{"id":2048389,"date":"2026-07-17T08:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2048389"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:45:40","slug":"listen-to-brandon-flowers-jaunty-new-single-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2048389","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Brandon Flowers\u2019 jaunty new single \u2018Paradise\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRANDON_FLOWERS_2026_ChrisPhelps.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Listen to Brandon Flowers\u2019 jaunty new single \u2018Paradise\u2019<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The frontman of The Killers nods to Phil Collins with an apparent dig: &#8220;He took &#8216;Another Day In Paradise&#8217; from the working man \u2013 I\u2019ll be returning it to its rightful owner&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Tom Skinner<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-17T09:45:40+01:00\">17th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRANDON_FLOWERS_2026_ChrisPhelps-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Flowers. CREDIT: Chris Phelps\" title=\"BRANDON_FLOWERS_2026_ChrisPhelps\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Brandon Flowers. CREDIT: Chris Phelps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Brandon Flowers has shared another new solo single, \u2018Paradise\u2019 \u2013 you can listen to it below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Brandon Flowers talks new solo and Killers music \u2013 and the power of Springsteen and Oasis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The upbeat song is the second preview of the Killers frontman\u2019s third solo album, \u2018Thrasher\u2019, which is out on August 21 via Island. He released the first track, \u2018Plans\u2019, last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the first verse of the jaunty, country cut, Flowers sings: \u201c<em>They cut all the shifts right before the summer\/ Then the bastards forced me on to swing\/ I\u2019m parking some white sedan\/ While the owner tries his hand rolling dice\/ It\u2019s just another day in paradise<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last line appears to be a nod to Phil Collins\u2018 1989 track \u2018Another Day In Paradise\u2019. Collins attempted to address the issue of homelessness on the single, but faced criticism for its depiction of people experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on social media earlier this week, Flowers took an apparent dig at Collins, suggesting that \u2018Paradise\u2019 would set things straight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack in October \u201889, Phil Collins took \u2018Another Day In Paradise\u2019 from the working man,\u201d he wrote to announce the song. \u201cThis Friday the 17th, I\u2019ll be returning it to its rightful owner.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DavSz58pLK9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2012, <em>NME<\/em> noted that the backlash to Collins\u2019 \u2018Another Day In Paradise\u2019 was \u201cdirected at a rich man daring to empathise with the destitute\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers\u2019 \u2018Paradise\u2019 also includes the lines: \u201c<em>It\u2019s just another day in paradise\/ Another raindrop in the sea\/ Count the hours to quitting time\/ Trying to cross the silver line\/ That always leans just beyond my dreams.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thrasher\u2019 marks Flowers\u2019 first full-length solo project in over a decade, following on from 2015\u2019s \u2018The Desired Effect\u2019\u00a0and his 2010 debut\u00a0\u2018Flamingo\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recorded in Nashville, the album was made with Flowers\u2019 longtime producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, as well as guitarist David Rawlings, pedal steel player Bruce Bouton, and 85-year-old Charlie McCoy (the harmonica player who featured on all four of Bob Dylan\u2019s\u00a0Nashville records).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3952764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3952764\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3952764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flowers@2000x2000.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Flowers &apos;Thrasher&apos; artwork\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1997\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3952764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Flowers \u2018Thrasher\u2019 artwork. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The upcoming LP focuses on Flowers\u2019 early years, spending his childhood in the small town of Nephi, Utah. He looks back on how his father would drive him around the countryside listening to Johnny Cash\u00a0and\u00a0Waylon Jennings\u00a0on the record.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thrasher\u2019 is said to find the vocalist at his most personal and vulnerable, delving into a chapter of his life that he\u2019s rarely written about before, and reminiscing about these formative years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve gotten older, I\u2019ve found my way back to my father\u2019s music \u2013 \u2018Country-Western\u2019 (as he called it) \u2013 and discovered that the stories I carry really feel most at home in the skin of this beautiful American tradition,\u201d Flowers explained previously.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll take \u2018Thrasher\u2019 out on a UK, Ireland and North American solo tour later this year. The run of dates includes a concert at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London in October. Find any remaining tickets here (UK and Ireland) and here (North America).<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with <em>NME<\/em>\u00a0last year, Flowers spoke about his plans for two new solo albums, describing the first as more of a \u201cstep backwards\u201d from \u2018The Desired Effect\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more in the \u2018Flamingo\u2019 direction,\u201d he told us. \u201cI made two South West records, if you want to know the truth. One is a romantic South West record, and the other is a narrative South West record which picks up where [The Killers\u2019 latest album] \u2018Pressure Machine\u2019 left off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled about both of them, and they\u2019ll both come out before the next Killers record \u2013 but I\u2019m thrilled about the next Killers record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for future material from the Las Vegas band, Flowers told <em>NME<\/em> it was \u201ca little too early to say\u201d what their next era would sound like. However, he revealed that they wouldn\u2019t be returning to the slick, synth-y style of standalone singles \u2018Boy\u2019\u00a0and\u00a0\u2018Your Side Of Town\u2019\u00a0(both produced by\u00a0Stuart Price).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not put it out unless it is the best,\u201d the frontman said. \u201cWe\u2019ve already discussed it. 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td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KeosharenewsinglePistol-debut-album-Put-A-Smile-On-For-Me-news-story-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/KeosharenewsinglePistol-debut-album-Put-A-Smile-On-For-Me-news-story-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Listen to Keo\u2019s soaring new single \u2018Pistol\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Brandon Flowers has shared another new solo single, \u2018Paradise\u2019 \u2013 you can listen to it below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Brandon Flowers talks new solo and Killers music \u2013 and the power of Springsteen and Oasis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The upbeat song is the second preview of the Killers frontman\u2019s third solo album, \u2018Thrasher\u2019, which is out on August 21 via Island. He released the first track, \u2018Plans\u2019, last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the first verse of the jaunty, country cut, Flowers sings: \u201c<em>They cut all the shifts right before the summer\/ Then the bastards forced me on to swing\/ I\u2019m parking some white sedan\/ While the owner tries his hand rolling dice\/ It\u2019s just another day in paradise<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last line appears to be a nod to Phil Collins\u2018 1989 track \u2018Another Day In Paradise\u2019. Collins attempted to address the issue of homelessness on the single, but faced criticism for its depiction of people experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on social media earlier this week, Flowers took an apparent dig at Collins, suggesting that \u2018Paradise\u2019 would set things straight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack in October \u201889, Phil Collins took \u2018Another Day In Paradise\u2019 from the working man,\u201d he wrote to announce the song. \u201cThis Friday the 17th, I\u2019ll be returning it to its rightful owner.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DavSz58pLK9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2012, <em>NME<\/em> noted that the backlash to Collins\u2019 \u2018Another Day In Paradise\u2019 was \u201cdirected at a rich man daring to empathise with the destitute\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers\u2019 \u2018Paradise\u2019 also includes the lines: \u201c<em>It\u2019s just another day in paradise\/ Another raindrop in the sea\/ Count the hours to quitting time\/ Trying to cross the silver line\/ That always leans just beyond my dreams.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thrasher\u2019 marks Flowers\u2019 first full-length solo project in over a decade, following on from 2015\u2019s \u2018The Desired Effect\u2019\u00a0and his 2010 debut\u00a0\u2018Flamingo\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Recorded in Nashville, the album was made with Flowers\u2019 longtime producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, as well as guitarist David Rawlings, pedal steel player Bruce Bouton, and 85-year-old Charlie McCoy (the harmonica player who featured on all four of Bob Dylan\u2019s\u00a0Nashville records).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3952764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3952764\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3952764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flowers@2000x2000.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Flowers &apos;Thrasher&apos; artwork\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1997\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3952764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Flowers \u2018Thrasher\u2019 artwork. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The upcoming LP focuses on Flowers\u2019 early years, spending his childhood in the small town of Nephi, Utah. He looks back on how his father would drive him around the countryside listening to Johnny Cash\u00a0and\u00a0Waylon Jennings\u00a0on the record.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thrasher\u2019 is said to find the vocalist at his most personal and vulnerable, delving into a chapter of his life that he\u2019s rarely written about before, and reminiscing about these formative years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve gotten older, I\u2019ve found my way back to my father\u2019s music \u2013 \u2018Country-Western\u2019 (as he called it) \u2013 and discovered that the stories I carry really feel most at home in the skin of this beautiful American tradition,\u201d Flowers explained previously.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll take \u2018Thrasher\u2019 out on a UK, Ireland and North American solo tour later this year. The run of dates includes a concert at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London in October. Find any remaining tickets here (UK and Ireland) and here (North America).<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with <em>NME<\/em>\u00a0last year, Flowers spoke about his plans for two new solo albums, describing the first as more of a \u201cstep backwards\u201d from \u2018The Desired Effect\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s more in the \u2018Flamingo\u2019 direction,\u201d he told us. \u201cI made two South West records, if you want to know the truth. One is a romantic South West record, and the other is a narrative South West record which picks up where [The Killers\u2019 latest album] \u2018Pressure Machine\u2019 left off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled about both of them, and they\u2019ll both come out before the next Killers record \u2013 but I\u2019m thrilled about the next Killers record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for future material from the Las Vegas band, Flowers told <em>NME<\/em> it was \u201ca little too early to say\u201d what their next era would sound like. However, he revealed that they wouldn\u2019t be returning to the slick, synth-y style of standalone singles \u2018Boy\u2019\u00a0and\u00a0\u2018Your Side Of Town\u2019\u00a0(both produced by\u00a0Stuart Price).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not put it out unless it is the best,\u201d the frontman said. \u201cWe\u2019ve already discussed it. It\u2019s gotta be so good or it\u2019s not worth it.\u201d He then confirmed that the new music would feature \u201call four members\u201d, after they reunited for the 2024 song\u00a0\u2018Bright Lights\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/brandon-flowers-shares-new-solo-single-paradise-listen-3957432&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BRANDON_FLOWERS_2026_ChrisPhelps.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Listen to Brandon Flowers\u2019 jaunty new single \u2018Paradise\u2019 The frontman of The Killers nods to Phil Collins with an apparent dig: &#8220;He took &#8216;Another Day In Paradise&#8217; from the working man \u2013 I\u2019ll be returning it to its rightful owner&#8221; By Tom Skinner 17th July 2026 Brandon Flowers. 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