2001 (Tokio Hotel album)

2001
2001
Studio album by Tokio Hotel
Released	18 November 2022
Recorded	2019–22
Genre	Electropop; pop rock; synth-pop;
Language	English; German;
Label	Sony Music; Epic;
Producer	Bill Kaulitz; Tom Kaulitz;
Tokio Hotel chronology
Singles from 2001
	"Durch den Monsun 2020"; Released: 2 October 2020; "Berlin"; Released: 11 December 2020; "White Lies"; Released: 15 January 2021; "Here Comes the Night"; Released: 22 October 2021; "Bad Love"; Released: 4 February 2022; "Him"; Released: 8 April 2022; "When We Were Younger"; Released: 27 May 2022; "Happy People"; Released: 21 October 2022;

2001 is the seventh studio album by German band Tokio Hotel. It was released worldwide on 18 November 2022.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The album's name, the cover and the tracklist were revealed through YouTube Premium live on 19 July 2022. 2001 is the band's first studio album in well over five years, following Dream Machine (2017), marking the longest gap between two Tokio Hotel studio albums.

Background

Front singer Bill Kaulitz recalled 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. According to Kaulitz "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,"^[7]

Title and artwork

The album title, "2001", is a reference to the year the band first met.^[8]

Promotion

Prior to the album's announcement, 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.

Critical 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]

Track listing

All tracks are produced by Tom Kaulitz, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Durch den Monsun 2020"	Peter Hoffman David Jost Dave Roth Patrick Benzner Bill Kaulitz Tom Kaulitz		3:55
2.	"Him"	Antonina Armato Tim James B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz	Rock Mafia Steve Hammons	3:35
3.	"White Lies" (VIZE x Tokio Hotel)	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz Vitali Zestovskih Mark Becker Leonie Burger Claudio Marselli	T. Kaulitz Zestovskih Becker	3:04
4.	"Ain't Happy"	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz		3:27
5.	"Just a Moment" (featuring VVAVES)	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz Emma Sophia Rosen		3:03
6.	"Hungover You"	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz		3:33
7.	"Smells Like Summer" (featuring Ásdís)	Alexander Zuckowski B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz Daniel Flamm Ásdís María Víðarsdóttir		3:04
8.	"Happy People" (featuring Daði Freyr)	Robin Grubert B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz Joe Walter Pascal Kalli Reinhardt Daði Freyr Víðarsdóttir	T. Kaulitz Reinhardt	3:00
9.	"Here Comes the Night"	T. Kaulitz B. Kaulitz Sophie Alexandra Tweed-Simmons		3:05
10.	"Dreamer"	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz Víðarsdóttir		3:16
11.	"Runaway"	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz		3:31
12.	"When We Were Younger"	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz Tobias Kuhn	Henrik Menzel T. Kaulitz Kuhn Peter Jem Seifert	2:40
13.	"Bad Love"	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz Zestovskih Becker Rosen Burger	T. Kaulitz Zestovskih Becker	2:53
14.	"Another Lover"	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz Rosen		3:58
15.	"Berlin" (featuring VVAVES)	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz Rosen		3:25
16.	"Back to the Ocean"	B. Kaulitz T. Kaulitz		3:49
Total length:				52:45

Personnel

Tokio Hotel

Bill Kaulitz – lead vocals
Tom Kaulitz – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
Georg Listing – bass, backing vocals
Gustav Schäfer – drums

Additional personnel

Vimalavong
VitaliZe
VVAVES
ÁSDÍS
Daði Freyr

Charts

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[11]	45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[12]	153
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[13]	63
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14]	10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[15]	43

References

^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Get To Text". Get To Text. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Gala". Gala. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Musik Express". Musik Express. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Nord News". Nord News. 20 July 2022. 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. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Background". All News Express. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
^ "Tokio Hotel 2001". Germany Detail Zero. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Negative Review". Take To News. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ "Tokio Hotel 2001 Positive Review". Frontstage Magazine. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in German). Hung Medien. 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.

[1] "Tokio Hotel 2001 Get To Text". Get To Text. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

[2] "Tokio Hotel 2001 Gala". Gala. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

[3] "Tokio Hotel 2001 Musik Express". Musik Express. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

[4] "Tokio Hotel 2001 Nord News". Nord News. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

[5] "Tokio Hotel 2001 Back To The Roots". Germany Detail Zero. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

[6] "Tokio Hotel 2001 Back To The Roots". Web.DE. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

[7] "Tokio Hotel 2001 Background". All News Express. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

[8] "Tokio Hotel 2001". Germany Detail Zero. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

[9] "Tokio Hotel 2001 Negative Review". Take To News. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[10] "Tokio Hotel 2001 Positive Review". Frontstage Magazine. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[ac_Austria_Tokio_Hotel-11] "Austriancharts.at – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[ac_Flanders_Tokio_Hotel-12] "Ultratop.be – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[ac_Wallonia_Tokio_Hotel-13] "Ultratop.be – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[ac_Germany4_Tokio_Hotel-14] "Offiziellecharts.de – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[ac_Switzerland_Tokio_Hotel-15] "Swisscharts.com – Tokio Hotel – 2001". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

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