{
  "id": 794582,
  "title": "Brandon Flowers Still Fueled By Competition With Ezra Koenig",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/brandon-flowers-still-fueled-by-competition-with-ezra-koenig",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-13T17:46:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2508194/brandon-flowers-still-fueled-by-competition-with-ezra-koenig/news/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It turns out that even if you make a song as big as \"Mr. Brightside,\" you still succumb to feelings of competition with your peers. Brandon Flowers is not shy about this; in 2020, he told NME that he was grateful for Ezra Koenig because Vampire Weekend's Father Of The Bride \"helped to propel us into the right direction and realize that we couldn't just phone in the Killers' record.\" In a new…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}