Check it out! Here is a bonus track from Adam Lambert’s new album For Your Entertainment (Deluxe is available on itunes):
Sound vaguely familiar? Maybe like something that might have been on Tokio Hotel’s Humanoid, but didn’t make the final tracklist? It’s entirely possible that this is just the case – the songwriting credits for “Master Plan” list David Roth, David Jost, Patrick Benzner (who are of course all part of the Tokio Hotel writing/producing family), and Ryan Tedder of One Republic, who you might recall was rumored to be a collaborator on Humanoid.
Is this song the result of Tedder’s work with Tokio Hotel, retooled for For Your Entertainment?
(h/t sonnenstern)
P.S: For Your Entertainment is a terrific album – check out the whole thing!
UPDATE: Apparently, this is a big controversy. Let me be clear: I do not think Adam is copying Tokio Hotel or ripping them off – “Master Plan” is an Adam Lambert song that may have originated as a song that didn’t make it on Humanoid. There is nothing sketchy about that, it’s done frequently. And it never occurred to me to be disturbed by a possible For Your Entertainment/Humanoid connection or uncomfortable with any of the song’s lyrics. If it was originally an unreleased TH song, I thank Adam for not allowing it to be unheard forever. If it wasn’t, I still enjoy hearing a new Roth/Jost/Benzner collab.
This is awesome – Tokio Hotel’s “Human Connect to Human” is prominently featured (fully identified, with the album art and everything!) in a new US TV commercial for the Verizon Droid smart phone:
Amazing US exposure! And it leans towards a broader demo that includes males and people over 25 – finally! This is just exactly what they need.
More on the massive Sci-fi themed Droid ad campaign here. (Thanks to xander for the link.)
h/t THA.
Haltestelle, 2009. ©Thomas Demand, VG Bild-Kunst, via we-make-money-not-art.com
This piece of art is a large-scale photograph of a paper model called “Haltestelle” (meaning a stop) by Thomas Demand currently on display at Nationalgalerie, Berlin. The depiction is of a rural German bus stop shelter – but not just any shelter: the piece is based on the (in)famous stop near Magdeburg where members of Tokio Hotel waited for the bus in their pre-fame school days, a place that would become a tourist attraction of sorts for young fans. Though the shelter was dismantled some time ago, it remains a point of controversy among fans to this day, as that point where being a fan crosses into being a disturbance continues to be debated. Whatever your opinion of fan pilgrimages to sites like the bus stop, “Halteselle” is a thought-provoking work of art.
Please read more on We Make Money Not Art and D-Build Blog.
(h/t papercit01)
Musiqtone.com put Tokio Hotel in the “Hot Seat” for a brief, fluff-free interview:
Video after the jump (autoplay):
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The band is still in Mexico. Later tonight, they will appear at Los Premios Telehit 2009 Awards in Acapulco, Mexico. Starts at 9 pm EST (Red Carpet starts at 7 pm EST)
Terrific interview done by Carrie Alison for Sentimentalist during Tokio Hotel’s brief stop in New York City last month.
What does Bill want you to know, World?
Bill: We put everything in it. Some artists see it as a job; Tokio Hotel is our life. We started everything 10 years ago. We met each other in a natural way. Tokio Hotel is our baby, and we put everything and so much love into this record. That’s the most important thing – that the people know we are a naturally formed band.
