Bill Kaulitz: We became older, but not more adult!
The Band Tokio hotel will perform in Moscow on March 10 with a new concert program HUMANOID. The disputes about what kind of music is playing “Toki” - emo or common pop – finished long time ago. Nowadays nobody wonders why the leader of the band Bill Kaulitz looks like make-uped cyborg. Tokio hotel proved their star status as celebrities, who are allowed to do everything. Or not everything? That’s what we try to find out in the talk with Bill Kaulitz.
Elle girl: On your album HUMANOID you sound very adult like 30 year old rockers.
Bill: To be honest, this album turned out differently that we planned it to be from the beginning. We decided to watch, what would happen if every of band members played the way he wanted. We wanted to experiment with the instruments. As a result we got a new sound. It happened accidentally.
Elle girl: There’s a synthesizer in many of your new songs. Were you inspired by the music of the 80’s?
Bill: Actually we all listen to different music. But when we were sitting in the studio, in principle we didn’t listen anything besides our working records. We also concentrated on ourselves and what we wanted to achieve, that’s why we had no influences on our album. We tried to find out how to make our band’s sound more intensive, we experimented a lot in the studio, and all this came from within.
Elle girl: This is your second English album.
Bill: Yes, but there’s one distinction. We released Humanoid in two versions: English and German. And from this moment all our next albums will be released in this format.
Elle girl: Do you personally prefer to sing in English or in German?
Bill: English and German are both essential parts of our life. I can not separate out one of them as main. When we were on tour in the USA we sang most of our songs in English, but our fans wanted to listen how we sing in German. We sang and they even sang with us, can you imagine that?!
Elle girl: Once Scorpions were also popular in America…
Bill: (laughs) The Scorpions is the living legend. And we are in different weight categories.
Elle girl: What’s your attitude to Rammstein?
Bill: I can say the same about them too. They are making incredible shows. But they have different music.
Elle girl: What do you think about when you listen to your early songs?
Bill: I think that my voice has changed. It became deeper. Be became older, but that doesn’t mean that we became more adult!
Elle girl: Do you consider yourself and your band-members hardcore rockers?
Bill: I don’t understand what you mean (laughs). When we are on tour, we don’t drink alcohol. Besides, to have a good sleep is very important for us. But when we organize a party, then it is really hardcore and we enjoy everything that rock-n-roll can give us!
Elle girl: There are some words in the song World Behind My Wall: “One day I will be ready to go, see the world behind my wall”. Sounds intrigue…
Bill: This song is very private. It’s not about that I feel like in jail, but about the walls that are around us all the time. That is what’s happening with us for about last 5 years.
Elle girl: Is it one of the minuses of real fame? If you make one step outside, you are immediately surrounded with a crowd, aren’t you?
Bill: Yeah, absolutely right. We want so much to have a chance to go outside just to walk on the streets, to see the world around. Earlier when we were on tour in other countries, we could allow ourselves to walk without bodyguards. Now this is impossible. But we like when people listen to our music. Fame for us is a real drug.
Elle girl: What would you do if you didn’t become musicians?
Bill: We would be unemployed musicians (laughs). We would perform in different nightclubs for 25 cents. And of course, we would also shoot a couple of porno-films to earn money!
Elle girl: Why exactly porno-films? Have you already got an offer to perform in something like that?
Bill: Nope. It’s a joke. No one and never would offer me a role in porno-film, because my participation in it is impossible.
Elle girl: by the way, about films. I heard that some was going to shoot a feature film about Tokio hotel. Is it true?
Bill: We were offered a couple of times to shoot a film about band’s life. I respect the actors, but every one should do his own business. Musicians shouldn’t become actors and vice-versa. People shouldn’t mix these two professions. But on the other side: never say “never”. So, if one day I would be offered a good role, who knows…
Elle girl: What is the attitude of your band members to the fact that all attention of the public and media is concentrated on you?
Bill: It has never been the reason for the conflicts. Even now when the attention to my personality is constantly growing. And that is also because that only I am represented on the cover of our new album. Probably, someone can be confused. But this can not confuse us, musicians. Every band has its own frontman. And it happened that way, that Tokio hotel’s frontmen is me!
The Band Tokio hotel will perform in Moscow on March 10 with a new concert program HUMANOID. The disputes about what kind of music is playing “Toki” - emo or common pop – finished long time ago. Nowadays nobody wonders why the leader of the band Bill Kaulitz looks like make-uped cyborg. Tokio hotel proved their star status as celebrities, who are allowed to do everything. Or not everything? That’s what we try to find out in the talk with Bill Kaulitz.
Elle girl: On your album HUMANOID you sound very adult like 30 year old rockers.
Bill: To be honest, this album turned out differently that we planned it to be from the beginning. We decided to watch, what would happen if every of band members played the way he wanted. We wanted to experiment with the instruments. As a result we got a new sound. It happened accidentally.
Elle girl: There’s a synthesizer in many of your new songs. Were you inspired by the music of the 80’s?
Bill: Actually we all listen to different music. But when we were sitting in the studio, in principle we didn’t listen anything besides our working records. We also concentrated on ourselves and what we wanted to achieve, that’s why we had no influences on our album. We tried to find out how to make our band’s sound more intensive, we experimented a lot in the studio, and all this came from within.
Elle girl: This is your second English album.
Bill: Yes, but there’s one distinction. We released Humanoid in two versions: English and German. And from this moment all our next albums will be released in this format.
Elle girl: Do you personally prefer to sing in English or in German?
Bill: English and German are both essential parts of our life. I can not separate out one of them as main. When we were on tour in the USA we sang most of our songs in English, but our fans wanted to listen how we sing in German. We sang and they even sang with us, can you imagine that?!
Elle girl: Once Scorpions were also popular in America…
Bill: (laughs) The Scorpions is the living legend. And we are in different weight categories.
Elle girl: What’s your attitude to Rammstein?
Bill: I can say the same about them too. They are making incredible shows. But they have different music.
Elle girl: What do you think about when you listen to your early songs?
Bill: I think that my voice has changed. It became deeper. Be became older, but that doesn’t mean that we became more adult!
Elle girl: Do you consider yourself and your band-members hardcore rockers?
Bill: I don’t understand what you mean (laughs). When we are on tour, we don’t drink alcohol. Besides, to have a good sleep is very important for us. But when we organize a party, then it is really hardcore and we enjoy everything that rock-n-roll can give us!
Elle girl: There are some words in the song World Behind My Wall: “One day I will be ready to go, see the world behind my wall”. Sounds intrigue…
Bill: This song is very private. It’s not about that I feel like in jail, but about the walls that are around us all the time. That is what’s happening with us for about last 5 years.
Elle girl: Is it one of the minuses of real fame? If you make one step outside, you are immediately surrounded with a crowd, aren’t you?
Bill: Yeah, absolutely right. We want so much to have a chance to go outside just to walk on the streets, to see the world around. Earlier when we were on tour in other countries, we could allow ourselves to walk without bodyguards. Now this is impossible. But we like when people listen to our music. Fame for us is a real drug.
Elle girl: What would you do if you didn’t become musicians?
Bill: We would be unemployed musicians (laughs). We would perform in different nightclubs for 25 cents. And of course, we would also shoot a couple of porno-films to earn money!
Elle girl: Why exactly porno-films? Have you already got an offer to perform in something like that?
Bill: Nope. It’s a joke. No one and never would offer me a role in porno-film, because my participation in it is impossible.
Elle girl: by the way, about films. I heard that some was going to shoot a feature film about Tokio hotel. Is it true?
Bill: We were offered a couple of times to shoot a film about band’s life. I respect the actors, but every one should do his own business. Musicians shouldn’t become actors and vice-versa. People shouldn’t mix these two professions. But on the other side: never say “never”. So, if one day I would be offered a good role, who knows…
Elle girl: What is the attitude of your band members to the fact that all attention of the public and media is concentrated on you?
Bill: It has never been the reason for the conflicts. Even now when the attention to my personality is constantly growing. And that is also because that only I am represented on the cover of our new album. Probably, someone can be confused. But this can not confuse us, musicians. Every band has its own frontman. And it happened that way, that Tokio hotel’s frontmen is me!
Terjemah
Band Tokio Hotel akan tampil di Moskow pada 10 Maret dengan sebuah acara konser baru Humanoid. Sengketa tentang apa jenis musik yang sedang diputar "Tokioh" - emo atau pop biasa - selesai lama sekali. Saat ini tidak ada yang bertanya-tanya mengapa pemimpin dari band seperti Bill Kaulitz-uped membuat cyborg. Tokio hotel bintang mereka membuktikan statusnya sebagai selebriti, yang diizinkan untuk melakukan segalanya. Atau tidak semuanya? Itu yang kita coba untuk mencari tahu dalam berbicara dengan Bill Kaulitz.
Elle gadis: Di album Anda Humanoid suara anda sangat dewasa seperti rocker berusia 30 tahun. Bill: Sejujurnya, album ini ternyata berbeda bahwa kami berencana untuk menjadi dari awal. Kami memutuskan untuk menonton, apa yang akan terjadi jika setiap dari anggota band bermain seperti yang diinginkannya. Kami ingin bereksperimen dengan instrumen. Sebagai hasilnya kami mendapat suara baru. Itu terjadi secara tidak sengaja.
Elle gadis: Ada banyak synthesizer di lagu-lagu baru Anda. Apakah Anda terinspirasi oleh musik dari 80's? Bill: Sebenarnya kita semua mendengarkan musik yang berbeda. Tapi ketika kami sedang duduk di studio, pada prinsipnya kami tidak mendengarkan apa-apa selain catatan kerja kami. Kami juga berkonsentrasi pada diri kita sendiri dan apa yang kita ingin capai, itu sebabnya kami tidak punya pengaruh di album kami. Kami mencoba untuk mencari tahu bagaimana membuat sound band kita lebih intensif, kami banyak bereksperimen di studio, dan semua ini datang dari dalam.
Elle gadis: Ini adalah album inggris kedua Anda. Bill: Ya, tapi ada satu perbedaan. Kami dirilis Humanoid dalam dua versi: bahasa Inggris dan Jerman. Dan dari saat ini kita semua album berikutnya akan dirilis dalam format ini.
Elle girl: Apakah Anda secara pribadi lebih suka bernyanyi dalam bahasa Inggris atau dalam bahasa Jerman? Bill: bahasa Inggris dan Jerman sama-sama merupakan bagian penting dari kehidupan kita. Aku tidak bisa memisahkan salah satu dari mereka sebagai main. Ketika kami dalam tur di Amerika Serikat sebagian besar kami menyanyikan lagu-lagu kami dalam bahasa Inggris, tapi fans kami ingin mendengarkan bagaimana kita bernyanyi dalam bahasa Jerman. Kami bernyanyi dan mereka bahkan bernyanyi bersama kami, dapat Anda bayangkan itu?!
Elle gadis: Setelah Scorpions juga populer di Amerika ... Bill: (laughs) The Scorpions adalah legenda hidup. Dan kita berada dalam kategori berat yang berbeda.
Elle gadis: Apa sikap Anda untuk Rammstein? Bill: Saya dapat mengatakan hal yang sama tentang mereka juga. Mereka membuat acara yang luar biasa. Tapi mereka memiliki musik yang berbeda.
Elle girl: Apa yang Anda pikirkan ketika Anda mendengarkan lagu-lagu awal Anda? Bill: Saya berpikir bahwa suara saya telah berubah. Menjadi lebih dalam. Akan menjadi lebih tua, tetapi itu tidak berarti bahwa kita menjadi lebih dewasa!
Elle girl: Apakah Anda menganggap diri Anda dan anggota band hardcore rocker? Bill: Saya tidak mengerti apa yang Anda maksud (tertawa). Ketika kita tur, kita tidak minum alkohol. Selain itu, untuk memiliki tidur yang baik sangat penting bagi kami. Tetapi ketika kita mengadakan pesta, maka itu benar-benar hardcore dan kami menikmati segala sesuatu yang rock-n-roll dapat memberikan kita!
Elle gadis: Ada beberapa kata dalam lagu Dunia Behind My Wall: "Suatu hari saya akan siap untuk pergi, melihat dunia di balik tembok". Sounds intrik ... Bill: Lagu ini sangat pribadi. Ini bukan tentang bahwa aku merasa seperti di penjara, tetapi tentang dinding yang ada di sekitar kita setiap saat. Itulah apa yang terjadi dengan kita selama 5 tahun terakhir.
Elle gadis: Apakah salah satu minus ketenaran nyata? Jika Anda membuat satu langkah di luar, Anda segera dikelilingi dengan orang banyak, bukan? Bill: Ya, benar sekali. Kami ingin sekali punya kesempatan untuk pergi ke luar hanya untuk berjalan di jalan-jalan, untuk melihat dunia sekitar. Sebelumnya ketika kami sedang tur di negara-negara lain, kita bisa membiarkan diri kita berjalan tanpa pengawal. Sekarang ini adalah mustahil. Tapi kami seperti ketika orang mendengarkan musik kami. Ketenaran bagi kita adalah obat yang nyata.
Elle girl: Apa yang akan Anda lakukan jika Anda tidak menjadi musisi? Bill: Kami akan menganggur musisi (tertawa). Kami akan tampil di berbagai klub malam selama 25 sen. Dan tentu saja, kami juga akan menembak dua-film porno untuk mendapatkan uang!
Elle gadis: Mengapa persis porno-film? Apakah Anda sudah mendapat tawaran untuk tampil di sesuatu seperti itu? Bill: Tidak. It's a joke. Tak seorang pun dan tidak akan pernah menawari saya peran dalam film porno, karena partisipasi saya di dalamnya adalah mustahil.
Elle gadis: omong-omong, tentang film. Saya mendengar bahwa beberapa akan menembak sebuah film tentang Tokio hotel. Apakah itu benar? Bill: Kami menawarkan beberapa kali untuk menembak sebuah film tentang kehidupan band. Saya menghormati para aktor, tapi setiap orang harus melakukan usahanya sendiri. Musisi seharusnya tidak menjadi aktor dan sebaliknya. Masyarakat tidak boleh mencampur kedua profesi. Tapi di sisi lain: tidak pernah berkata "tidak pernah". Jadi, jika suatu hari nanti aku akan ditawari peran yang baik, siapa tahu ...
Elle gadis: Apa sikap anggota band Anda dengan fakta bahwa semua perhatian publik dan media terkonsentrasi pada Anda? Bill: Belum pernah ada alasan untuk konflik. Bahkan sekarang ketika perhatian kepada kepribadian saya terus berkembang. Dan itu juga karena aku hanya diwakili di sampul album baru kami. Mungkin, seseorang bisa menjadi bingung. Tapi ini tidak dapat membingungkan kita, musisi. Setiap band memiliki penyanyi sendiri. Dan itu terjadi seperti itu, bahwa frontmen Tokio hotel is me!
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