Brandon Flowers admits he’s put his foot in his mouth a few times. He called The Killers’ 2006 album, Sam’s Town, one of the “one of the best albums in the past 20 years,” only to have it end up being a critical disappointment. Still, he’s not backing down from all of stances, specifically when it comes to Kanye West being overrated.

In a new Rolling Stone interview, Flowers was asked about a 2006 quote in which he said West “makes me ill.” A decade later, Flowers said he stands by his remark:



“Yeah, that one’s tough. Everyone’s afraid to say anything contrary to him being a genius. It’s crazy, man! And it’s frustrating. I’m not going to tear him down, but I will say I find that to be frustrating. [Laughs] That’s my stance on it. A lot of people might agree with me now. I may have been a little bit ahead of my time. But I think he wants to be good. I think he wants to be great, and that’s something that we all want to strive for. We’ve just got different roads of getting there, I guess.”

In the same interview, Flowers said that while he still thinks his new album The Desired Effect is “strong,” he may have been a bit overconfident when he said every song could be a single. He also said that The Killers “need a little bit of a kick in the pants” to get their energy up to do a new record, but they’re on their way and excited for it.

Update: Speaking of The Desired Effect, Flowers has shared another album track in “I Can Change”. Listen below.