"Still Want You" is the second single by American singer-songwriter

Brandon Flowers Brandon Richard Flowers (born June 21, 1981) is an American musician. He serves as the co-founder, lead vocalist, primary songwriter, keyboardist, and occasional bassist of the Las Vegas-based rock band the Killers, which he formed with Dave Ke ...

from his second studio album, ''

The Desired Effect ''The Desired Effect'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers. It was released on May 15, 2015, by Island Records. It was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid and Flowers and mixed by Alan Moulde ...

''.

Composition

The song reflects on seemingly negative trends in the world (aging, rising crime, climate change, nuclear distress, global disasters) and rebuffs them with the line "I Still Want You". It is ostensibly about staying together.

Music video

In promotion of the video, Flowers's YouTube channel released a series of clips titled "Keys", "Bass", "Drums", "Vox", and "Strings". The black and white music video was directed by

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(Daft Punk, The Killers, Haim). The video portrays Flowers and two backup singers in black and white dancing and singing.

Reception

Critical

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'' gave the song a positive review remarking that, " is song is awesome . . . When the call and return chorus of Flowers' hook is answered by the high-pitched choral voices, "Still Want You" kicks into another gleeful gear." ''

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'' called it a continuance of "the creative renaissance that the Killers frontman seems to be going through with his new solo album, The Desired Effect." ''

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'' said of the track, "Flowers delivers on his promise to give us something a bit different, yet it remains just as great as his previous offerings have been." DirectLyrics wrote, "The first single was amazing but this new song is just ‘instant’, quite catchy at moments, and evidently a whole more radio-friendly than its predecessor."

Track listing

Accolades

References

{{Authority control 2015 songs 2015 singles Brandon Flowers songs Songs written by Brandon Flowers Island Records singles Song recordings produced by Ariel Rechtshaid Music videos directed by Warren Fu