Rut (The Killers song) Brandon Flowers explained that the lyrics of "Rut" were inspired by his wife, Tana Mundkowsky, who struggles with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to a traumatizing childhood. "The song is from my wife's point of view, and it's from her perspective. And it's about resilience. So, she's singing to me. It's almost like this submission, it's her accepting like, 'I'm facing this thing'", Flowers said. The pitch on Flowers' vocals was altered to make his voice sound more feminine. Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Wonderful Wonderful". The Killers Additional personnel Rut (The Killers song) "Rut" is a song
Studio Killers (album) top 10 on the Finnish Albums Chart, and also charted on some of the US "Billboard" album charts. The album fared well critically, with reviewers enjoying both the lyrical and musical content. In 2013, Popmatters listed it number 64 on their list of the "75 Best Albums of 2013". Five singles came from "Studio Killers": "Ode to the Bouncer", "Eros and Apollo", "All Men Are Pigs", "Jenny" and "Who Is In Your Heart Now?". "Ode to the Bouncer", the album's lead single, was released in 2011, and was a commercial success in Europe, topping the Dutch Singles Chart and also