Interview with NRJ in France
29. Nov, 2009 
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NRJ in France has interviewed Tokio Hotel. The main themes of the interview are the Humanoid album, the fans, and some personal preferences and opinions. Check the interview out below, the end will be most interesting.
Also, a fan tweeted me last night to tell me that NRJ radio confirmed Tokio Hotel would be attending the NRJ Music Awards in Cannes, France on January 23, 2009. Remember to vote for the boys as Groupe/duo/troupe international de l’année (Best International Band) by visiting this link!
Interviewer: Your new album is called Humanoid. What was the main theme?
Bill: Yeah, it’s a shame that an album doesn’t have a subject. There are many subjects that were inspired by our lives, our environment and things that happened during the year where we’ve worked on the new CD.
Interviewer: How would you describe the perfect Tokio Hotel fan?
Bill: The perfect fan enjoys listening to our music and also likes what we do, however they don’t download our music illegally on the internet.
Interviewer: We’ve just recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, [how] does this inspire you?
Tom: For us, it isn’t really that important. We grew up in a reunified Germany. We have heard/been told of this episode, but we did not live it.
Interviewer: The futuristic project (?) for the disc represents Humanoid for you, and it has a certain melancholy to it that is almost frightening. What do you guys think?
Bill: Yes, but young people reflect on life, and sometimes it happens to be sad. They can worry and therefore create a certain sadness, melancholy; but on this album there are also the happier songs. In fact, it’s very mixed.
Tom: And you know that we are also young, and this album reflects on us.
Interviewer: You guys have just realeased the album in two languages, German and English. Did you have any difficulties in particular re-recording your songs from German to English?
Bill: This time we’ve written and produced the album in two languages. Before we only chose certain pieces or songs, what we preferred, then we translated them. This time we did it otherwise. However, this required us to do much more work, and it took more time, but this was really worth it because English and German are part of our identity.
Interviewer: France was with you since the start, so how do you find your relationship to be with the country?
Bill: France is an important country for us, we really like coming here. France was the first country after Germany where we had become successful, and we are in the middle of planning our new concerts. We will for sure come back to France.
Interviewer: You have sold millions of albums, you’ve had many tours, and you have hordes of fans. How do you manage this constant pressure?
Bill: We manage this popularity pretty well, more or less. There are phases where things go well and others that don’t. There are moments where we don’t know how we will carry on with things, and also when we don’t feel like being on stage. Sometimes we are intimidated, and we don’t always believe we will succeed, but most often this really does makes us happy. The stage is like a drug.
Interviewer: Does the difference between your reality and the reality fans believe you have frighten you? [?]
Bill: People have a certain image of us that is totally different from reality. It’s a world of appearances, but it’s normal that show business will create a certain illusion. It is, in fact, what people want to see. The public doesn’t imagine that behind the lit up and magnificent stage that there are also things that are not necessarily aesthetic.
Tom: Our fans have to realize and understand that the reality is different, and sometimes, we are also there to explain to them this reality.
Interviewer: You have mentioned the latest album of yours is the best so far. Why? Also, you’ve mentioned that there is an evolution, what is it?
Bill: Yes, I agree with that. We always think that the latest album is the best because we’ve just finished making it. We are full of enthusiasm, and we’re very happy with this album. It’s a normal evolution, we’ve grown, had many concerts, met with different publics, and spent lots of time in the studio. We are no doubt more relaxed now.
Tom: But we will always love our old songs as much as the new.
Interviewer: What annoys/bothers Tokio Hotel?
Bill: We don’t like cheap people and arrogant people. We also have a problem with the authority. We don’t like when people tell us to do this or do that. We prefer making our own decisions.
Interviewer: Does Tokio Hotel feel in one way or another to be spokespeople for a generation?
Bill: Generally it isn’t a simple task. We try to touch as many people as possible with our songs and lyrics, and also give them a way of identifying themselves, finding out who they are.
Tom: In general, our lyrics speak of what touches us, hoping that it also touches our public and that it will let them reflect.
Translation thanks to th_cult on LiveJournal.
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@Marc & MsTadakichi
… Capitalism is the reason all 4 of these boys are sitting in front of us right now and not stacking rocks in a gulag in eastern Germany with the Berlin Wall still up. Tokio Hotel exists in spite of the socialist hell hole their parents lived in known as eastern Germany. Have a little respect for the fact that they want compensation for what they do.
@KaulitzKitten
1. they attend to show support, n provide fans with things to laugh at with their antics when the king n queen talks (kinda like jester)
2. cos he IS cute
3. yeah, me too… but i like bart, so its okay, i guess. n it look cool from the side. n to me georg have the most beautiful hair-look so soft!!
4. probably marc is jesting? or he thinks reflecting is good for the soul.
The more people know about their music and the higher their public profile, the more chances they have to rake in the real dough with advertising deals like they signed with Nokia a few months ago.
When you consider all the producers the twins share writing credits with, they can’t be making that much from album sales anyway.
I think it’s completely fine if you download, for example, the bonus tracks that aren’t included in the version of Humanoid you’ve got, because trying to buy all the versions of the album is unreasonable, they’re too many!
Well, I done my bit for their wallet. I bought three versions of the humanoid album so i dont feel the slightest bit guilty that I ripped ‘attention’ ‘down on you’ and ‘in your shadow (i can shine’ off youtube. Desperate times call for desperate measures. I live in the UK, the land the TH forgot so I had no choice. If they were available here legally then I’d have bought them but they arent and so I didnt. ANNND! In my desperation to see them I am flying to frickin Italy to see them so you know…I may not be the perfect fan but i’m -pretty damn close
@Mychemicalway- *thinks ‘I miss MCR’* …moving back to the matter in hand. I adore the G’s. They make me laugh so their roles at Tokio Hotel appointed jesters are not totally wasted. The way Georg looks at Tom when he’s sneaking his little treat… Classic. Tom looks about 5 years old but hey-ho, cute none the less.
Bills hair: he just needs the top razored in a bit to take some of the ’simon cowell/bart simpson’ flatness off it. I ‘m also trained in hair styling so if he’s got the time, I got the skillz…. * ahem* :p
every artist doesn’t like when someone rips off their music!
Just do what I do…. rip off the one’s they don’t sell on iTunes!
Don’t rip off all their songs. They’ve put so much work and effort into it.
It’s OBVIOUS that everyone
download music from limewire
or that kind of things
and I swear that if that kind of programs
never exist now, and in the past
not all the people would like to spent
their money for buying a song in itunes
or buying an album, if they are not sure they
are gonna like the songs, so that helps
them ALOOOOOOOT but not everyone can understand this
and HAHAHAHAHAHHAA
Gustav position ,he look funny:A
that in the past from the beggining
of their career, if nobody
Gustav positionXD
hahahahaha
ups sorry i don’t write the message correctlyXDhaha
th_cult didn’t translate this T_T
i did.