00:00Good afternoon, Mr. Brandon Flowers.
00:01How are you, ma'am?
00:02I'm not bad at all. How are you?
00:03Pretty good.
00:04You're looking well?
00:05Thank you, yeah. I'm relieved.
00:08To look so well?
00:10No, I'm relieved that it's over, you know.
00:13My speech was four minutes long,
00:16and I trimmed about a minute and a half off of it
00:19because I felt like it was too long.
00:21I'm happy it's... anyway.
00:22That's pretty good going,
00:22considering Bruce Springsteen was just over your shoulder.
00:25Yes.
00:26About half of it was kind of towards him,
00:29but he means a lot to me,
00:30and it really meant a lot that he would come
00:32and honor me with this.
00:34Well, how significant is that,
00:35that it's Bruce of all people?
00:36I mean, it's almost too much.
00:39I tried not to let this...
00:40I genuinely... I'm an emotional guy,
00:42and I know that this is not the crowd
00:45to really let that cut loose,
00:48so I was trying to just keep myself together.
00:50And 2003, the band are coming together.
00:53Did you ever imagine that you'd be here in London
00:55all these years later being recognized as...
00:57Well, it's been a magical thing.
00:59It really... I feel like it was yesterday.
01:00It was September 2003.
01:02We're staying at the Columbia,
01:03as, you know, like every young band should have at that time,
01:05and we were playing in these venues,
01:07and there were pictures of Blur on the wall
01:09and Oasis and Suede and things like that,
01:11and it was just... that was enough almost.
01:13That trip was almost enough.
01:15It was like, this is amazing.
01:16And it has just gotten better and better and better,
01:20and I just... I genuinely...
01:23I'm flabbergasted, and I also expect it at the same time.
01:29Somewhere in between there.
01:30What can you tell us about the importance of the UK
01:34in the story of your success
01:35and of British music in your DNA as a songwriter?
01:39It's always there.
01:40You know, I mentioned when I...
01:42Even when I'm writing about the desert
01:44or when I'm writing about rural Utah,
01:47there is... there's still something, I think,
01:49that you can recognize in my writing
01:51that it just can't be extracted.
01:53It is a part of who I am.
01:55It's the music that I fell in love with,
01:56and it's foundational for me,
01:58and I'm so grateful for it.
01:59I've met so many people.
02:02I'm in a peculiar position,
02:04but they say don't meet your heroes,
02:05but I'm so lucky I've gotten to meet so many of them,
02:08and they've all been beautiful to me,
02:09and I'm just... man, I'm feeling grateful.
02:13Have you met the Gallaghers?
02:14Because I understand Mr. Brightside was...
02:15Oh, yeah.
02:16No, it was...
02:17So...
02:18I don't know if I'm allowed to tell which side I'm on.
02:21I love them both.
02:22I love them both.
02:25They've both...
02:27Neither of them have said anything,
02:29you know, too degrading about the Killers,
02:32and...
02:33No, we've hung out with Liam a little bit,
02:36and hung out with Noel a little bit,
02:37and, you know,
02:38what they have contributed to the world
02:40is incredible,
02:41and it's amazing to see them back together.
02:43Are you on the guest list for the reunion tour?
02:45I'll be out there somewhere.
02:48And what's next?
02:49Because the last time we spoke,
02:50you spoke of a new Killers record.
02:52You said there was a third
02:54Brandon Flowers' solo record in the works.
02:55So the next thing we're going to get
02:56is a Brandon Flowers' record.
03:00Unfortunately.
03:03But it's so good.
03:06We'll see.
03:07Where does it take things from,
03:07the desired effects?
03:08That was awesome.
03:09It's actually going a step backwards.
03:11It's more in the Flamingo direction.
03:12I made two Southwest records,
03:14if you want to know the truth.
03:16And one is a romantic Southwest record,
03:18and one is a narrative Southwest record,
03:21which picks up on, you know,
03:23from where Pressure Machine left off.
03:24And I'm thrilled about both of them,
03:27and those will both come out
03:28before the next Killers record,
03:30but there will be another Killers record.
03:32Lyrically, what's inspiring you at the moment?
03:33Oh, just story.
03:35It's just being able to,
03:36that's another reason why Bruce is so important to me,
03:38is he gave me the, you know,
03:41permission to write about things
03:43that I actually know about,
03:46and that experiences that I've actually witnessed,
03:49and that I've lived.
03:51And there's something powerful about that,
03:53and it transcends.
03:53When people hear it,
03:54it doesn't matter where they are,
03:55they get it.
03:56They pick up the heart and the soul from it.
03:58And so those are the things
03:59that I'm able to tap into, yeah.
04:01And the next Killers record,
04:02is it chrome-plated like Boy and those singles?
04:05No, no, no.
04:06It's the album that was that.
04:08Yeah.
04:11I don't know what exactly it's going to be.
04:14I can't, it's a little bit too early to say.
04:16But it's got to be,
04:17we will not put it out unless it is the best.
04:21That's the thing.
04:22We've already discussed it.
04:23It's got to be so good,
04:26or else it's not worth it.
04:27All four members, larger than life?
04:28Yes, that's right.
04:29Amazing.
04:30And the heart first anniversary tour,
04:33is it coming to the UK?
04:35No, no, I'm sorry.
04:37Why do you hate us, Brandon?
04:38No, I don't.
04:39No, it's probably half the crowd
04:41at all of those shows.
04:42We did 13 shows.
04:43I guarantee you half the crowd was British.
04:45And I'm sorry that it was expensive,
04:47but it was probably worth it
04:48because those were fun shows.
04:48Yeah, amazing.
04:50What are you going to do
04:50when you leave this room?
04:50Hang out with Bono?
04:51Hang out with Robbie Williams?
04:52I got an invite, maybe.
04:53You know, Bono.
04:54Yeah?
04:54But I might not.
04:55I don't know.
04:55What's Bono's chat?
04:56Is Bono a good night out?
04:58Yeah, you know.
04:58It's interesting, but I don't know.
05:02We'll see what happens.
05:02You, Bono, Bruce Springsteen,
05:04Robbie Williams,
05:05all in one taxi.
05:07I think Bruce is headed to Belgium, but...
05:10Sweet.
05:10Brandon, thank you so much for your time.
05:26We'll see you next time.
05:27We'll see you next time.
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