Adam Lambert addresses Bill Kaulitz copycat rumors

by on May 09, 2010 | 52 Comments

It has been rumored in the media that Adam Lambert has been copying Tokio Hotel singer Bill Kaulitz, but Adam took to his official Twitter account to clear it all up for us.

When a fan tweeted this message, “I think that @adamlambert’s profile pic is a big copy of Bill Kaulitz style”, apparently it caught the singer’s attention. He tweeted in response, “Ha. Was inspired by Elvis.”

He went on, “I was rockin this hairdo when bill still had his lions mane…all this copycat talk is dumb. Hahaha. I’m gonna incite a fan riot. Such fun. Been wearing eye makeup and nail polish since that boy was like 12 or something… No ones copying… Just so happen to have similar taste. Relaaaaaaaaax folks :) spend your energy more wisely.”

Besides, Adam hasn’t always rocked the dark look, before his days on American Idol, he was blonde!

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  • Sam

    Tokio Hotel fans have been spamming Adam Lambert's Twitter account with nasty tweets for months, there's fan blogs all over the internet claiming Adam Lambert was a threat to that band… those teen girls that Tokio Hotel carters to are completely nuts and totally ingore the simple fact that anyone who Goolges Adam Lambert will find pictures that prove that Adam Lambert started to look like this when Bill Kaulitz was still some unkown kid living in a very small village in Germany. How could Lambert (who lives in Los Angeles) have known about Bill Kaulitz's existence and vice versa???

    • http://twitter.com/ItsCindyg Cindy

      I don't think he even knew who he was before, until he got into American Idol and that's when a lot of people notice. Because I did saw an interview of him from Idol saying that Bill Kaulitz is his hair idol. It's his hair idol, but did he change it to that lions mane that Bil Kaulitz had? no he didn't. The problem is that these fan girls are complaining about is that Adam has a crush on the guy. That's why they jump into the "Bill is no gay" bandwagon and that's when the insulting starts and the false accusations towards Adam. Why attack the poor man? he loves Bill so fuckin what? they just can't get through their little brains that Adam is Adam and he's not copying Bill at all. He likes him, but it's nothing to get freaked out about it.

  • Susie

    Niether of them copy each other. They are both unique and talented. Let it go please.

  • Alan

    I like them both, and I have no problem telling them apart lol. This is stupid.

  • Mary

    I am a huge Adam fan, and he has been NOTHING but gracious and complimentary about Bill. The fan wars over this are idiotic.

  • Carlos

    I love both Bill and Adam and Adam is not copying Bill.. Some tokio hotel fans need to grow up
    And i don't blame them most of them are teenage girls that watch MTV all day long

  • Junie

    Both Adam and Bill look great – there is no rivalry between them. And – if people want to make an issue about who wore eye make-up and nail polish first, then we will need to throw in some other names: Pete Wentz, Billie Joe Armstrong, Keith Richards, and the list could go on…Let it go and just enjoy the good music.

  • krysi

    this is stupid. im huge fan of both bill and adam. serioiusly theres no copying going on both are talented and just happen to have similar style. they both rock it so lets all let it go and relax…

  • krystiana

    this is stupid. im huge fan of both bill and adam. serioiusly theres no copying going on both are talented and just happen to have similar style. they both rock it so lets all let it go and relax…

  • glamnin

    The tweet was about Kris Allen and Matt Giraud. I didn't know where Tokio Hotel came from.

  • imrah

    Adam Lambert is his own artist and very creative with his makeup and wardrobe,he was in the theater and music sceen since he was 10 years old and trying out different makeup and looks from way back in middle school, Bill is just starting out, so chill out Tokio Hotel fans and enjoy both artists. We are lucky to have experience them both.

    • Nicky

      You're so wrong. Bill is not starting out, Bill has been using make up and dying his hair and painting his nails since he was 9 years old.
      Adam lambert NEVER wore make up, painted his nails and dyed his hair black before highschool.

      Bill Kaulitz is famous with this style since 2005 and Adam Lambert since 2009. Adam is a bill fan and has a crush on him, he's the one who follows what Bill does not the other way around.

      Little Bill Kaulitz – http://www.mtv.es/blogfiles/catiitaahxbill/423686…

      Young Adam Lambert -http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/6/2/6/1/285016…

    • Nicky

      Adam Lambert COPYNG Bill Kaulitz's style from Head to Toe:

      Bill Kaulitz at the MTV Europe Music Awards in November 2009/ Adam Lambert at Vevo's party in December 2009
      http://i47.tinypic.com/ypbgx.jpg

      • Dave

        Nicky……..what you said is a prime example of how foolish Tokio Hotels fans behavior. You look silly. It's onl record in interviews with Adam's parents and pictures that Adam played with stage paint and played dressup since he was eight. Do you know what the word "COPY" means? Go get yourself a dictionary silly. It would mean that Adam would have to have been aware of Bill (who wasn't even born yet) and take his style. All you TH fans make arses of yourselves. Get a dictionary.

      • Cressa

        err.. they don't look similar. Bill had his fringe down n Adam's hair is all up. Their makeups r also different. U guys r blinded by your love for Bill.

  • Dave

    It's the Tokio Hotel fans that have been acting like complete idiots and making fools out of themselves. They have been spamming Adam and any article written about him. There are pics on the Internet from the early 2000's with Adam in the makeup and black nail polish. Interviews with his friends said he started wearing it in 2000 when Bill was about 9 years old. All those dumb TH fans did is manage to turn off a huge fan base. From what I understand they have been going after other male celebs that wear make-up. Bill must be so embarrased to have fans like that. Poor guy. Smart move TH fans. With fans like you Bill doesn't need enemies…real bright

    Roberta………Adam hasn't been blonde since he was 18.

    • http://twitter.com/ItsCindyg Cindy

      THANK YOU!. I couldn't have said it better myself.

  • terie

    Just because two artists have similar tastes in make up, hair style & clothing does NOT mean that one is COPYING the other … especially in a business where individuality goes MUCH further than IMITATION … which by the way … since ADAM is older than Bill K. would seem quite UNlikely … don't you think? Since ADAM & Bill are from OPPOSITE sides of the globe how could either be COPYING the other since up to a YEAR or so ago NEITHER was aware of the other's EXISTENCE??

  • Angie

    There is no comparison, Adam Lambert is much more better looking and far more talented!

  • staciegirlie

    Roberta, once again, once again. Why do you have to make things seem as they are not? Yes Adam was BORN a blond. He was rocking the dark hair BEFORE idol.

    • Nicky

      Bill was born blonde too but Bill has been dying his hair and painting his nails since he was 9 years old.

      Little Bill Kaulitzhttp://www.mtv.es/blogfiles/catiitaahxbill/423686…
      Yound Adam Lambert http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/img/6/2/6/1/285016…

      • Dave

        LMAO!!! OMG you are just too funny……….let me guess Bill was really born an American too so Adam is copying him. Oh and Bill's real name is Adam but he changed it when he was 9 years old. Bill drinks water and eats food so Adam is copying him….ROTFLMAO!!!! Haaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaa.

      • LisaB

        Wow, Tokio Hotel fans like you are just retards. Bill Kaulitz didn't invent Emo look. Billie Joe from Green Day dye his hair balck and wear black nail polish, is he copying Bill Kaulitz? Don't be silly. Tokio Hotel just copied UK/US rock bands and Japanese visual-kei bands' style. Their style is not really original and that's why that flopped in UK and USA.

        • Linda

          What, exactly, is an Emo look? If it's black hair, Elvis dyed his hair black long before either Adam or what's-his-name. If it's black liner, Ozzie Osbourne was wearing it long before Emo was a word. And, the black nail polish is a rock thing.

        • Linda

          What, exactly, is an Emo look? If it's black hair, Elvis dyed his hair black long before either Adam or what's-his-name. If it's black liner, Ozzie Osbourne was wearing it long before Emo was a word. And, the black nail polish is a rock thing.

  • Sable

    Have a little originality, that pic up there is extremely similar

  • jlee

    Look at the pictures in this article. Same hair and shoulder spikes and guess which picture was taken first? Adam. I actually don't think they're copying each other, but I'm trying to show how stupid it is that people say Adam is copying Bill based on one pair of jeans he wore that were the same as Bill's after Bill wore them. Using that logic you would have to say Bill also copies Adam because he wore this shoulder spike jacket and hairstyle AFTER Adam. In reality I just think they have similar styles and I don't think any intentional copying is going on. I really wish the fans with sense would unite against all this hate and just support both guys. I think both of them would want us to respect other artists.

    • Koe

      I totally agree with you! These accusations are just rediculous. I actually uploaded a video on youtube yesterday where I compared some of Adam's outfits with some quite similar outfits that Bill wore later on, however I pulled it back because I wasn't sure of some copyrights issuses (was my first video). Adam's been wearing spikes on his shoulder druring the whole Idol tour, at the AMAs and he also wears a leather jacket with spikes on his shoulders on his album booklet which was all way before the picture of Bill was taken. I don't think Bill is copying Adam either, it just demonstrates how easy it is to make someone look like a copycat when two people are just sharing a similar taste in clothes.

  • MENA

    Adam is awesome and he is his own person! SO STOP ACTING LIKE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS or not i mean u guyz are just making adam that much more famous! ROCK ON ADAM LUV YA TO MUCH!

  • Selene

    Well, I’m glad that 98% of the comments here are non-biased. Nice to know that Adam and Bill DO have some mature fans out there. And for the small % of cray cray fans who tend to harass one artist, just ignore them. Maybe if we click our little red heels, they’ll “grow out” of hate soon.

  • Sable

    Ok….I don't see it as a fan war. More like a matter of opinion. And in my opinion, Bill should be happy he has such dedicated fans. Same goes for adam. My opinion is that Bill is being copied by adam….I mean YES they do have similar styles but that doesn't mean that it is ok to end up wearing outfits that are almost identical.. I mean come on at least have a littl

    • Dave

      Get yourself a dictionary and go back to school and find out what the word copy means. Using your definition Bill totally copies Adam.

      • sarah

        This is what COPY means:

        Adam Lambert COPYNG Bill Kaulitz's style from Head to Toe:

        Bill Kaulitz at the MTV Europe Music Awards in November 2009/ Adam Lambert at Vevo's party in December 2009 http://i47.tinypic.com/ypbgx.jpg

        • Sarah

          Adam COPIED Bill's hair and outfit.

          Adam is know for copying bill's outfits, hairstyle, accesories and poses

        • KateL

          Wow Sarah.. u r on this site spewing your hatred too? I just saw all your comments on http://idolator.com/5501301/the-morning-mix-adam-…
          Pls go back to that site n see what Phyton said to you!

        • http://twitter.com/ItsCindyg Cindy

          That has nothing to do with that. Plus Dior jeans were not made for BILL KAULITZ. If you see me with Dior jeans are you going to tell me I copy Bill too? that's laughlable!.

  • Triste

    Look, I'm personally a fan of both Tokio Hotel and Adam Lambert. Bill and crew have been doing their thing since they were, like, thirteen, about my age. Adam has been singing since he was litte too. So what the hell? Dang it people, both Adam and Bill have their style, which is completely awesome, but don't go crazy over a few little similarities. Ok? Shame on all of you people who've been warring over this petty happening. To think a 13-year-old is doing better than all of you. And Adam, Tokio Hotel, I love both of you guys ever so much. I less than three you~(<3)

  • maryann

    Bill isnt the only one in this whole wide world, people!!! Just like Adam said, chill out and relaaaax…. why are you people so intense about this…They are two different people….Adam is being Adam…for heaven's sake.

  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/cubannerd cubannerd

    come on people if Adam is copying Bill then Bill is copying Adam and every single Visual Kei band too. Don't be silly. I'm tired of this. I'm done with TH and his fans for good.

  • Phantomrider

    Tokio Hotel fans, please do not emberrass the Tokio Hotel fandom! We respect Adam and his fans. He is no copycat.

  • Eli

    Right now, the Adam fans are being more mean than the Tokio Hotel fans. Most of them has stopped calling him a copycat, but now you are picking on the TH fandom like crazy! ._. HERE WILL THIS END?

  • RoRo

    Are Tokio Hotel fans afraid that Adam is going to upstage Kaulitz? Both are wearing current rock star gear so why is anyone worrying about anyone's copying? Since Adam follows and studies fashion and style he is perfectly capable of picking out what he wants to wear and how he wears his hair. He's also an ADULT and doesn't need anyone to tell him how to dress,especially the immature fans of another artist.

  • Winter

    I had never even heard of this Bill guy until Adam Lambert being the gracious artist he is spoke about him. As he has with Rhianna, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, JB, etc, etc. In fact each and everytime Adam speaks or twitters about an artist he appreciates or a book, a clothing line, etc. I check that out. Adam Lambert is very influential and NICE! How many other artists out there routinely compliment or support others? Most of the time they are all about themselves.

  • pim

    i dont care if they look completely identical from head to toe (which is so not the case) — i only care that Adam can frikin sing circles around pretty much the whole music industry. He is a singer not frikin clothes model.

  • Mhar

    sorry for your ugly bill baby.. adam's a superstar and been wearing makeup since he finished high school
    very sorry for your bill and besides Adam wear clothes and makeup BETTER than bill..
    bill better eat a lot he needs energy and has to gain weight compared to Adam..

    I'm just a fan sorry bill.. just protecting Adam

  • AdamFan

    Adam is unique and I don't mind who's copying or imitating..
    i think Adam is better than Bill but they are both great artists

  • http://twitter.com/ItsCindyg Cindy

    Oh nothing mention two pictures you see in the article are so different time periods because that picture of Adam was taking in the AMA awards and I have seen Adam wore those type of outfits in Idol as well especially in the finale when he got to performed with KISS. Bill on the other hand never EVER wore those type of outfits when he had the lions mane hair. He only wore shirts and pants, just regular outfit. He started wearing those oufits (like the picture above) back in January 2010 the start of his "Welcome To Humanoid City" tour. If you want to prove me wrong, go ahead. I know exactly where these two photos come from and when was it taken. The first time I have seen Adam wearing those spike shoulder pads was before Bill he even wore one. So there. :)

    • http://twitter.com/ItsCindyg Cindy

      mean't to say *not* to mention.

    • Anna

      Well the Tokio Hotel tour outfits were designed specially for Bill by Dean and Dan Caten from Dsquared. So if you are saying that Bill copied that style from Adam, you should acctually blaim the Caten brothers copying Adam… ;) I personally think that Adam's outfit was influenced by Kiss, just a guess you know. And I think that the Caten brothers just tried to design outfits which would be perfect for the theme of the Humanoid City tour, you know "alien like, out of space, humanoid etc.". But what it comes to Adam's and Bill's out of stage look, meaning their personal looks, I don't see either of them copying eachother. Yes, it's true that they like some of the same stuff and yes they have bought same design clothes, like the famous Dior jeans. But that happens to lot of celebrities. And black hair, black nails, glam style -> old thing. Neither Adam or Bill are the first ones playing with this kind of make-up and style. AND I don't even think that they have so similar styles. Adam is more glam and Bill has somehow more darker style. That's just my opinion though.

  • http://twitter.com/ItsCindyg Cindy

    These TH fans (some of them) annoyed the f*** out of me. It's obvious that either both of the fantoms are not going to respect each other, but the ones I have seen so far that have done false accusations are the TH Fans spamming Adam and telling sh*t how he copy Bill and blah blah!. Seriously people grow up!. I'm glad Adam finally addressed this so ya'll could just finally shut up!. Adam is Adam and Bill is Bill. Is it hard to comprehend? They are so different and both talented. Why all the hate? if people want to come up with excuses "Oh Bill has been rocking that style since he was 9 years" please don't give me that b**** because for once David Bowie and many other legends HAVE been rocking that style for years. Stop pretending that Bill invented the look folks. You are just making yourself look bad among the other fans. Even old school fans can tell you that and eat your own words. So STOP IT!.

  • Teresa

    And before Idol Adam was also dark-haired. Your picture is of Adam at school FFS. That’s hardly relevant. After he left school, ie TEN YEARS AGO he wore make-up and dyed his hair. That would be when Billy was just TEN YEARS OLD. So is it everyone’s belief that Adam has been copying Bill since Adam was 19 and Bill was 10? Of course not. That’s how ridiculous these claims are – and they continue to be made. Tokio Hotel fans accuse EVERYONE of copying their heroes and only pick more on Adam because he stupidly once said something nice about Bill. (let that be a lesson folks!!!) I don’t know why any sensible adults give their ridiculous claims any sort of credence. Especially when it is extremely well known that Tokio Hotel rip off other artists for their music. (eg Googoo Dolls – Iris, The Rasmus – Not like other girls – the list goes on. Google it.)

    • Teena

      As a Tokio Hotel fan, I’ve never accused anyone of copying Bill. As a matter of fact, Bill has stated many times that he has never had a problem with Adam. There are some crazy fans of Bill that love to start problems but to generalize all Tokio Hotel fans like makes you sound completely ignorant. Oh they rip off other artist? Really? Please, name some songs… Their music is 100% original from them. Yes, they may be inspired by other artist (as many artist are) but that doesn’t mean they rip them off. So go ahead and continue Googling.