TRANSCRIPT, PART 1 Bill: We're just waiting for… My hair's weird today. Of course I'm the only one here because Georg is stuck in traffic and he doesn't have good service, but I thought, "I'm gonna come." I'm one minute late. As you know, I'm never late, so I thought I was gonna jump on here. And Tom is gonna come any second. Hi, you guys. What's up? I'm just gonna wait a little bit. Oh my God, I had such a stressful morning because I didn't have internet at my house because I have a renovation going on, so I needed to head over here and get internet and Wi-Fi so we can hang out. Hello again. My brother is coming, yay. T: Yo yo yo. B: Did you eat breakfast, by the way? I'm so hungry. T: A little bit. B: You had breakfast, right? Today I just have such a bad hair day. Do you know sometimes it's just like, you feel it in the morning in the shower, you're like, "This is not gonna be…" T: Well, the good news is, I have a great hair day, so- B: Did Georg text you? Is he still stuck in traffic? T: He didn't text but I'm sure he's still "stuck in traffic" or maybe too lazy and doesn't want to put the work in, you know? Maybe they don't care, the Gs, as much. I feel like that. Don't you feel like that? B: Yeah. Sometimes I feel like people are always like, "Why is it always Bill and Tom? Where's the whole band?" Where IS the whole band? T: Where IS the whole band? I don't even know. B: Like, we want the whole band here. T: ARE we the whole band? I don't even know anymore. B: Or is it just about Bill and Tom? Is there even Tokio Hotel still there? Is that even still existing? T: I have a feeling, no. B: Gustav's maybe just in Disneyland in Paris and doesn't give a f--k, and Georg is just taking care of his own business. T: Yeah. I feel like that too. B: I don't know. T: I'm very disappointed. B: Just throwing it out there, you know? T: I don't know how you feel, but I feel like they don't care. *_*Bill cackles*_* B: Yeah, yeah. Well, you know, it's good that we have Bill and Tom, and Bill is even more reliable than Tom. T: And Tom has a good hair day, so it's all good, guys. B: My hair looks like it's grimy but it's not. T: Did you wash it this morning? B: Yeah, I did. T: Maybe you put too much product. B: Yeah, I think it's too much product and then they didn't dry well, you know? T: All righty, let's answer some questions. B: Let's answer some questions, you guys. We're so happy about _Happy People._ Thanks for the feedback. T: For everyone that's here that didn't hear our new song _Happy People_ yet, maybe go on Spotify and check it out. It's a feature. We featured Daði on there, who is a great artist, and it's a great song, and thanks for all the support so far. It feels really good. Let's see if we have some questions here. "Bill, I love your hair." Don't lie. B: Thank you. T: Don't you lie. B: "Where's your drink today?" Guys, it's 10:30 in the morning so we had some coffee. T: Yeah, but I want to have another one. B: I need another one as well. I'm gonna have a long day. Also, we're getting ready for Halloween. Tom and I are gonna head to New York pretty soon. I just had my second fitting for my outfit. It's gonna look crazy. It's just intense. It's a lot of things. I'm scared that if I say too much, I'm gonna give it away, and I want it to be a surprise. T: "Is there a planned LATAM tour?" Unfortunately, not yet. I mean, we're gonna tour Europe first next year in April and May, I think, right? And until then, we have no shows planned. And hopefully after that tour when everything works out well, we can plan more dates throughout the world, hopefully. B: We can't wait to play live, guys. This tour is gonna be sick. I'm reworking the costumes because we were already so far ahead. We're also gonna rename the tour. There's gonna be a whole rebranding of the tour because it's been out there for too long so we kind of want to keep it exciting. Also the album is out, so we're gonna play a lot of new songs. Also the old songs, of course, but, yeah, there's gonna be a new photo. We are changing the stage a little bit because also we're going into some bigger venues because the shows are selling well and it makes us really happy, so we're gonna change it a little bit. *_*Anton enters the chat*_* T: "Four days until Halloween." B: Yes, we're very excited about Halloween. Yeah, I'm excited to go to New York. I haven't been for a while. And I already spoiled that I have two friends getting me ready: Katy is doing my wig, Katy Bähm, and then Candy is gonna do my makeup. And I feel like now I'm already giving so much away by saying this, but they're gonna get me ready for Halloween and I'm super excited for this. And my costume, Marco Marco is doing my costume. He also did the costumes for some of our tours, you know, some of the tour costumes. He did the costumes for Kings of Suburbia. So, yeah, that's gonna be my Halloween costume, and I'm not gonna say much more. *_*Tom talks to Anton*_* B: "Horror drag queen?" That's not true, I'm not gonna be a horror drag, I'm gonna be something different. You're not gonna know. *_*Bill reads a question asking what breed Anton is*_* B: A… T, in German: Irish wolfhound. B, in German: Irish wolfhound. T: I think it's the biggest breed there is. I think they're bigger than… B: "What's your favorite song on _Humanoid?"_ My favorite song… oh my God, can we pull up the track list? T: Probably _Humanoid._ B, in German: No. B, in English: No. T: "Here to say I love Tom as a producer." Thank you. Right now it's a tough time for me because I have no studio. I'm a producer without a studio because it's getting renovated and it's tough because it's completely demolished and I'm waiting for it to get ready, and it'll probably take another five to six weeks. So there's no more music coming in the next weeks. B: OK, so, I love _Dark Side of the Sun._ I think that's a good song. That's one of my favorites. I really like… I think _Dogs Unleashed_ is a fun song, I really do. T: Really? B: Mmhm. *_*Tom hums the song*_* B: And I always loved _Screamin'._ That's a fun song. Yeah. I would say these are my three favorites. T: Hmm. You know, _World Behind My Wall_ is one of the biggest, and _Dark Side of the Sun._ B: Yeah, I said _Dark Side of the Sun._ T: Oh, you said it. You did? _Noise_ was fun too. B: Guys, there is so many exciting news that I would love to share with you, and we just can't yet. I hate that I'm saying this. Everything's always so secretive, but there's a lot lot lot happening. Tom and I had a very exciting week and our November is just so packed. I would like to bring _Screamin'_ back onstage, that's a good idea. T: _Screamin',_ that song? Did we ever play it live? B: We did, on the Humanoid tour, yeah, and I remember that. It was always so fun. "Spoiler from the album?" I don't think there is much to spoil anymore because we talked so much about it and it's gonna come out in a couple days. T: November 18. I mean, yeah, less than a month. B: I mean, way less than a month. So I feel like most of you probably got your hands on a deluxe box, a fan box of the album. There's not many, and I know they are sold out in a lot of stores and countries, but if you still can get a hand on one of the boxes, they are super exciting. I actually ordered some for myself because there's not many and we're not gonna reproduce them and I wanted to have a few for myself, and they just look amazing. We signed them all, so we went to the factory and we hand-signed every single box. There is a Golden Ticket in these boxes and one of you guys, one that actually purchased a box and got one of the boxes, is gonna get a living room concert, which is the most fun. T: I mean, I can't even wait for that. That's gonna be so much fun. B: So, we're gonna come with the other guys, and we're just gonna come to your house or to your apartment. We're gonna bring our instruments and we're just gonna party with you, have a drink, and then also play a little concert for you guys. So this is just gonna be so exciting. Very unique. We've never done that before. T: "Hey from Chile." Hi, Chile. B, responding to a comment: I don't know when we're going back to Brazil, to be honest. There is no plan. "What's your favorite hobby?" I don't have- T: Bill doesn't have hobbies, is the problem. B: I don't. T: He's just a very angry- B: I'm just a very busy man. T: He's just a very angry guy sitting in his house and all he has is his work- B: Is my wine bottle. T: Mmhm. B: No, to be honest, I wouldn't know when I'm doing something that's not work-related in my day other than watching something on Netflix. T: For everyone that's wondering, I'm reading that a lot. People are like, "What if I win the Golden Ticket and my-" B: "And I'm not home." *_*They laugh*_* T: No! "What if I win the Golden Ticket and it's gonna be so loud that the neighbors…" B: Oh, it's gonna be acoustic. T: "And the owner is gonna complain," of the house, you know? That'll be fine. B: That'll be fine. T: We'll deal with them. B: We'll deal with them. T: We'll deal with them, you know? Don't worry about it. We're gonna let them know what's up. But it's possible that we may have to go to a different country, then, too, right? B: Mmhm. Yeah. T: So we maybe have to go to- B: We have to travel. T: Chile, or- B: Yeah. T: Wow. It's gonna be travel. "Hi from Munich. Tom, did you watch yesterday's game?" Of course I did, and I'm very proud of the guys. We won again with three goals to zero against Barcelona, and, you know, it's amazing. I'm really happy and I'm really proud of the guys. It was such a great game. So all the Bayern Munich fans out there, we did it. We did it.
TRANSCRIPT, PART 2 B: "Are you playing in South Africa?" No. Oh my God, it's just so fast. Sometimes I can't even read. "What's your favorite song from the new album?" It is, for me, I said that a bunch of times but I'm saying it again. My favorite track is _Runaway._ I love that song so much. I feel like… I don't know, it's just one of the songs… I can't even explain why, I think it's just… the story is like, I feel like it's our life story. You know, it's about freedom and it's about questioning your past and the future and it's just about, you know, to break away and run away, and about freedom, really. And I love that song so much. It's also about love. I don't know, you guys have to hear it. For me, it's the most fun to sing, it has the best vocal melodies, and, yeah, it's just my favorite song of the album. I could hear that song all day. T: For me, it's hard to say, because I like the songs for different reasons. But _Hungover You_ is a song that I would put on when I'm driving. Like, when I'm driving and I- B: Someone said Georg is here. Can we put him in? Oh. Georg Listing. T: We invited him. B: I just invited Georg, I don't know if he's- *_*Georg appears*_* B: Oh! Hello! T: There's Georg! G: Hey! Sorry, guys. T: One of the Gs actually cares. We just talked about you guys. B: See, that's so nice. He's only 46 minutes late. That's almost nothing. G: Guys, I wrote you a text like three hours ago. T: Yeah, you said, "I don't care, f--k you." B: You said "I might be a little late but who gives a f--k." That's what you said. *_*They laugh*_* G: No, I had to bring Buddy to his grandma, and the way back was a nightmare. B: A nightmare! T: We all know you're a very cautious driver and you only have a little electric car that doesn't go fast on the Autobahn. B: Georg, I'm so excited you're coming to Halloween this year. We're gonna celebrate together. G: For the first time. B: For the first time, Georg's coming to New York. T: We just talked about it. Maybe even Georg can be part of the podcast too. B: That's true. T: He's gonna be there. B: Yeah, because we just talked about that we want to do a special episode, a special podcast- T: We haven't decided yet- B: Yeah, we haven't decided how and when and how we're gonna do it, but we might want to do a special Halloween edition- T: Where we film, actually, too. B: Where we're gonna film a little bit, and maybe because we have a big room in the hotel, maybe we're just gonna do it there and everyone can pop in. Also, Candy and Katy are coming, and we have so many people. That could be crazy. T: Crazy episode. B: Crazy episode! G: I would love that. B: So maybe you pop in as well. Do you want to spoil what you're gonna be or…? G: Actually, only New York knows what I will be. B: Because you're gonna decide when you're there? I can't hear you. G: How can somebody call me?! B: I don't know. T: I don't know, no one has your number. B: He's like, "Who knows I'm here? Why is someone calling me?" G: No, like, when I'm live. B: So, you're deciding your costume in New York? G: I mean, I still need some stuff, though, so if I don't get it in New York, I need to rearrange- B: You're just gonna go as yourself. T: Georg, trust me, when people see you without a filter, it's gonna be- B: Scary enough. T: Scary enough. B: The good thing is, it doesn't need to be scary, so we can also say, "Yeah, we're Tokio Hotel." We can go as Tokio Hotel, you know? T: Yeah. G: Yeah. I'm down. I'll go as a natural beauty. B: But I feel like if you do that, you have to go as the old Georg Listing. The one with the long hair. The one that we liked so much. Bring your old belt, bring your old jeans… T: That would be funny. G: Hmm. B: Yeah, that could be cute. G: Yeah, I think we all should bring it back one day, all together. B: I honestly, OK, I'm gonna tell you what: Before I had my second fitting two days ago, I went and bought shoes, and I'm wearing super high, slutty shoes, so I got them from a stripper shoe store where all the strippers go, so I got my shoes, and then WHILE I was… and then I just- they were still new, I go in, I put them on to put my outfit on, and they BREAK just standing. I'm standing, and they f--king break. And I'm like, "If that's gonna happen in New York, I'm not gonna have shoes." So I went back, exchanged them, and I bought two additional pairs just so I have a backup. You never know. G: Wow. B: Crazy. I'm telling you. You need to be prepared. I'm gonna be very hot. My costume is not very comfortable. I'm gonna be very hot, I think I'm gonna be sweating a lot, so I might just need a fan. I hope there's an outside area or something. G: Hmm. B: I think we can pick questions from down here. G: I'm sure we can. Oh, Bill, yeah: "Do you have a costume for Stitch?" B: I don't. The thing is, Stitch is not gonna come with me. G: But in general, do you like dog costumes? B: There are some really cute dog costumes, to be honest. T: They're amazing. B: There's amazing ones that are so funny. G: I love the spider the most. Like, the gigantic spider, when you put it on a dachshund. B: Yeah! *_*They laugh*_* B: OK, I'm just gonna pick this [question]. I just finished last night, Jeffrey Dahmer. I gave it a second chance because it was so dark, and then I thought- T: I thought you had no internet now. B: I downloaded it before. So, last night, I finished the show, and it's so insane. So insane. G: I'm not gonna watch it. T: No. B: So I watched this one, and then aside from Netflix, I watched the 10th episode of _House of the Dragon,_ and this one was INTENSE. T: Oh, you already watched until the 10th episode? Look at you! B: I kept watching! T: It's a good show. Come on, really, better and better and better. B: It got better and better. And the 10th episode, how she's giving birth to her child- T: No no no, don't say! I haven't seen it yet. G: Don't spoil it, motherf- B: Oh my God, I mean, how long are you guys gonna need? T: SOME PEOPLE ARE WORKING. I'M WORKING. Sorry, I can only watch one episode- B: Anyway, the 10th is SO good. That episode is just, like- T: But don't you agree that the production- B: That left me speechless. I was watching and I was like, ugh. It was so hard to watch. She's giving birth and the way she's giving birth is just… T: Everything about the show, I think the production value and everything, the storyline… It got really good. G: Did you watch the… T: Don't you think it's tough sometimes to understand who's who and what's happening exactly? All the names? B: Yeah, I don't follow. I don't follow. G: Have you watched this Prime thing, _Lord of the Rings,_ the new series? T: No. G: It's pretty cool as well. But you don't like _Lord of the Rings,_ right? T: I like _Lord of the Rings._ Is that a prequel, too? Or what is it? G: Yeah, it's a pre-story, yeah. B: "What's the best concert you've ever been to?" I chose that question. The best one… T: Probably a Tokio Hotel show. G: Maybe, yeah. B: So, to me, the best concert was Adele. One hundred percent. That Adele concert was so good. I think she is such a sweet person onstage. I think she's very likable, she's right up my alley. I feel like I would be friends with her. I think we would get along so well, and she's great. She's sweet and she's humble. She's an amazing singer, she's an amazing songwriter, and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to, yeah, for sure. T: Yeah. B: I also really loved KISS. They were fun. T: KISS was fun, yeah. B: KISS was fun live. I saw them in Hamburg once. I love Madeon, always, live. I think he's great. T: Disclosure. B: Disclosure is fun. Duke Dumont is always fun to see live. I like his show too. Madeon and Duke Dumont have the sickest, most amazing video content. The video production, the lighting, the light design is just so on point, and I feel like as DJs, they are so above and beyond all the other guys that are out there, to be honest. I think they're just so thoughtful and so precise with their lighting and their costumes- I mean, not really costumes, but with their movements. T: Production… B: Production. T: And music, too, I mean, the set is amazing. B: It's just so amazing, yeah. G: For me, I really loved the Billie Eilish show recently, and then I also- T: And you love Taylor Swift and P!nk, no? G: No. *_*Tom laughs*_* G: I've never been to a show, actually. I've never been to a Taylor Swift show. I would give it a chance. B: "What about Måneskin?" I love Måneskin. I think they're great. I saw them twice. I saw them at Coachella and I saw them at the Roxy here in LA, and that brought back memories. I love Måneskin. G: I miss the Backstreet Boys.
TRANSCRIPT, PART 3 B and G: "Which podcasts do you listen to?" B: That's a good question. *_*Bill answers in German; he lists a few podcasts, including Fest & Flauschig (Jan and Olli from F&F were guests on the twins' Kaulitz Hills podcast earlier this year)*_* T: I only listen to our podcast. B: OK. T: I never listen to, I mean, I- B: So humble. That's what we love about him. T: I sometimes listen to _Fest & Flauschig_ but I really don't find the time. B: I do it in the car, to be honest. When I'm driving. And right now, I'm driving a lot because I need to come here every morning because I have renovation at the house, so I'm listening to podcasts a lot in LA because I'm always stuck in traffic and I'm training with Stitch, so I'm going to other places. So, I really just listen to a podcast when I'm in the car, and everything takes an hour in LA, so it's perfect. G: Isn't there any Bayern Munich podcast you have to listen to? T: I was listening to the *[[indistinct 🤔]]* podcast. The whole thing. There's like an 11-episode podcast, but I don't think it continued. B: OK, I'm just gonna pick another question. Why is that happening? Oh, here. T: Yeah. G: Oh, that's a good question: "What is _Kaulquappen_ in English?" *[editor's note: "Kaulquappen" is what the twins call the people who listen to their podcast; it translates to "tadpoles" in English]* T: Hmm… B: I have no idea. *_*Bill reads a question in German*_* T: Yes. B, translating the question: "All the tickets that have been bought for our tour, are they still gonna be valid?" Yes. T: Yes, absolutely. B: So, everyone that has a ticket, that purchased a ticket a while ago- T: To a certain city- B: To a city, they are still valid and you can just hold onto them, even when we change the venue, they're still gonna be valid, so don't you worry about it. You don't need to do anything, just hold onto your ticket and show up and you're gonna get in. We were able to keep most of the dates, and then we also kept the routing and everything, so, yeah. Everything is gonna be like we promised it will be. And we're very excited for the tour, like I said. We are working on it, I'm reworking the artwork a little bit, and it's gonna get a new name, and then we're also gonna change the costume and the lighting a little bit, but it's gonna be so good. Just everything. I can't wait. How many more months? Six more months. T: Who's excited for the World Cup? G: Not at all. T: You're not excited for the World Cup? G: No. T: I'm kind of not excited as well, which is strange. G: You know, beside the fact of the country which is hosting it- T: Well, no, I'm just talking about the sporting event, you know, I'm- G: Yeah, yeah, but beside that, I feel it's the wrong time of the year. They used to have it in summer. B: Look at that question: "What happens if Bill gets the Golden Ticket in his box?" You know, when that happens, Georg, Gustav, and Tom are gonna come to my house. T: And we'll play a show. B: Of course not, guys. If one of us- because each of us ordered a box as well, if we get the ticket, we're gonna choose another winner, of course. So we're just gonna re-choose the ticket. I don't think it's gonna happen. It's very unlikely. But if it does happen, of course we're gonna pick a different winner, so everyone that ordered a box has the chance to win that ticket aside from Georg, Gustav, Tom, and I. We are not part of the competition. G: It could be your mom, though. B: It could be my mom, but I promise that it's not gonna be my mom as well. T: It could be your aunt. B: It could be my best friend, but no. No, guys, we're gonna pick someone from the fandom, I promise you that. It's not gonna be someone we know or somewhere where it's comfortable for us. T: The only thing we do know is it's not gonna be a Georg fan because there's no one out there. B: That's true. That's the only thing we can give away. T: Yeah, that we can already say. All right, anyway, I gotta go. B: I gotta go as well. G: Somebody was just asking, "Aren't the boxes sold out everywhere?" No, they are not. T: They're not. G: You just need to check whatever platform you have. Like Amazon or… *_*Bill gives a summary of the boxes in German, explaining about the Golden Ticket and where to buy the boxes online*_* B: A living room concert. What is it in German? G: Wohnzimmerkonzert. B: Wohnzimmerkonzert! *_*Bill continues explaining in German*_* T: Someone's asking if there are VIP tickets in the box. No, VIP tickets are not in the box. VIP tickets for the tour that we're gonna play next year… B: You can also get on Tokio Hotel dot com. All right, enough of the- T: Promotion. B: Cheap promotion. T: Let's go to work. I've got to jump into the next call. B: I've got to jump into the next call as well, and then we'll talk to you guys later. *_*Georg waves*_* B: Thank you for streaming! Keep streaming _Happy People_ and keep the _Happy People_ Challenge alive! Let us see you dance. I'm gonna put it in my Instagram stories and in the Tokio Hotel Instagram stories, so just tag us in your challenge so we can see it and have fun streaming _Happy People._ G: Sorry for being late. Love you guys. B: Bye! T: Bye!
13:25 😊saying that runaway is about them and then saying it’s about wanting to runaway and love and having freedom, they can’t be clearer our toll ❤️ 🔥