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Chloe Saurian: “He IS Worth It.”
Heather Grey Chase, 22, is back with her Tokio Hotel rocker-beau, Bill Kaulitz, 19, after a couple rough months of splits-ville. Chase’s long-time best friend and fellow Pigeon, Chloe Saurian, leaked the news while in Paris working on her latest fashion campaign. According to Saurian the duo are keeping their relationship out of the public eye, but have officially announced to their close friends that they are for-real together this time.
Kaulitz, famously “always single,” doesn’t want Chase to interfere with his commitments to Tokio Hotel and their fan-girls. “Music and fan-girls are his first loves; HG knows that and respects that, even though she hates it. But, like I tell her, Bill is worth it.” Saurian laughs.
Kaulitz and Chase are busy working on their respective projects. Tokio Hotel’s latest album drops in March. Chase is currently working in partnership with Universal Music Group and has runway contracts for the upcoming season with several designers, namely Givenchy, Chanel, YSL, and Celine.
Heather Grey Chase to create a record label under Universal’s Island Records
BERLIN - Heather Grey Chase pitched her plan to create an official record label under Universal Music Group; the world’s leading recording company and subsidiary of media conglomerate, Vivendi. Chase is using her share in Chase Records to form a label under Universal’s Island Records, a division of Universal’s Island Def Jam Music Group.
Chase owns one-sixth of Chase Records, the fictitious DBA name for a partnership label signed to the world’s second largest recording company. In 2004, the American-based Chase Records label was broken into six imprints. Chase’s twin brother, James Chase, runs one of these imprints under the fictitious name Chase Records.
Heather Grey Chase’s decision to create a label with Universal’s Island Records has caused legal controversy over the break from the share’s original parent company, who took legal action against Chase in April 2008 citing she was “…actively seeking to become a subsidiary with rival corporation, Universal Music Group.” Following this, James Chase legally broke Chase’s underground-indie rock band, Pigeon, from his imprint in November 2008. Pigeon has since disbanded and their collaborations with other bands, like Tokio Hotel, dropped due to legal complications.
Chase began business relations with Universal Music Group in May 2008. She managed to befriend several key members within Universal’s Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group Deutschland. These contacts cause several to believe her ongoing intimate relationship with Bill Kaulitz of mega-band Tokio Hotel, who is signed to Island Records, is nothing more than a promotional stunt set up by managers within the company.
Heather Grey Chase owns $250 million in Chase Records and its parent company, while her brother controls another several hundred million. By seeking to create a record label with Universal, Chase will become a direct rival to her imprint’s former parent company. The first legal discussion between Chase’s network and Universal heads will be in Berlin, Universal Music Group Deutschland’s headquarters this week.