2001

2001 is the seventh studio album by German band Tokio Hotel. It was released on November 18, 2022, worldwide. 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. 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, but it also combines all the Tokio Hotel facets of the last two decades,” Title and artwork The album title, "2001", is a reference to the year the band first met.