2001 (Tokio Hotel album)
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Released | 18 November 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2019—22 | |||
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2001 is the seventh studio album by German rock band Tokio Hotel. It was released on November 18, 2022 worldwide.[1][2][3][4] The album's name, the cover and the tracklist were revealed through Youtube Premium live on July 19, 2022. 2001 is the band's first studio album in nearly five years, following Dream Machine (2017), marking the longest gap between two Tokio Hotel studio albums.
Background
The band’s last album, Dream Machine, is now around five years and a pandemic ago. Front singer Bill Kaulitz (32) recalls in a statement that the lockdown gave the band time to be creative with each other again. For the first time “in a long time, it felt a bit like it did back then, more than 20 years ago,” says Kaulitz about the recording sessions.
This also explains the title of the new long player: "2001" is a reference to the year in which the band met and founded for the first time. “On the one hand, the album goes back to the roots[5][6], but it also combines all the Tokio Hotel facets of the last two decades,” explains Kaulitz. Among other things, “When We Were Younger” and “Durch den Monsun 2020” are included in addition to 14 other songs.[7]
Title and artwork
The album title, "2001", is a reference to the year the band first met.[8]
Reception
Critical response to the album was mixed. Take To News criticized the album stating "It seems a bit as if Tokio Hotel had given up."[9] Frontstage Magazine however praised the album, calling it "Super danceable and super haunting".[10]
Promotion
Prior to the album's annoucement, the band released the singles "Melancholic Paradise", "When It Rains It Pours" and "Chateau" in 2019, which despite not being included on the album served as promotional singles for a seventh album. A fourth single, "Berlin", along with the three aforementioned singles, was performed during Melancholic Paradise Tour 2019 prior to the song's release in 2020.
Personnel
Tokio Hotel
- Bill Kaulitz
- Tom Kaulitz
- Georg Listing
- Gustav Schäfer
Additional personnel
- Vimalavong
- VitaliZe
- VVAVES
- ÁSDÍS
- Daði Freyr
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Durch den Monsun 2020" | Peter Hoffman, David Jost, Dave Roth, Patrick Benzner, Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz | T Kaulitz | 3:55 |
2. | "HIM" | Antonina Armato, Tim James, B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz | Rock Mafia, Steve Hammons | 3:35 |
3. | "White Lies" (featuring VIZE) | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Vitali Zestovskih, Mark Becker, Leonie Burger, Claudio Marselli | T Kaulitz, V Zestovskih, M Becker | 3:04 |
4. | "Ain’t Happy" | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz | T Kaulitz | 3:27 |
5. | "Just a Moment" (featuring VVAVES) | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Emma Sophia Rosen | T Kaulitz | 3:03 |
6. | "Hungover You" | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz | T Kaulitz | 3:33 |
7. | "Smells Like Summer" (featuring ÁSDÍS) | Alexander Zuckowski, B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Daniel Flamm, Ásdís María Víðarsdóttir | T Kaulitz | 3:04 |
8. | "Happy People" (featuring Daði Freyr) | Robin Grubert, B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Joe Walter, Pascal Kalli Reinhardt, Daði Freyr, Á M Víðarsdóttir | T Kaulitz, P K Reinhardt | 3:00 |
9. | "Here Comes the Night" | Tom Kaulitz, Bill Kaulitz, Sophie Alexandra Tweed-Simmons | Tom Kaulitz | 3:05 |
10. | "Dreamer" | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Á M Víðarsdóttir | T Kaulitz | 3:16 |
11. | "Runaway" | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz | T Kaulitz | 3:31 |
12. | "When We Were Younger" | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Tobias Kuhn | Henrik Menzel, T Kaulitz, T Kuhn, Peter Jem Seifert | 2:40 |
13. | "Bad Love" | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, V Zestovskih, M Becker, E S Rosen, L Burger | T Kaulitz, V Zestovskih, M Becker | 2:31 |
14. | "Another Lover" | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, E S Rosen | T Kaulitz | 3:58 |
15. | "Berlin" (featuring VVAVES) | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, E S Rosen | T Kaulitz | 3:25 |
16. | "Back to the Ocean" | B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz | T Kaulitz | 3:49 |
Total length: | 52:45 |
Charts
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] | 153 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] | 63 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] | 10 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] | 43 |
References
- ^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Get To Text". Get To Text. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Gala". Gala. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Musik Express". Musik Express. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Nord News". Nord News. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Back To The Roots". Germany Detail Zero. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Back To The Roots". Web.DE. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Background". All News Express. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Tokio Hotel 2001". Germany Detail Zero. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Negative Review". Take To News. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Positive Review". Frontstage Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Tokio Hotel – 2001". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.