Thursday, June 26, 2008

Tokio Hotel WW34 (Interview with Bill: Bravo)


Insanity, what is going on with Tokio Hotel! First they surprise their fans with their new single “An deiner Seite (ich bin da)”, released on 16th November. Last week BRAVO found out: there will a brand new secret song on the CD, “1000 Meere” (1000 seas). And now the ultimate: despite the enormous stress with the appointments the band managed to shoot an own video for this song! Only BRAVO was with them at the shooting…

Bravo: You hurry from one date to the next – but you have now nevertheless sandwiched in a complete shooting for your new song. This project has to mean a lot to you… Tom: It is really important for us. We wanted to offer our German fans because of our come back to Germany something new at all costs and surprise them! Bill: That’s why we cancelled as much (photo-)shootings and interviews as possible. But until the last moment we weren’t sure if we are able to manage it…

Bravo: what is the video about?
Tom: We made the shot at an old depot which was full of lonesome trains. I have to admit, that at the night, it became really frightening. Temporarily it was so dark, that you weren’t able to see the hand in front of your eyes. About the story, I don’t want to tell too much, we are boarding to a lonesome train. First every one of us alone, then we find each other. Anyway there is no way to stop the rolling train and we don’t want to do so. The train becomes faster and faster. The train can’t be even stopped by walls or the see and it doesn’t need rails anymore.
Bravo: sounds interesting, were there funny moments at the shot?
Tom: Like always there were thousands of funny moments. Georg is one only, never ending joke on two legs (grinning)! It was really funny when we shot the last scene: we had to climb to the roof of the train. By a rickety ladder 4 meters high. Everything was wet and slippery. And the director was screaming the whole time: “hey guys, please don’t hustle, yes?” But of course Bill didn’t listen and hustled Gustav all the time until it really became dangerous and the whole team was screaming hysterical…

Bravo: Did you have breakdowns?
Bill: At one scene we had to we had to hand out the driving train and meanwhile we were blown by wind making machines…
Tom (screams between): Mine was called Christin! (all are laughing)
Bill (continuing): and to make it look more real, they threw oodles of leaves and all kind of stuff into the wind among with bags full of flakes of glass wool. After the third time everything was itching and scratching – it was hard to tolerate.
Tom: Well Georg was itching before too.
Georg (disrupts him laughing) I sidelined a bag of this stuff and wanted to spread it secretly under Tom’s bed. But when I saw, what it was looking like under his bed, I was thinking: There is no need, it’s already dirty enough down there…
Bravo: This video is about internal demons. Do you have to fight them personally?
Tom: Well Georg has to fight more against with himself, his Fridolin and his right hand instead of demons (all are laughing)
Bravo: now be earnest. Do you believe in transcendental things?
Bill: yeah, in any case. I’m not sure, there is more than we can see with the human eye. Furthermore I believe in fate and determination.
Tom: I rather don’t believe in such things!

Bravo: Bill, you just rested in bed because of a strong cold. How are you feeling now?
Bill: I’m already fit again! I got all finds of pills, teas, salves and so on. But the numerous fan-mails and “get-well-wishes” really helped. They did really good…

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