The Killers will see their sixth studio album – “Imploding the Mirage” – released on Friday after a nearly three-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. And it looks like the album is inspired by Utah, sort of.
What is the matter:
The Killers ‘lead singer Brandon Flowers told USA Today that much of the album was inspired by Flowers’ move from Las Vegas to Utah.
- Flowers and his wife, Tana Mundkowsky, and their three sons moved to Utah from Las Vegas, which has been home to the rock band since its inception.
- Flowers said he explored his relationship with his wife in the new album.
‘Most of this record is about me and my wife becoming eternal, and the question,’ Can two become one? ‘I wanted to capture the beauty of perseverance. If ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ went over me to some of the ugliest sides of life, this one is more festive. ‘
Talk about his wife
The song “Ruth” from “Wonderful Wonderful” pays homage to Flowers’ wife. The music video of the song showed a young woman struggling with depression, as I wrote about for Deseret.com.
- “It chronicles her entire life from depression from her childhood to adulthood, and paints a visual interpretation of the song that was inspired by the struggle of Flowers’ own wife,” according to Uproxx, a pop culture website.
- “She has a complex version of (post-traumatic stress disorder) from her childhood, and it’s her talk,” he told Newsweek. “It’s emotional and the only song I sat with was sitting and playing the piano, just to make sure it was okay with her.”
