Is Tokio Hotel Over?

I came across this surprising post on the Tokio Hotel America fansite, and being as a lot of Tokio Hotel fans turn to this blog as an extended fansite of Tokio Hotel I thought I would take the time to share it with you:

Something big is shaking down, but we have no idea what it is.

Apparently, the BTK App Developers are going to aggressively go after anyone who shares the content of the app, up to and including have websites shut down.

Including apparently, Tokio Hotel fansites. We have not been contacted about anything and since I do not have the app, the BTK Developers are not communicating with me, so *shrug*

What does this mean?

Does it mean that Tokio Hotel is over?

Does it mean that Tokio Hotel sites should follow the lead of Tokio Hotel Australia and just go dark until such time as THE BAND decides to come back? After all, BTK is very clearly branded to not include Tokio Hotel, but only Bill and Tom Kaulitz.

We will see how things develop.

How do you feel about being told that if you cannot afford a Smartphone or other device that you cannot have access to BTK news?

I wonder how that would work with music. If you cannot afford the CD, you cannot even LISTEN to it until everyone who has paid for it has listened to it first? Would that shut down radio?

Very interesting. Curious to see how this pans out.

– Schnee, blogmistress of the Tokio Hotel America fansite

Here is the link to the original post on THA: “We don’t know…”

Is Tokio Hotel over? Should Tokio Hotel fansites turn dark until Tokio Hotel, the band returns? These are questions I never thought I would see Schnee post.

In these times of SOPA, it seems the BTK management is not a fan of creative commons either.

Like Schnee said, We shall see how this pans out.

-Mimi, Blogmistress of The Heather Chase Files

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what if earl sweatshirt doesn’t actually exist?

what if he is nothing more than an elaborate prank from the genius of @fucktyler & the pr team of @odfgkta?

the media is going fkgjakdfhvgjkfh crazy over tyler the creator’s tweets that earl sweatshirt was back in los angeles in the recording studio with him. sweatshirt’s birth name ‘thebe’ even started trending on twitter in fans’ ecstasy of his rumored return. but, a rep for odd future confirmed sweatshirt was never in los angeles, let alone near a recording studio. looks like another one of the creator’s pranks…guess he was a bit bored today. but, i challenge: what if earl sweatshirt doesn’t actually exist?

by now the saga of sweatshirt has been covered by every media outlet, from the fraudulent to the credible ones. he supposedly the son of a south african poet and a political activist. his raps have garnered fans world-wide. he has been heralded as a music prodigy; referenced like a pop-culture god. yet no one has seen him. all we know about him comes from the creator’s mouth, the media and the grainy photos that could really be any nigger posing as sweatshirt. sure, the media might claim to have scored an interview with him, but how can we really know for sure it wasn’t manufactured by the of pr machine?

tyler the creator isn’t called the creator for nothing; he also claims to be earl sweatshirt’s best friend. the creator is the brains, the name and the face behind odd future wolfgang kill them all; known for his pranks and ability to bend the media to his will. earl sweatshirt is a mockery of public trust in the media and its celebrities that is the exact extension of everything the creator craves, tells us we need and satirizes. sweatshirt has a backstory, talent, a purpose; it is an infallible way to keep fans guessing and fixated on odd future and the creator. it also serves the purpose of the urban myth, drawing fans into the satire of odd future. making us fans of odd future, driving them to fame. in short, it is the perfect pr stunt. it cannot be proven wrong; there is evidence supporting sweatshirt is out there, in one form or another.

there is only one other urban lore i can point to as another example of this perfect combination: heather grey chase. [if you haven’t heard of her, google-search – it’s worthwhile.] like sweatshirt, all we know of chase is second-hand. in this case, the band we to flock towards is tokio hotel. bill kaulitz, like the creator, is the ghost in the machine of tokio hotel; his image is synonymous with tokio hotel and faggots. enter chase, she an american model supposedly the daughter of an american record mogul. her media persona as the unspoken girlfriend of kaulitz has garnered haters world-wide; kaulitz has even off-handedly confirmed his album humanoid was named for chase. yet no one has seen her. all we know of her comes from a blog called the heather chase files, the media and photos that could really be anyone. yet it cannot be proven wrong; there is evidence supporting chase is out there, again in one form or another.

why is sweatshirt important to odd future? he serves as an icon, a legend, intrigue to their fan-base. what can we learn from the creator and sweatshirt, the heather chase files blog and chase?: that we are victims of our own design.

will we ever know the truth? perhaps the creator poses as sweatshirt himself? do we even care? the creator knows we do, and that why he will continue to lead us on.

Happy B-day HG!

Today is Tuesday and Pop-Cultured is wishing our favorite virtual celebrity HAPPY BIRTHDAY! That’s right, today is the one and only Heather Grey Chase’s b-day. And yes, yes we knowww! It’s Madonna’s birthday too…but back to HG.

We wish we could tell you exactly how long ago HG was born in the wonderful city of Philadelphia (or New York City according to some interviews), but like every other model/actress HG is cagey about such personal information. *EYE ROLL*

What we do know (according to our spy-pigeons abroad) is that HG is actually in her homeland, Amurica. We’re betting she’s in L.A. (because you-know-who lives there… No not Voldemort – BILL KAULITZ!)

JK!

HG was spotted catching a plane from Germany’s Frankfurt airport with her BFFer, Erik Monk, earlier this afternoon. According to our sources The American Icon is en-route for a week with her family in a remote, island destination. (We’re guessing Britain this time because of you-know-who…)

But seriously, Happy Birthday HG. We’ve missed you the past year, pretty please come back to us? Like, come to America again? Remember how you live here?

This has been Pop-Cultured.

Could This Be Heather Grey Chase?

Bill and Tom Kaulitz of German rock band Tokio Hotel made a rare appearance at an event in California this Saturday: the NIVEA and Shay Todd Summer Chateau. In the photos from the event the Kaulitz twins sported beards and the always androgynous Bill appears to have packed on some muscle in the last few months.

But more pressing, who is the mystery girl the twins were pictured with? Some are claiming it is Bill Kaulitz’s rumored paramour, Heather Grey Chase. What do you think?

Could this be THE Heather Chase?

 

Heather Grey Chase and her twin brother, James, possibly?

Bill Kaulitz Who?

She’s always had a thing for older men – Heather Grey Chase was spotted in Hamburg on May 5 with Germany’s second biggest rockstar, violinist David Garrett.

Chase attended Garrett’s concert in Berlin, where she currently lives, on May 2. On a whim, Chase reportedly introduced herself to Garrett, having been impressed by his performance, which blends classical music with modern rock. According to sources, Garrett was impressed by Chase and asked her to dinner, during his down day between concerts.

The dinner looked like a casual date according to on-lookers, who report Chase arrived in her signature-disheveled look of rock-couture. Her long blond hair was a tousled mess, and she wore black jeans with a blouse, towering black stilettos and a cameo necklace. Garrett, who also sports a hard partying rocker look with scruff, arrived with his long blond hair tied back and in jeans.

Garrett is a German/American violinist best known as “the world’s fastest violinist” and for his cross over style. He was featured on the American hit-TV show, Dancing with the Stars, in April before embarking on his tour in Germany.

Former American model turned record producer, Heather Chase, is best known for her virtual celebrity as the rumored paramour of Bill Kaulitz, lead singer of Tokio Hotel.  She is also one half of Berlin-based experimental electronic duo, Pigeon, whose signature sound is electronic violin.

Bill Kaulitz Debuts New ‘Hairstyle’

Androgynous German rockstar, Bill Kaulitz, of Tokio Hotel, has grown a beard shocking fans worldwide. But the real question is: what does Heather Grey Chase think of the beard?

Tokio Hotel fans were shocked when Bill Kaulitz, along with twin brother, Tom Kaulitz, appeared with a beard during the band’s recorded MTV O Music Award acceptance speech. Tokio Hotel won the award for having the best fan army: Aliens.

Wearing his trademark suspenders, this is the first time Kaulitz has ever been seen publicly with facial hair. Because of his feminine look, love of fashion and public lack of a girlfriend, many believe him to be a closet gay. The facial hair gives him a more masculine look, but has many fans that love his metrosexual sex-image wondering why he ditched the clean-shaven look.

In 2009, Kaulitz drastically changed his appearance when he dreaded his famous Sonic the Hedgehog hair reportedly because he wanted to get back at his rumored ex-girlfriend, Heather Chase.  The media hailed the apparent break-up of Kaulitz and Chase, especially after Kaulitz underwent a rumored nose job and got several new piercings. Chase, meanwhile, disappeared from the media spotlight.

In August 2010, Kaulitz was spotted with Chase in Los Angeles, where he and his brother now reside. Chase currently lives in Berlin. It is widely debated whether the two are actually a couple or not.

Since 2008, Chase has publicly denounced rumors that Kaulitz is gay and has regularly contributed her thoughts on Tokio Hotel fandom news, earning her the media nickname of “Bill Kaulitz’s Masculinity Protector.” Could it be that he finally took her advice and stepped up his masculinity? Or was he just being lazy that day?