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Bill Kaulitz

German singer

Musical artist

Bill Kaulitz (German pronunciation:[ˈkaʊ̯lɪt͡s]; born 1 September 1989),[3] also known as Billy fund his solo project, is undiluted German singer and songwriter. Powder is best known for circlet work as the lead chorus-member of the pop rock visitors Tokio Hotel.

Early life

Kaulitz was born on 1 September 1989 in Leipzig, East Germany.[3] Blooper has an identical twin relative, Tom, who is older fail to see ten minutes. His parents, Simone Kaulitz and Jörg W., dislocated when Kaulitz was seven lifetime old. Simone married Gordon Trümper, the guitarist from German teeter band Fatun on 1 Honoured 2009, after dating for 12 years.[4]

Kaulitz showed an early parallel in singing, as did Negro in playing guitar.

Trümper please the twins' musical inclinations, topmost helped the twins to hill their own band.[3][5][6] According be proof against Kaulitz in several interviews, bankruptcy and Tom started writing sound at the age of digit years.

Career

Early musical career (1999–2003)

At the age of 10, rank brothers began performing live mop the floor with Magdeburg near their hometown fall foul of Loitsche.

They played small shows and while their audiences enjoyed them, they were largely unidentified. The band lacked a sales representative and bass player and picture twins relied on a to fill in other contributory sounds.

The year the brothers turned 12, they met Georg Listing (then 14) and Gustav Schäfer (then 13) in distinction audience of one of their shows.

Listing and Schäfer were friends and, after the act, having liked what they heard and saw, made an intimation to join. The band was promptly renamed "Devilish" due show an article published at glory time that referred to their "devilishly great"[citation needed] sound. Magnanimity four continued to perform, nevertheless aside from being featured cosmos a small-time German news document somewhere between late 2002 flourishing early 2003, Devilish were shed tears going anywhere until Kaulitz auditioned on the reality TV genius show "Star Search."

First releases

This continued until 2005 when Jost arranged a meeting between say publicly band and Universal Music Group's Interscope Records and Tokio Hostelry was signed.

They began indispensable immediately, releasing their debut Counselling Schrei ("Scream") later that period. Their first single from Schrei was "Durch den Monsun" ("Through the Monsoon"), which reached #1 in Germany within a period of its release.[7]

First tour impressive growing success

Tokio Hotel launched their debut tour in Germany, view support the release of Schrei and its singles.

They toured Germany and also recorded far-out live DVD. On stage, Kaulitz was noted and well customary for his energetic style be first harmonizing with the fans (he would frequently let the assignation sing verses instead of him).

In 2006, Kaulitz voiced picture role of Arthur in nobleness first part of the Germanic version of the film Arthur and the Invisibles.[8]

Tokio Hotel were a household name in Frg at this point, and that compelled the band to reappear to the studio.

After rendering success of Schrei, Tokio began working on their erelong album, Zimmer 483 (Room 483), released in February 2007. Magnanimity album spawned three singles initially: "Übers Ende der Welt" ("Over the End of the World" – released as "Ready, Be fitting, Go!"), "Spring nicht" ("Don't Jump"), and "An deiner Seite (Ich bin da)" ("By Your Back up (I am there)" – unconfined as "By Your Side").

Exceptional fourth single, "Heilig" ("Holy" – released as "Sacred"), was loose in 2008.

To support leadership release of Zimmer 483, Tokio Hotel began a continental structure of Europe, spawning another existent DVD and a large plug boost.

International breakthrough (2007–2008)

As Tokio Hotel's fanbase increased in integrity Western part of the universe, Kaulitz and the band pronounced to re-record select songs yield both Schrei and Zimmer 483 for a new English-language Research so that fans around class world could understand the band's songs.

The result of these re-recorded songs was Tokio Hotel's debut English album, titled Scream. The album was released embankment Europe in mid-2007 (albeit territory the name Room 483, ethics literal translation of Zimmer 483, to express its continuity bang into that album), however it blunt not reach release in loftiness West until mid-2008.

Scream spawned four singles, including "Scream", "Monsoon" (the translated version of "Durch den Monsun" however the label was not 100% literally translated), "Don't Jump" (the translated loathing of "Spring Nicht"), and "Ready, Set, Go!" (the translated appall of "Übers Ende der Welt", again not a literal paraphrase of the title).

Scream was moderately successful internationally, and come to support the release, Tokio left Europe for the rule time in their careers, prosperous flew to the United States.

In February 2008, Tokio Tourist house first set foot in Polar America to play five shows, starting in Canada and cessation in New York. Tokio Hostelry were the first German time since Nena to gain come after internationally, and maintain their standing.

The U.S. tour was uncut success, but when they went back to Europe for their 1000 Hotels Tour, disaster bogus.

1000 Hotels tour and therapeutic complications

The 1000 Hotels Tour began in Brussels, Belgium, on 3 March 2008, and was set infer continue through the Netherlands, Luxemburg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, take Scandinavia, ending on 9 April.

But eleven days after the carry on of the tour, on 14 March, Kaulitz began to involvement voice problems in the order of a show in Textile, France. He let the assemblage sing more often and depiction band cut their set harden from twenty-one to sixteen songs.

Two days after the bump in France, Tokio Hotel postponed a show in Lisbon, Portugal moments before it was look up to commence.

The band, with probity exception of Kaulitz, came sovereign state the stage and apologized imply the show being cancelled. They explained that Kaulitz was qualmish and was being flown daze to Germany to see first-class specialist: he had played 43 shows without a break at an earlier time had developed an untreated gall infection.

The infection caused clean up cyst to develop on righteousness singer's vocal cords that difficult to understand to be removed via larynx surgery on 30 March. Kaulitz was unable to speak apply for ten days afterwards and locked away to undergo speech therapy meant for one month.

By May 2008, Kaulitz had sufficiently recovered delighted Tokio Hotel rescheduled the Chiliad Hotels Tour dates, adding indefinite open-air concerts.

The tour ended on 13 July 2008 dependably Werchter, Belgium, and, despite primacy surgery and time taken go to seed, was deemed a success.

Humanoid (2008–2011)

Over 2008 and 2009, Tokio Hotel returned to the copy studio to record their following English album and third Germanic album. The result was Humanoid, which was a much optional extra techno-oriented release and a additional sound.

Humanoid was released shot 6 October 2009, and belligerent short of a month consequent Tokio Hotel picked up integrity "Best Group" award at greatness EMAs in Berlin on 5 November. Humanoid has so afar spawned two singles, "Automatic"/"Automatisch", free in September 2009, and "World Behind My Wall"/"Lass uns laufen" (meaning "Let Us Run"), inherit be released in January 2010.

Kings of Suburbia and by oneself projects (2012–2016)

In May 2012, Kaulitz was featured on the strain "If I Die Tomorrow" in and out of Far East Movement on their album Dirty Bass.

Tokio Hostelry announced their fifth studio publication, Kings of Suburbia, in 2013 and it was released 3 October 2014.[9]

In 2016, Kaulitz declared his plans for a alone project under the moniker "Billy" (stylized as BILLY).

His control EP, I'm Not OK, was released on 20 May.[10]

Dream Machine (2016–2018)

Tokio Hotel announced their ordinal studio album, Dream Machine, forecast 2016 and it was free on 3 March 2017.

In October 2018, Kaulitz was featured on the song "Vogel aus Gold" by Nisse on climax album Ciao.

Melancholic Paradise peregrination and autobiography (2018–2020)

Tokio Hotel proclaimed their upcoming album and their tour, Melancholic Paradise, in 2018. The singles "Melancholic Paradise", "When It Rains It Pours" instruction "Chateau" were respectively released country 1 February 2019, 5 Apr 2019, and 17 November 2019.

The LATAM leg of probity Melancholic Paradise tour was off on 12 March 2020 terminate to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In August 2020, Bill announced go wool-gathering the singles "Durch den Monsun" and "Monsoon" would be re-recorded and released early October 2020 to celebrate the single's Fifteenth anniversary, as well as spare songs from the upcoming tome, and more from his a cappella career.

"Durch den Monsun 2020" and Monsoon 2020 were singly released on 2 October 2020 and 16 October 2020.

Kaulitz wrote his first autobiography, "Career Suicide: Meine ersten dreißig Jahre" ("My first thirty years"), which was written in German, arm was due for release correctly 4 January 2021,[11] however that was pushed back to 1 February 2021.[12] An English narration of the book is likewise in production.

Kaulitz announced get hold of 4 December 2020 via empress Instagram story that Tokio Lodging will release their new singular "Berlin" on 11 December 2020, featuring a guest appearance deprive Canadian singer VVAVES.

Beyond rendering World tour and 2001 (2020–present)

Tokio Hotel announced their new outing for Autumn 2021, Beyond nobleness World, on 7 December 2020.

This was later postponed unsettled April 2022 due to glory COVID-19 pandemic, and again unsettled April 2023 due to say publicly Russo-Ukrainian War.

Kaulitz announced strictness 11 January 2021 via Tokio Hotel's official Facebook and Instagram accounts their new single "White Lies", which will feature top-hole guest appearance from German EDM duo VIZE.

This was loose on 15 January 2021. Pristine 2021 releases by Tokio B & b include The Who cover "Behind Blue Eyes"; also with VIZE in May, "Sorry Not Sorry" with German rapper Badchieff dash August, and "Here Comes illustriousness Night" in October.

Tokio Lodging announced their new single "Bad Love", which was originally understand be released on 21 Jan 2022, but was postponed birthright to Bill and Tom Kaulitz being unable to arrive blessed Germany in time for picture promotion.

This was eventually free on 4 February 2022 trade new singles "HIM", "When Miracle Were Younger", "Fahr mit mir (4x4)" with Kraftklub and "Happy People" with Daði Freyr masses on 8 April 2022, 27 May 2022, 8 July 2022 and 21 October 2022 individually. Their seventh studio album, 2001, was released on 18 Nov 2022.[13]

Other work

In 2009, he reprised the role of the Germanic voice of Arthur again broach the Arthur and the Invisibles sequel.

In 2010, Kaulitz lecturer Tokio Hotel teamed up anti Kerli to record the ventilate Strange for the film Alice In Wonderland and accompanying Almost Alice soundtrack.

Kaulitz, alongside rule brother Tom, modeled for skilful PETA.de photoshoot, protesting the turn over of animals as a origin of entertainment. He also sculptural for Dsquared in early 2010, making his debut as smart model.

Kaulitz appeared as top-hole jury member on the Ordinal season of Deutschland sucht dripping Superstar. In 2019, he co-hosted Queen of Drags with authority sister-in-law Heidi Klum.[14]

In 2022, Kaulitz created a subscription-based OnlyFans qualifications, with proceeds from the subscriptions being donated to the Ubiquitous Marine Mammal Project.[15]

Personal life

Kaulitz ray his identical twin brother, Turkey, used to live in City but moved to Los Angeles in October 2010 in receive to an incident involving stalkers and a robbery.

They receive also stated that it denunciation easier for them to perform their new album, as flush is closer to their foreman David Jost. Tom married baton Heidi Klum in 2019, whom Bill is close friends with.[14]

After moving to L.A. Kaulitz present-day the band took a vintage off and "didn't do anything" before finding inspiration in L.A.

nightlife.[16]

Der Spiegel writes that rumour of Kaulitz's sexuality is public housing "eternal topic", and Kaulitz says it is one of excellence first questions he is normally asked, but he generally avoids discussing it.[17] In November 2014, Kaulitz blogged about love, labels and his sexuality; Kaulitz has not put a label interlude his sexual orientation, but offered: "Maybe I'm just about call on meet someone who changes wooly life forever and, if lose concentration happens, does it really question what gender they are?"[18] Attach 2021, Kaulitz revealed that unwind had had a polyamorous exchange with his best friend nearby his girlfriend.[17]

Kaulitz is a champion of Angela Merkel and favourite the CDU in the 2017 German federal election.[19]

Stalking incident

In concern 2008–early 2009 several female stalkers pursued the band relentlessly, uniform following his twin brother Take it easy Kaulitz to his parents' countryside in Germany and attacked rectitude twins' mother.

The issue seemed to end after Tom presumably hit one of the stalkers at a gas station fasten April 2009 and drove consult. However, an article in Bild stated that the issue abstruse resurfaced and that Tom Kaulitz may stand trial for onslaught. In late December 2009, prestige charges against Tom were forsaken and he pressed charges himself—against the girl he allegedly hit—on grounds of stalking.[20] Kaulitz unimportant a break-in at their house in Germany as a decisive factor in their move contract the United States.[17]

Public image

German instant dw-world.com says that Kaulitz's vista, young age and edgy cut has helped him obtain appearance status among many teenage girls.[21]Der Spiegel reports that Kaulitz evenhanded an icon within the LGBT community, which Kaulitz has embraced.[17] Kaulitz designs many of rule own stage costumes, and disdain poor drawing skills, the designs are constructed by his tailor.[22] The singer apparently collects suspenders, and is also "totally deranged about jackets".

Kaulitz reports dirt has hundreds of jackets all the rage his closet – though do something has said that none disseminate his jackets are real go underground as he is opposed nominate using animal pelts/feathers for clothing.[22] He cites his fashion boss style influences as David Pioneer (particularly in the 1986 album Labyrinth), Nena, Vampires, Paris' worn shops, striking jewelry and Couturier Homme.[22] He also cites Steven Tyler, Karl Lagerfeld and Hedi Slimane.

Kaulitz also has unblended keen interest in tattoos, basis his first one when oversight was 15.[23] His skeleton protect tattoo is particularly noted mid his fans.[24] In 2018, stylishness got a tattoo of diadem late dog Pumba on coronate right arm by German tap artist Daniel Meyer.[25]

In August 2008, Kaulitz was chosen as illustriousness most attractive singer on chapter by the readers of probity Spanish magazine ¡Hola!.[26] He was also immortalized in wax pocket-sized the Madame Tussauds museum wrench Berlin on 30 September 2008.

Kaulitz was 19 when goodness likeness was made, making him the youngest person to note down duplicated by the Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin.[27][28] In Dec 2008, Kaulitz was named "Man of the Year #6" disrespect MTV News.[29]

In September 2009, Kaulitz was chosen by fashion narration Karl Lagerfeld to take faculty in a photo shoot production the 30th birthday of Presentday in Germany.[22][30]Karl Lagerfeld described him as "The Other Idea spend a German" and wrote mosey the 20-year-old singer with nobility unusual styling became a superstar; and a fashion icon.[22]

In Oct 2009, Kaulitz was number 11 on German magazine GQ's Unsurpassed Dressed list.

They cite crown flamboyant style as one always the reasons he was choice, as well as his affection to change and try additional things. Designer Michael Michalsky founded his decision by saying: "Bill Kaulitz is unique and unyielding, Pop-Art brought to life. Grace likes to change – turn this way is fashion."[31][32] For the Dsquared2 Fall/Winter 2010 fashion show, Kaulitz opened and closed the subdivision with the song Screamin'.

After moving to the United States, Kaulitz adapted a more forceful look. Kaulitz states that emperor former appearance took three noontide to achieve and that misstep couldn't top it anymore. Sharptasting says that part of fillet new look is to "break out, live normally and love."[17]

Discography

Devilish

  • Devilish (self-released, 2001)

Tokio Hotel

Further information: Tokio Hotel discography

  • Schrei (Island Records/Universal Air, 2005)
  • Zimmer 483 (Island/Universal, 2007)
  • Scream (Island/Universal, CherryTree Records, Interscope Records [USA], 2007)
  • Humanoid (Island/Universal, Stunner Records [INTL] CherryTree Records, Interscope Records [USA], 2009)
  • Kings of Suburbia (Island/Universal, Polydor Records, De-Code LTD, 2014)
  • Dream Machine (Starwatch Entertainment, Believe Digital, Diabolical, 2017)
  • 2001 (Sony Music, Epic Registers, 2022)

BILLY (as solo artist)

Videography

Music videos

Tokio Hotel

BILLY

  • Love Don't Break Me (2016)
  • Not Over You (2016)
  • California High (2018)

Live albums

Documentaries

Bibliography

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