mollie
September 29th, 2009, 10:36 AM
Tokio Hotel in Milan: "Illegal download is stealing"
In front of the hotel, a modern 5-stars building tactically situated in the area Lotto-San Siro in Milan, about eighty disciplined Tokio Hotel fans lie in wait. Clearly they hope to catch a glimpse of the German boys who're going to release the long waited album "Humanoid" on October 2nd - after the single "Automatic". Tokio Hotel are incredibly late. Journalists are attempting a joint strategy after finding out they're in 15 and have a 20-minute interview in all. Moreover the questions in Italian have to be translated in German and the answers in German have to be translated back in Italian. In short: about 50 seconds to each one. Maybe we might ask for the homologation in the Guinness World Records. Finally we opt for the only possible solution: a question per head, as quickly as possible, and so on.
The band from Magdeburg arrives to the hall and takes place. You cannot miss Bill Kaulitz. Really sweet and really smiley, varnished nails, hard make-up, black hair straighted up in the air, fingerless gloves, no trace of beard, heavy steel necklaces. He'll be almost the only one to talk. Leader aptitude.
Do you already know when you're starting the tour to promote 'Humanoid'?
"We've got a new agency. We don't know the dates yet, but we hope to set a lot of them in Italy".
Why did you choose to go to Sudafrica to shoot the 'Automatic' music video?
"We decided to go there because we needed a desert. It was a very demanding video beacuse the shooting lasted five days. This single is one of the last tracks we produced for the album; but it's the first one to be realised because it sums up the album turning out. It's also about a girl without feelings."
The album leitmotiv?
"It revolves around the word 'humanoid' even if at the beginning it wasn't intended. This is the leitmotiv, but it popped out while producing the album".
However, there are several recalls to science-fiction.
"We've been pointed this out at the end of the album and we realize that it was really like that. Neverthless, there aren't any particular elements we attained to".
Why did you record in the USA?
"You shouldn't give a sh*t about where we produce our music. Songs were created in our homeland. It doesn't matter where you produce. We've been there because in the USA there are good recording studios."
Has been there an evolution since 'Scream'?
"Yes, it was partly a natural process; we tried to pull away from the usual scheme bass-drums-guitar. However time has passed, so it's normal to have a development."
Right now is your life a bit 'automatic'?
"It's obvious that you can't make an album like this one if you spend your time relaxing in a park. We gauge our time, we also owe this album to our lack of private life. Obviously we miss our everyday life, but it's a choice we took willingly because we've had this perspective of things since we were 15. Although we surely didn't know we could have gone this far."
Why the new hairstyle?
"It's one of the few decisions I'm allowed to take. But... well, there's not a particular reason".
Do you think your absence between an album and the previous one could have weakened your popularity?
"You can't surely say that about Italy! [TH have just come back from a extremely crowded party organized for their fans] We needed time to find strenght and creativity. The most important thing was to make a good album".
And how was the album born?
"It always starts with bass and drums. One of us writes the music and the others play along, ah haha".
Your relation with internet?
"There are so many things that trying to read them all drives you crazy. We necessarily have to carry out a selection."
Some unpleasant episodes - even violent sometimes - with your fans happened...
"These episodes have nothing to do with fans: they happened because there were some crazy people, some psychopaths, involved. Our relationship with our fans has always been good. These episodes don't concern the fans."
The interview - which had originally had to end in a normal way - ended instead with an unexpected condemnation by our Guests. Encouraged by a collegue who asks them what they think about illegal download - since these days there's a big debate among Lily Allen and others going on - the guys are totally against people who illegally download songs trying to be clever.
"There's nothing priceless in this world. This topic is serious. Illegal download gives less and less chances to young bands to emerge because labels go into crisis. This phenomenon should be punished because it's serious. Even before we became successful, we've never advised to download this way. It's stealing. Without beating about the bush, the illegal download is stealing."
Source: http://www.rockol.it/news-103102/
Translation by Sepith @ Thus
Thanks to cream_and_sugar via LJ
In front of the hotel, a modern 5-stars building tactically situated in the area Lotto-San Siro in Milan, about eighty disciplined Tokio Hotel fans lie in wait. Clearly they hope to catch a glimpse of the German boys who're going to release the long waited album "Humanoid" on October 2nd - after the single "Automatic". Tokio Hotel are incredibly late. Journalists are attempting a joint strategy after finding out they're in 15 and have a 20-minute interview in all. Moreover the questions in Italian have to be translated in German and the answers in German have to be translated back in Italian. In short: about 50 seconds to each one. Maybe we might ask for the homologation in the Guinness World Records. Finally we opt for the only possible solution: a question per head, as quickly as possible, and so on.
The band from Magdeburg arrives to the hall and takes place. You cannot miss Bill Kaulitz. Really sweet and really smiley, varnished nails, hard make-up, black hair straighted up in the air, fingerless gloves, no trace of beard, heavy steel necklaces. He'll be almost the only one to talk. Leader aptitude.
Do you already know when you're starting the tour to promote 'Humanoid'?
"We've got a new agency. We don't know the dates yet, but we hope to set a lot of them in Italy".
Why did you choose to go to Sudafrica to shoot the 'Automatic' music video?
"We decided to go there because we needed a desert. It was a very demanding video beacuse the shooting lasted five days. This single is one of the last tracks we produced for the album; but it's the first one to be realised because it sums up the album turning out. It's also about a girl without feelings."
The album leitmotiv?
"It revolves around the word 'humanoid' even if at the beginning it wasn't intended. This is the leitmotiv, but it popped out while producing the album".
However, there are several recalls to science-fiction.
"We've been pointed this out at the end of the album and we realize that it was really like that. Neverthless, there aren't any particular elements we attained to".
Why did you record in the USA?
"You shouldn't give a sh*t about where we produce our music. Songs were created in our homeland. It doesn't matter where you produce. We've been there because in the USA there are good recording studios."
Has been there an evolution since 'Scream'?
"Yes, it was partly a natural process; we tried to pull away from the usual scheme bass-drums-guitar. However time has passed, so it's normal to have a development."
Right now is your life a bit 'automatic'?
"It's obvious that you can't make an album like this one if you spend your time relaxing in a park. We gauge our time, we also owe this album to our lack of private life. Obviously we miss our everyday life, but it's a choice we took willingly because we've had this perspective of things since we were 15. Although we surely didn't know we could have gone this far."
Why the new hairstyle?
"It's one of the few decisions I'm allowed to take. But... well, there's not a particular reason".
Do you think your absence between an album and the previous one could have weakened your popularity?
"You can't surely say that about Italy! [TH have just come back from a extremely crowded party organized for their fans] We needed time to find strenght and creativity. The most important thing was to make a good album".
And how was the album born?
"It always starts with bass and drums. One of us writes the music and the others play along, ah haha".
Your relation with internet?
"There are so many things that trying to read them all drives you crazy. We necessarily have to carry out a selection."
Some unpleasant episodes - even violent sometimes - with your fans happened...
"These episodes have nothing to do with fans: they happened because there were some crazy people, some psychopaths, involved. Our relationship with our fans has always been good. These episodes don't concern the fans."
The interview - which had originally had to end in a normal way - ended instead with an unexpected condemnation by our Guests. Encouraged by a collegue who asks them what they think about illegal download - since these days there's a big debate among Lily Allen and others going on - the guys are totally against people who illegally download songs trying to be clever.
"There's nothing priceless in this world. This topic is serious. Illegal download gives less and less chances to young bands to emerge because labels go into crisis. This phenomenon should be punished because it's serious. Even before we became successful, we've never advised to download this way. It's stealing. Without beating about the bush, the illegal download is stealing."
Source: http://www.rockol.it/news-103102/
Translation by Sepith @ Thus
Thanks to cream_and_sugar via LJ