News on Youtube Oct 10 2017

Hello and welcome to hollywoodtramp.de and I am here today with Tokio Hotel. Finally!

I´ve been waiting for this for a long time

because it´s really exciting to meet a band that you grew up with

And now I am finally sitting here with you guys

Really? How old are you?

I´m 33

I think I´m older than the oldest member of the group?

Yes that´s true. How old are you again (Georg)?

31? No. 30?

30!

Okay, so we are almost the same generation.

Now when you look back ...today you are not the same band you used to be

I mean, I´m not even the same person I used to be.

Did you had something like a key moment that changed everything?

Probably when we moved to L.A., right?

That was about 2010. At the end of 2010/2011 we moved to L.A. for 4 years

We didn´t release a record at that time

But we did not had a break for 4 years. That´s what people use to think. But that wasn´t the case

But we didn´t do much in Europe at that time but did a lot in Latin America and Asia

And it took us quit some time to produce a new album

That was the major changing point for us. It also was a big change in our sound

And we also started to have our own studio and to produce on our own

It was the first time we allowed us some more time

And we started to talk about how we want the sound to be in the future and what we want to do

But we also had some time to relax and to chill of course

Well, that´s important, too!

You´ve been on tour earlier this year

When I release something about you guys on my blog, there are a lot of "old" Fans from the early days

and there are also a lot of new fans

Is it something you notice at your concerts, too?

Totally! It´s really mixed at our shows

The first rows are always people that follow us from the beginning

and you really see faces that you know

and there are also a lot of people that know us from the last two records

Since we released "Kings of Suburbia" after the 4 years a lot of new people started to join us

And those people don´t even know the old songs

They didn´t listen to it when they were young. So it´s different today.

Yes, I mean a lot of people come to our shows because of the good old days

They are like "We grew up with them". So that it also the case

And then there are also people who only know the new material

And they look strange when we play the old songs

But we really play just a few old songs

On tour we mostly play the new material.

And of course the classics

that everyone wants to hear

and its always nice to play them

Like "Monsum". We still play that song everytime

We also always play "Oops...I Did It Again".

and "Baby One More Time"

No, but sure. We play the singles that people know.

But we also play a lot of new material

because we don´t want to get bored after a while

I can Image it´s the same with music like with old clothes.

At some point it doesn´t fit anymore and you don´t like wearing it anymore

I can Imagine that it´s quit difficult to transport the old songs into your todays sound

Do you modify the old songs?

Yes. We modify the songs a bit. But listen...

It´s so difficult because to me it always sucks at a concert

I want to hear the hits like the hits used to sound.

And than there is a never ending remix

Yes and there´s a never ending remix that sucks, but on the other hand some things

don´t fit together anymore. Like the old stuff and the new material.

So we always try to find a way to make the songs sound like they used to be

but also giving it a bit of a new like Tokio Hotel 2017 vibe.

So everyone that want´s to sing along, can still sing along at your shows?

Yes. That´s for sure!

The hooks always stay the same and we just try to modify the sound a little bit.

To make it sound a bit more electronic.

But I don´t want it sound too much like a remix

I think you have to find a right way in the middle

I mean, you hear your songs so many times, so I´m sure it sucks after a while and you need a fresh sound for it?

But I have to say George still can´t play "Monsun" on the bass right

For him it´s a new challenge everyday

Funny, you just answered my last question

But we will come back to that later

I want to talk about something else

I once wrote an article about the fact that people in germany often hype their stars

and as soon as they are on the top we start to destroy them

We did that with Helene Fischer. We all listened to "Atemlos" and then we started to complain that it was too much.

We all watch "Germany´s Next Top Model" but say that we hate Heidi Klum

You guys have been through this, too.

You are like the perfect example for that, because people pushed you to the top

and instead of being proud and saying "these are our german guys up there at the VMAs" ....

But, in our case people really hated us right from the beginning

We had from the start like two camps that were really extrem.

We had the people that really liked us and the people that really hated us

But you are right. It is a german issue.

Thats the question. Is it really a german thing?

Yes it is!

People in America for example really like comeback storys

I have the feeling that it is not the same in Germany

In Germany its more like "your are down on the ground, stay there".

In America they love comebacks

But they also destroy people but like it when people really make it back

They also like it when people change their image and young girls come back as a dance vamp and take off their clothes and... so on

Like Miley Cyrus did it and came back as a sexy vamp.

But yes, german people are not that much into change sometimes

They often stick to what they know or what they are used to

But I have to admin that I am, or we are, very german

I really realize it when we are in America

So you are also really critical with other artists?

Yes thats for sure!

That´s for sure (George)

No, but for example we are always on time

Never missed a flight

completely reliable

structured

But this is what americans like about german people, I have to say

People in L.A. for example love german people

You will always find german people ruling big companys in leading positions

Because they are good, reliable ...

Because it´s always good to work with those kind of people

Yes, exactly!

reliable

capable

So we talked about the tour. Let´s talk about the album.

The Single are my favorite songs on the album and now my next favorite song will be the next single

I´m really looking forward to that.

The video is coming soon and I had the pleasure to see it ahead of its release.

And a lot is going in the (Boy Don´t Cry) musikvideo

Most important for my blog is of course your transition in the video

To describe it in a few words:

So you start to shave your face, start to put make up on and transform into a dragqueen that goes into a club

What´s the story behind the video?

...and goes dancing

The song is about being rescued

And that can happen in very different ways

The inspiration of the Song (Boy Don´t Cry) is that we encounter an alien

But you can also been rescued by other people with a positiv vibe or people that get you out of the dark

That´s what it is about and also rescuing yourself

I thing we all know a point when we feel depressed and a lot of things depend of your own point of view

It´s about how comfortable you are with yourself

How confident you are

You can get yourself out of it and that is what the song is about. To be yourself!

And I am playing this character of this guy...

The truth is, that it first should be played by an actor

But then we decided with the director that I should do it because it´s more fun if I do it

And it´s also more interesting

And I like playing different characters

We already did that in "Feel It All" where I finally had the chance to play a drug addict

Finally!

Yes, because I always wanted to.

That was the only character Bill didn´t had to play actually

It was Saturday night and I just went to the Set

It was a usual Tuesday night

Well and that´s why I said im going to play this character of this guy

who is trapped in his daily life

and can finally be free and go out and dance as a drag

because that is when he can express himself and feel free

and that´s what the video is about

And personal fulfilment

Also all people on set. We really had a party going on

We drank a lot

It was a real party

Everyone in the video came because they wanted to

they are all friends

and people from clubs that we know from Berlin

And they all came to have a good time

And the song is really inspired by Berlin

It was one of the first songs we wrote in Berlin and has a german word in it

And a lot of people just came to party with us

So it´s not all fake. Georg was also watching. We had a lot going on on the set.

So there was no option for one of you guys to play the role?

No, Georg wanted to do it but we thought he looks... we can not do this in front of a camera

Georg you get dissed today one after another...

Well I´m used to that

Goerg doesn´t have beautiful legs so we thought that would look strange

My first thought was, Bill is becoming Jill.

Did ever thought about what your dragqueen name would be?

What was the name I had?

Didn´t we had a name for me at the end?

People have the illest dragnames

Not so long ago someone said a great name to me, that was "Juwelia"

"Juwelia" yes right

I liked that one

But on set everyone called you "Woman With Style"

No "Woman With Good Taste"

Yes because we did the fitting for the shoot and everyone was like "yes, that is a woman with good taste"

and I just thought, okay that wasn´t the look I wanted to go for but...

But I was the "Woman With Good Taste"

So know that we are talking about it...

it was the same with David Bowie, with Prince, even with Michael Jackson

everytime a male artists express his feminin site people always wonder if he is gay

And you know (Bill) that the media always is wondering about your sexuality

and nevertheless you dress yourself as a drag and you know what they will say

I was like "this boy got nerves" ...you know that the same question will come up again after the release of the video

And you are like: Again, now it´s happening again...(Bill)

Yes but it seems like you love to play with it

I mean is there also a massage behind it?

I think a huge part of your fanbase comes from the LGBT-Community

especially because you show people that they have to break out of those stereotypes

and that a guy in high heels is not gay and a workman is not straight just because it´s a masculine image

Yes, totally.

And I think that it was this way since the day I can think.

also at school. The more people hated my look the wilder I dressed the next day

because I love this kind of freedom.

Also fashion and what you wear.

and what you sing and what I sing in our songs

it´s all quality of living to me

to have this freedom

especially the way people dress

there is nothing worst

then when society or people tell you how what to wear

and you have to fulfill the image of it at the same time

that was something that was always annoying me

And that was always the way how I decided to live

As an artist as well as privat

Freedom! That´s the most important

You can just wish for everyone else to have that freedom as well

Yes and that´s why I am so happy to be a singer

and to be able to dress this way

I mean imagine all the people that always have to be aware of what they wear at work

That must be so hard

And that´s why I thing "lucky me"

So we don´t have much time left

I always do a little game at the end where you have to answer real quick

Before we come to that just tell me: Where is Tokio Hotel at the moment?

Are you producing the next album or are there any tour plans?

We will play a tour. We continue our tour in November 2017

The exact dates you will find on tokiohotel.com

And we will play ten additional dates in europe

We will play two times in Berlin and also come to Oberhausen

And where else will we be, Georg?

Italy, France and we will play US and South America next year

And after that we will slowly make a new record

We produce music all the time, I have to say

But know we are not really thinking about the next album

but after the tour

Do we have two more minutes? One minute, okay. Let´s hurry up.

Okay I tell you the questions and you answer as fast as you can

So, Britney Spears invited you to her Vegas Show to cover one of her songs. Which one would that be?

Womanizer

Oh yes, that is your favorite song.

We all agree (Gustav)

I would do "Oops...I Did It Again"

"Slave 4 You" would be nice, too

I was thinking the same (Georg)

Your record label wants you to add a female singer to your band, like Fergie and The Black Eyed Peas.

Which celebrity female single would be your fifth band member?

Britney Spears

It must be a singer?

No actress?

No

Only if she can sing

????

I don´t know

Rihanna

She is in a really good shape right now

Yes thats right and she has got one great song after another

Great songs and ....

You have to answer fast....

Which song are you still afraid to perform live?

From our own songs?

Yes

Georg you gave us the answer already

I don´t have any. Well the opening of the new show is difficult

"Something New" is the most challenging Song

with a huge range and high notes and I am a bit nervous when we play it

But I am not really afraid

But nervous

Now: VMAs, the big kiss between Madonna, Britney & Christina. Who would be who?

I would be Britney because...

are we on?

...because I thing that you see that she is a good kisser

and I think that I am a good kisser, too

But that would mean that you have to kiss Madonna

And that would be Georg (Gustav)

What? I am Madonna? (Georg)

Oh okay, I have to kiss Georg? (Bill)

But I think that Georg isn´t a good kisser

I don´t think so, either (Tom)

so....

I would take Madonna because I like older women

But then you have to be Britney Spears

You don´t understand the game

Okay I´m Britney Spears

But I´m Britney Spears, too

But we don´t have two Britney Spears´

We are twins, we both can be Britney Spears

Anyway, next question

Imagine there will be a Whitney Houston Tribute Album. Which Song would you cover?

It doesn´t fit at all but if you would have to...

I would take this Bodyguard Song because it the most challenging

You have to cover it in a very different way

I think that would be the most fun

to make a new version

Last question: Which of your own songs would you like to re-release...give it a second chance?

Maybe because you didn´t like the video...

Ohhh there a couple of Songs...

I mean "Monsun" did a good job, but the video was awful

But videos are always difficult

Actually none

No?

It was all good the way it was

Of course there are some videos that we would do again

but I wouldn´t change the song or release it again

That was what I was thinking in my head

Like, wait, I would like to do a new video for that song but I don´t want to release the song again

So you will shoot a new video for "Monsun" and use the original Song...

We really talked about the fact that it is time to cover "Monsun" someday

And I think if so, we have to do it

Maybe someday a newcomer or youtuber will cover the song

Someone did a cover recently...who was it?

Ahh...Annette Louisan

Oh really?

Yes, for her album

But I think we have to do that, too

Great, I thank you a thousand times

we have talked way too long but it wasn´t my fault. The guys just talk a lot!

Thank you so much. And I will post the "Boy Don´t Cry"-Video on Hollywood Tramp

and the tour dates, too. Of course!

For more infomation >> Tokio Hotel über das "Boy Don´t Cry"-Video und Bill als Dragqueen - Interview (eng. sub) - Duration: 17:44.

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Hello there everyone and welcome back to our channel!

Today we want to talk about the 3 hotels we stayed in during our trip in Japan

and give you some tips to help you choosing yours.

Japan is a varied and rich country with many hotels,

so it will not be difficult to find an accommodation that reflects your needs and your budget.

Hostels, internet cafes, capsule hotels, which are pretty typical in Japan.

They are original hotels

made by capsules and used by Japanese workers,

who are often workaholic and lose the last train home

or do not have the material time to come back home and then back to work again,

so they stop sleeping in these capsules with all the comforts

(tv, pyjamas, slippers, everything you may need)

but very little space.

The space of a small bed, their is also air conditioning.

Yes, there is everything but it has no space,

so if you are travelling with big luggages

it may be not pretty comfortable.

It's an experience you can do.

Then we've got love hotels,

which are another experience one can make.

Check them out on the internet.

Contrary to the standard hotels in Japan

they have plenty of space, even 20, 30, 40 square meters.

Then there are classic or budget ones

and traditional ryokan,

which are traditional Japanese structures,

as if they were real homes,

where you will sleep on the Japanese ground floor

and in the same room where you sleep

you will be offered a typical breakfast.

We chose to stay at the hotel to combine the convenience of a private bathroom

with convenient connections due to the strategic location of the hotel itself.

For example, love hotels that are more comfortable

and with a lot of space are usually found

in peripheral areas of the city

and are not so easily accessible by means of transport.

In fact, love hotels are those structures

where the young Japanese couples go

to have some intimacy

and therefore they are characterized by themes

each room has a different theme,

of course with an erotic background,

they are nice, it is a experience if you want to do it

do not worry they are always very clean,

there are all the services you may need,

they are not comfortable at the level of transport but for it's up to you.

A curiosity, if you ought to rent them for hours the price is pretty high,

but if you book for a few nights like a normal hotel,

you have prices aligned or lower than others.

It's a choice, keep them in mind.

Quick tip.

Try to stop hotels as soon as possible,

just as the airline tickets (come and check this video),

especially if you choose to travel during the high season

(which is around March/April or May in Japan)

because you risk losing all the offers

and have to settle for what you should find close to your departure date.

We used Booking, which is the website we refer to for every single trip.

Over the years, it has evolved considerably,

with new filters have been intruded to refine the search

and other users' reviews are well-documented and reliable.

In general, we always stop hotels with free cancellation right within a certain date.

This allows us to stop the structures that seem to respond better to our needs

and then take a cross check with photos and reviews on TripAdvidsor as well.

Check it always, since it has real pictures.

When you book a hotel in Japan

keep in mind that the size of the rooms is really small

(11/15-16 square meters)

but you will find it extremely clean and rich in every comfort,

green tea bags and water kettle, towels, pajamas, slippers,

bath sets that include shower gel and shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste, razor,

brush, wipes, and in some cases fabric masks and other goodies.

Everything in a small but well organised room.

For example in one of the hotels we've been to,

the room was really small but the space for the big suitcases had been thought under the bed.

A practical idea.

Especially at cleaning they are at very high levels.

Once we have a nice bed and a clean bathroom we are set with everything.

Our three choices were:

Hotel Sunroute Higashi in Shinjuku District, Tokyo

Shinjouku is one of the best district to stay in Tokyo.

The city is structured differently from the European ones.

There is no a real city center.

Tokyo is like 12 times Milan.

There is no real center and every single district in Tokyo is a world apart.

Shinjouku is perfect because it is served by the main metropolitan lines

and confines itself with other well-known neighborhoods.

Hotel Keihan Tenmabashi, Osaka

We chose this hotel due to its perfect location

to get to the main station (shin-Osaka, the one with shinkansen);

we chose Osaka as a base,

as the accommodations in Kyoto were over

and we needed a support point to visit Hiroshima, Nara and Kyoto.

Maybe we should give an idea

of what our booking schedules were.

Well, note that we booked flight tickets in October

while for hotels we moved around December/January,

a bit too close to departure date

and too late for Kyoto, which is very crowded.

Osaka is a great alternative.

With the JR Pass then it is also very practical to reach.

Back in Tokyo we decided to change hotel

and we stayed in

Super Hotel Shinjuku in Kabukicho District, Tokyo.

It is located in the red lights district of Tokyo,

close to Shinjuku station.

Clean, modern and with the chance to choose your own pillow.

As always, we hope that this video has been useful.

We reming d you that by clicking on the link in the infobox down below,

you can have a discount of 15€ using Booking for your next trip!

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We'll see you in the next video!