My Own Soul's Warning
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| Single by the Killers | ||||
| from the album Imploding the Mirage | ||||
| Released | June 17, 2020 | |||
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| Length | 4:34 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter | Brandon Flowers | |||
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"My Own Soul's Warning" is a song by American rock band the Killers from their sixth studio album, Imploding the Mirage (2020). It was released on June 17, 2020, as the album's second single.[1][2]
Album lead track, "My Own Soul's Warning" was written near the end of the Imploding the Mirage sessions, when frontman Brandon Flowers was worried that the album didn't have a single and he started to panic.[3] It was the final song written for the album.[4]
The band struggled to get the right mix for the song, going through nearly 90 mixes of it, with Flowers describing it as a “stubborn son of a bitch.”[3]
Writing about the song for Apple Music, Flowers said that the song was about "repentance", which he acknowledged is "not a typical subject in a pop or rock song". He said he wanted to "write something that was meaningful to myself and that felt like it was going to transcend and resonate with a lot of people in a stadium or inside their headphones."[5]
It is Flowers' favourite song on the Imploding the Mirage album.[3]
The band leaked the intro to the song during a live stream on Instagram in April 2020, two months before it was released.[6]
The cover artwork is by African-American artist Thomas Blackshear.
Music videos
Two music videos have been made for the song.
First video
The first music video, released via YouTube on July 16, 2020, is a sneak peek from a forthcoming short film with director Sing Lee tied to the Killers' then-upcoming album Imploding the Mirage.[7][1] The film will premiere on Apple Music. The music video has snippets reminding of an Americana theme. There are a number of stories going on.[8]
Second video
The second music video, directed by Michael Hili, premiered on YouTube on August 20, 2020, just over a month after the first video. It features frontman Brandon Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. going on a road trip together in a pickup truck through cornfields and snow-covered forests.[9]
Awards and accolades
| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | MTV Video Music Award | Best Rock | Nominated |
Uproxx listed it as No. 5 on its Best Songs of 2020.[10] NME listed it as No. 14 on its Best Songs of 2020.[11]
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Imploding the Mirage.[12]
Recording locations
- Recorded at Subtle McNugget Studios (Los Angeles), Electro-Vox Recording Studios (Los Angeles), and Battle Born Studios (Las Vegas)
- Mixed at Subtle McNugget Studios (Los Angeles) and Effie Street Studios (Los Angeles)
- Mastered at The Lodge (New York City)
Personnel
The Killers
- Brandon Flowers – vocals, synth, organ, glockenspiel
- Ronnie Vannucci Jr. – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Jonathan Rado – production, bass, organ, guitar, cello, string synth, piano
- Shawn Everett – production, recording, mixing
- Ivan Wayman – engineering
- Robert Root – engineering
- Ariel Rechtshaid – mixing
- Bobby Lee Parker – guitar
- Rob Moose – strings
- Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keys
- Brian D'Addario – acoustic guitar
- Emily Lazar – mastering
