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"The Man" is a song by rock band the Killers from their fifth studio album "Wonderful Wonderful". It was released on June 14, 2017, as the lead single from the album. The song debuted on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart at #26 the week after its release. On the same week, it ranked as Alternative Radio's most added song. The track subsequently became The Killers' ninth song to reach the top 10 of the Alternative Songs chart, before entering the top five. "The Man" subsequently reached #1 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart, their first song to do so in over 10 years since "Read My Mind". The song also reached #1 on the Mediabase Alternative Airplay chart.
Drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. stated that the song's lyrics were "largely about how when we were younger we felt invincible. What it meant to be a 'man' in your 20's. Sort of your chest out, the breadwinner, nothing could stop you, invincible sort of thing. It's sort of tongue-and-cheeking that, how that is not really the point of being a man at all. It's actually more about compassion and empathy." According to the band's vocalist Brandon Flowers, the song is a response to the more delicate songs of the album, including "Rut" and "Some Kind of Love": "Those songs came and it was like, 'These are more tender or contemplative than we've ever been, how did we get to this point?' Reflecting on that was where 'The Man' came from."
The artwork for the single features Flowers's youngest son Henry and was shot by Anton Corbijn.
The accompanying music video for the single was directed by Tim Mattia and released on June 28, 2017. The video, filmed in Las Vegas, features Flowers portraying five characters—a gambler, a pianist, a playboy, a motocross racer, and a karaoke singer—that are connected by their obsession with ego and fame. By the end of the video, all of Flowers' characters begin to fall apart as their success fades: the gambler loses his car; the curtains close on the lounge singer; the girls all ditch him; the old tapes show the rider's career-ending accident; and the drunk gets kicked out of the bar. It includes a cameo by former Mayor of Las Vegas and current First Gentleman of Las Vegas Oscar Goodman.
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