Digital Love: Tokio Hotel Rumor of 2009

Is it really what you thought it was?

Heather Grey Chase’s moniker is synonymous with surfing for Bill Kaulitz’s girlfriend. It’s virtually impossible not to have read any of the Tokio Hotel diehards’ debate whether or not Chase and (lead singer) Kaulitz are an item. After all, Chase’s relationship with Kaulitz is the Tokio Hotel fandom rumor of 2009.

 

It started as a blurb on Tokio Hotel’s Spanish fan site, and grew into a virtual phenomenon via mass coverage from world-wide pop-culture blogs, YouTube stalker videos, bashings on music forums and various tabloids’ claiming the couples’ love, friendship, and infidelity. In early 2009 the rumor of Heather Chase dating Tokio Hotel lead singer, Bill Kaulitz, disappeared from public eye leaving fans grappling with confusion, but more rumors would surface and the chase would be on again.

Are they really together? Or is it just a Tokio Hotel marketing gimmick?

In spring 2009 rumors of Chase’s band (Pigeon) lending their signature violin trademark to Tokio Hotel’s new album, in a published article, attempted to explain the question of who Heather Grey Chase really was. With a subsequent break up of Pigeon, Tokio Hotel returned to the scene. In August 2009 TH announced their new album Humanoid. Chase retreated back into anonymity.

Was Humanoid named for Chase? Did Bill and Heather break up?

With Humanoid’s release in September 2009 Kaulitz confirmed his single “Automatic” was indeed inspired by love and a girl. The album itself was inspired by something that happened to him over the course of the last year. Kaulitz stated something totally unexpected had started online. Yet along with the hype of “Humanoid” came the bashings on Billy’s masculinity, from Perez Hilton and then Alexa Chung. Eerily, Chase materialized to successfully defend Kaulitz’s honor once again.

Who is this girl? Are Chase and Kaulitz for real?

Tokio Hotel fans were positive they had Heather Grey Chase figured out. For them, the lack of information had deemed her a fraud. Then, on December 22, 2009 a photo of Chase exiting her car was published. Tabloids greeted it as a first, enjoying the fact that it had not been hidden by Tokio Hotel’s management or by Chase’s reclusive family.

Has the world found Heather Grey Chase?

At the close of the year, and propelled by 2009’s favorite social networking sites, Twitter and Facebook, Chase once again looks like Bill Kaulitz’s girlfriend. It comes as no surprise. The facts are all in the open. Will 2010 be the beginning of a new year for the love story of Chase and Kaulitz? The coming year will tell.

Sweet Tweets

What are you doing? – As Twitter’s popularity grows, more and more American celebrities are tweeting away their personal lives and becoming almost too intimate with fans.

The rich and famous just got a lot more user-friendly, flocking to the microblogging social networking interface Twitter. Which aims to answer the simple question of What are you doing? in less than 140 characters.

Celebs like Vanessa Hudgens (VanessaHudgens), Spencer Pratt (spencerpratt), Nicole Richie (nicolerichie) , and Michael Phelps (Michael_Phelps) are tweeting at home, parties, events, backstage, dinner, in line, when they’re suppose to be working [think John Mayer (johncmayer)], in the bathroom, and even in the bedroom [also, think John Mayer]. Their tweets are funny, corny, boring, provoking, witty, and sometimes downright stupid. The best part is [and the worst] is most are not publicist censored – a fact gossip mogul Perez Hilton does the happy dance for. Note: Follow Perez Hilton (perezhilton) + follow who he is following = amazing celeb tweets.

Thanks to Twitter fans can literally converse with their idols. This is making stars seem almost too human for our liking. Even celebs are getting in the game – following other celebs, their idols, mentors, and coworkers; providing playful banter and plenty of tabloid rumor fuel.

It may seem like every star is on Twitter, but some stars are cagier than others. They prefer to keep their private lives private. Shame, as fans would really like to hear the sweet tweets from celebs like Angelina Jolie, Heather Chase, Simon Cowell [who vocally opposes Twitter], and the mighty Jonas Brothers. ~

Blogmistress Note: The Jonas Brothers now have an official twitter account: Jonasbrothers