White Lies (VIZE and Tokio Hotel song)

"White Lies" is the fifth promotional single from German rock band Tokio Hotel's upcoming seventh studio album featuring a guest appearance from German EDM duo VIZE. It was released on January 15, 2021. Two remixes of the song were released later that year; one by German DJ NOØN on April 2, 2021, and the other by German DJ duo HBz on May 7, 2021. "White Lies" was used as the opening theme for Season 16 of Germany's Next Topmodel.

"White Lies"
Single by Vize and Tokio Hotel
ReleasedJanuary 15, 2021 (2021-01-15)
Length3:03
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Bill Kaulitz
  • Tom Kaulitz
  • DJ Johannes Vimalavong
  • Vitali Zestovskih
  • Leonie Burger
  • Claudio Marselli
Producer(s)
  • T. Kaulitz
  • J Vimalavong
  • V Zestovskih
Tokio Hotel singles chronology
"Berlin"
(2020)		 "White Lies"
(2021)		 "Behind Blue Eyes"
(2021)
VIZE singles chronology
"Lonely"
(2020)		 "White Lies"
(2021)		 "I Miss U"
(2021)
"White Lies (NOØN Remix)"
Remix version by NOØN

Lyric video

The lyric video contains various environments under a red/blue overlay with the lyrics appearing on the screen.

Music video

The music video stars all members of Tokio Hotel, plus DJ Johannes and Vitali from VIZE. Shot and photographed by Christoph Köstlin and Dennis Dirksen, and directed by Barış Aladağ, the video shows the members of Tokio Hotel and VIZE floating around with their instruments, with Bill singing the song. The colours shift from red to blue, to black, like a rave party setting.

During production of the video, Tokio Hotel shared photos of the band's videoshoot on their official Instagram page.

White Lies Cover Challenge

With the song becoming popular in the social media world, Tokio Hotel started the White Lies Cover Challenge, which is a social media competition where they would ask fans to create their own cover of the song in any genre on video and to submit it to them on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter by April 4, 2021 using the hashtag #WhiteLiesCoverChallenge.

The winning covers would then be used by the band in a fan video version of the song. This was uploaded to their official YouTube account on April 15, 2021.

Track listing
Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."White Lies"3:03
2."White Lies (HBz Remix)"2:58
3."White Lies (NOØN Remix)"3:07

Charts

Certifications
Certifications for "White Lies"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[12] Platinum 30,000
Germany (BVMI)[13] Gold 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Releases
Region Date Version Format Label Ref(s)
Worldwide January 15, 2021 Original Digital download Epic [14]
April 2, 2021 NOØN remix [15]
May 7, 2021 HBz remix [16]

References
  1. "Vize X Tokio Hotel – White Lies" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  2. Vize & Tokio Hotel — White Lies. Tophit. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. "Vize X Tokio Hotel – White Lies" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  4. "Vize X Tokio Hotel – White Lies". Swiss Singles Chart.
  5. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  6. "Russia Airplay Chart for 2021-06-18." Tophit. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  7. "Ö3-Austria Top40 Single-Jahrescharts 2021". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  8. "Популярные хиты 2021" (in Russian). Tophit. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  9. "Jahrescharts 2021". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  10. "City & Country Radio – Top Year-End Hits" (in Russian). Tophit. 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  11. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2021". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  12. "Austrian single certifications – VIZE & Tokio Hotel – White Lies" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  13. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (VIZE x Tokio Hotel; 'White Lies')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  14. "White Lies". Amazon. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  15. "White Lies (NOØN Remix)". Amazon. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  16. "White Lies (HBz Remix)". Amazon. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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