bill: Yes but I never heard anything she did…

Host: Even when WE listen to the album we don’t hear anything so… I really feel like making all french fans happy, to prove us your love for France and all together we’re gonna sing La Marseillaise (french anthem) Everybody stand up

**singing**

Bill: My french is SO bad

Host: Applause please! Thanks, thank you very much! Louder! Thanks to Tokio Hotel. I’m going back to my stage. Buy their new album, it’s called “Humanoid”, it’s wicked. Thanks again, I’m gone!

Discussion Thread

Bill in Gucci jacket,
Gustav in Muff Diver shirt
tom plaid shirt
Georg dark jacket