A TikTok ranking by Tokio Hotel about the best German singers is causing a stir.
The idea was actually beyond harmless, but suddenly offered room for interpretation. The radio station Bayern 3 invited Tokio Hotel, to rank ten German musicians for his TikTok channel. But when it came to Nico Santos, the mood suddenly changed.
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Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, Georg Listing and Gustav Schäfer were randomly assigned to see a selection of German pop stars and then had to sort them into places 1-10. Pole position clearly went to Nina Chuba.
The band’s mood seemed relaxed and the musicians were happy about the task. Until it was Nico Santos’ turn. Bill Kaulitz’s face almost froze at that moment.
“Oh, Nico Santos – unfortunately the number 10 was already taken”
Kaulitz then caught himself briefly and then said with a smug grin that ten was already taken, so Santos would be placed in sixth place. His bandmates could be heard laughing in the background. (Incidentally, ESC participant Michael Schulte, who the musicians didn’t even know, ended up in 10th place.)
What’s going on between Tokio Hotel and Nico Santos? Is there beef that no one knows about? The gentle diss provoked almost 600 comments. Many suspected it was a joke. But Nico Santos, of all people, confirmed that it was pure seriousness.
“No, it’s not fun, they don’t like me. But they don’t have the courage to say why,” he wrote in a comment under the video. While Tokio Hotel did not comment further, some fans speculated that it could be an incident on “The Voice Of Germany” that no one knows about yet.