RTL Punk Translation 1-10-12

RTL Punkt 12 (01.10.2012)

Katja Burkhart (presenter): Where have Tokio Hotel’s twins actually been for so long and why did they even leave Germany in such a hurry? There has been almost total silence for two years. Bill and Tom Kaulitz completely withdrew themselves. Now the 23-years-old twins talked about their hiatus, the alleged end of the band and of course about their first week at the DSDS judges’ desk. Anne T. and Anne H. are reporting.

Voice-over: They’ve been gone for two years. [They] virtually vanished into thin air. Only little was heard about Bill and Tom from their voluntary exile in LA.


Bill: For the past two years we‘ve actually withdrawn ourselves for a bit. Deliberately. After all we consistently didn’t give any interviews and no, erm… didn’t do anything. We somehow retreated privately but also musically to do new stuff.

Voice-over: Bill and Tom changed quite a bit. After all they used to look like this. The teens became young men. Today Bill wears his hair styled up, [and] for the next interview [he wears] big glasses and a cap.

Bill: I just never wear, like, a certain styling and I also don’t create it. Meaning, it actually happens entirely automatically and naturally with me.

Voice-Over: For a long time one wondered “What became of the brothers?” The band suddenly withdrew at the peak of their success in 2010. The four guys from Magdeburg had enough of the celebrity hype.

Bill: Many people are always like this and then think “Ah, they’re only 23. How can they somehow, erm, withdraw themselves for two years?” Erm…
Tom: However, after all we’ve started out aged 15.
Bill: However, after all we’ve started out aged 15 and two years are actually… That just goes by so quickly.

Voice-over: During their break rumours about anorexia in Bill kept appearing. Even accusations of drugs and alcohol [use]. Time and again it’s reported that Tokio Hotel broke up a long time ago but “All of that is rubbish.” the brothers say.

Tom: Nope, there’s not just only the two of us left! Nope, Nope. No. Nope, nope, nope, nope. Nope, nope, it’s only the two of us on the judging panel but we’ve got… Nope, nope, Georg and Gustav are also around. They, they continued living in Germany but they’re around again. They come over to LA, [and] we’re in Germany from time to time. Yes, and we’re [working on] producing the next record.

Voice-over: Allegedly the twins retreated to this villa in LA. Rather posh but not what it’s about first and foremost.

Tom: We just wanted to have a break, [and] do something different.” And above all to have some kind of an at-home feeling for once. To have a house where you get home to and say “Here is where we’re living now.” because one just never had that before. We’ve always been on the road.

Voice-over: They came back to their home country for DSDS. It’s a fresh start of sorts for Bill and Tom.

Tom: Bottom line is that for me the urge to also just nurture young people musically became so strong that I said I’d do it for free. Bill got sh*tloads of money and erm, that’s the truth.
*Bill laughing*

Voice-over: [He] wasn’t all that serious but they’re happy now to be a part of the DSDS family. They gladly ended their hiatus for that.

Translation by tokiohotelstreetteam.co.uk