Modern Talking Solo careers
 In 2006 Bohlen included a secret message in his song Bizarre Bizarre which was played backwards: There will never be an end to Modern Talking. However, Bohlen said he was referring to the existing music, and Anders also reaffirmed that the group will never be back. Anders has kept the Modern Talking songs in his repertoire and produced songs in a similar vein for his solo records (Independent Girl). In 2006 he produced an album of Swing and Jazz versions of popular songs (including Modern Talking's first hit). Bohlen has written two autobiographical books, one of which also detailed Modern Talking's history from his perspective, sold a million copies in Germany. The sequel was heavily criticised for his unfairness towards the people he worked with. As a result of that, he withdrew from the public for a year until 2006, when he said he regretted putting out the second book. Anders had not been the only one pressing charges against Bohlen and demanding that sections of the book be modified. Frank Farian was angered by Bohlen's literary output and released a book in which he tried to expose Bohlen as a fraud, but this didn't get down well with the public, either. Bohlen's first book was the basis of an animated comedy film called Dieter - Der Film. The soundtrack of this film contained one previously unreleased Modern Talking song (Shooting Star) which had obviously been written for the Universe album. Anders recently had his first and Bohlen his fourth child.
Bohlen and Anders split again. Bohlen went on to the German version of Pop Idol and Anders became a musician on its own after being the second violine in the shadow of the flamboyant Bohlen.
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