Bravo 34/08 #

Translation:

SEX-SCANDAL BY TOKIO HOTEL

What's up with the guys of Tokio Hotel? The BRAVO editorial office get some references, that singer Bill Kaulitz (18) convince young girls to send him per e-mail nude photos. But is the sweet TH-leader-singer really able to do such mean and horrible doings? This is what really happened: The police in France arrested now a 18-year-old french guy. He pretend in the last few weeks in internet forums ans chats to be Bill Kaulitz. He accost the most young girls and let them in beliefs, that he's the real idolized lead-singer of the german band Tokio Hotel. He wrote to them really friendly and served up a loose conversation. In short: He created a trust basis. Unfortunately, he abused the trust of the mainly female Tokio-Hotel-fans. He played with the joy of the fans - and capitalzed it. He asked the girls for a few photos to know what they look like.
But no normal photos - he wanted naked photos. What a rotten mesh! The girls hesitated, but finally gave him. It was their big swarm, which they've trusted. The fact that a completely different person sat on the computer, they didn't guessed. So they sent him the photos. Now, the internet-pervert was picked in south France by the police. The agents found photos of girls in sexual poses - even 11-year-old girls wrote him!
They all trusted him and believed the chatter, that the photos will be not published and that they will be immediately deleted. If he respected that promise? The police will clarify this.
And the wrong Bill? He will be in front of the court soon and have to reckon with a high penalty. So beware: At least, when someone says in a chat he's a star, you should be skeptical. Especially in the case of Tokio Hotel. Even if the dialog partner lures with many informations, which "only Bill itself can know" - fingers away from the keyboard! According to a statement of the four guys, they are never actively online in forums.
"We are never in any chats, no one of us. No matter what it is. We don't do such things", said Bill to BRAVO. Currently, Bill, Tom (18), Gustav (19) and Georg (21) don't have time - they are touring mega-successful in the U.S. ...

GRAFFITI-GIRL SPRAYS TOKIO HOTEL ON EVERYTHING

It is France biggest Tokio-Hotel-fan - and paves Paris full with the photos of the four guys!

Klack, klack, klack, klack! Easy-going shakes Kim-Lan (21) her spray - like a bartender mixes his cocktails. Then she took off the plastic cap of the spray and puts pressure on the button. Zisch! White color shoots out of the spray and disperse on a brick wall. First, there are only a few outlines to see: a cap, dreadlocks, perhaps a face.
Zisch! Of red and white gives a mouth. Of black and brown the eyes. Two days needed Kim-Lan, then was the graffiti finished. Gross: The photo on the wall looks like Tom (18) of Tokio Hotel! It's just a graffiti - but it seems like you can catch, feel, hug Tom! As he would stand right in front of you! Two and a half years ago, Kim-Lan hit on the music of Tokio Hotel rather random - and fell directly in love with the four boys. Today paves Kim-Lan the whole Paris full with Tokio-Hotel-graffitis. "I felt myself gravitated of the mysterious style, which Tokio Hotel has", told she.
Tom is her absolute favorite in the band. "We have a lot in common", she said. "He loves, like me, graffitis and HipHop." The boys have even seen a few of her photos. "As they were for a concert in Paris, I gave the a few into their hands. The boys were totally impressed", enthuses Kim-Lan. She need 20 sprays, to finish a graffiti. Also for the one of Tom she needed so many colors. "The tins are extremely expensive", says the 21-year-old. "Because of this, I can't do so many graffitis like I want to." But how do Kim-Lans graffitis develop?
First she paints at home a sketch on a sheet of paper - so she knows, how the finished picture will look one day. Then she transfers with white or black spray color the outlines on a wall. "This is the most difficult step", says Kim-Lan. "The proportions must be right. Only then I can start with the actual colors." Actually, it is illegal in France, to spray graffitis on houses or trains. "I usually do my graffitis on deserted houses, that's okay", laughs Kim-Lan. The 21-year-old has graduated from a graphics school. "The school was two hours from my home, the suburb Saint-Germain-En-Laye of Paris, away.
I had to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning every day. That was hard." She stopped a study at the university and works today as a self-employed graphic designer. "But I'm still at the beginning. It's damn hard to get jobs and money. I dream to open a shop with my own clothes brand!" She also designed T-shirts with Tokio-Hotel-motives. "It would be great, if one of the guys would wear a shirt I've designed", admits Kim-Lan.
Maybe, the shirts stay longer, then the graffiti of Tom: 'Cause the wall with the photo was demolished. It's only to see on the internet on youtube.com (the film is called "Graffiti Tom Kaulitz by Kim-Lan")!