2001 (Tokio Hotel album)

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

2001
Studio album by
Tokio Hotel
Released18 November 2022
Recorded2019—22
Genre
Language
Label
Producer
Tokio Hotel chronology
Dream Machine
(2017)		 2001
(2022)
Singles from 2001
  1. "Durch den Monsun 2020"
    Released: 2 October 2020
  2. "Berlin"
    Released: 11 December 2020
  3. "White Lies"
    Released: 15 January 2021
  4. "Here Comes the Night"
    Released: 22 October 2021
  5. "Bad Love"
    Released: 4 February 2022
  6. "HIM"
    Released: 8 April 2022
  7. "When We Were Younger"
    Released: 27 May 2022
  8. "Happy People"
    Released: 21 October 2022

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]

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]

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.

Personnel

Tokio Hotel

Additional personnel

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Durch den Monsun 2020"Peter Hoffman, David Jost, Dave Roth, Patrick Benzner, Bill Kaulitz, Tom KaulitzT Kaulitz3:55
2."HIM"Antonina Armato, Tim James, B Kaulitz, T KaulitzRock Mafia, Steve Hammons3:35
3."White Lies" (VIZE x Tokio Hotel)B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Vitali Zestovskih, Mark Becker, Leonie Burger, Claudio MarselliT Kaulitz, V Zestovskih, M Becker3:04
4."Ain’t Happy"B Kaulitz, T KaulitzT Kaulitz3:27
5."Just a Moment" (featuring VVAVES)B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Emma Sophia RosenT Kaulitz3:03
6."Hungover You"B Kaulitz, T KaulitzT Kaulitz3:33
7."Smells Like Summer" (featuring ÁSDÍS)Alexander Zuckowski, B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Daniel Flamm, Ásdís María VíðarsdóttirT Kaulitz3:04
8."Happy People" (featuring Daði Freyr)Robin Grubert, B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Joe Walter, Pascal Kalli Reinhardt, Daði Freyr, Á M VíðarsdóttirT Kaulitz, P K Reinhardt3:00
9."Here Comes the Night"Tom Kaulitz, Bill Kaulitz, Sophie Alexandra Tweed-SimmonsTom Kaulitz3:05
10."Dreamer"B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Á M VíðarsdóttirT Kaulitz3:16
11."Runaway"B Kaulitz, T KaulitzT Kaulitz3:31
12."When We Were Younger"B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, Tobias KuhnHenrik Menzel, T Kaulitz, T Kuhn, Peter Jem Seifert2:40
13."Bad Love"B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, V Zestovskih, M Becker, E S Rosen, L BurgerT Kaulitz, V Zestovskih, M Becker2:53
14."Another Lover"B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, E S RosenT Kaulitz3:58
15."Berlin" (featuring VVAVES)B Kaulitz, T Kaulitz, E S RosenT Kaulitz3:25
16."Back to the Ocean"B Kaulitz, T KaulitzT Kaulitz3:49
Total length:52:45

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
  1. "Tokio Hotel 2001 Get To Text". Get To Text. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. "Tokio Hotel 2001 Gala". Gala. 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.
  11. "Austriancharts.at – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  12. "Ultratop.be – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  13. "Ultratop.be – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  14. "Offiziellecharts.de – Tokio Hotel – 2001" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  15. "Swisscharts.com – Tokio Hotel – 2001". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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