Josh Homme has spoken about revisiting the Iggy Pop collaboration ‘Sunday’ for Queens Of The Stone Age’s latest album ‘Perfecth’, while also discussing the possibility of the pair working together again in the future.
The frontman spoke to NME for our In Conversation series, discussing the band's ninth studio album, which arrived last Friday (October 30) through Matador.
Along with singles ‘Where The Goth Girls At?’, ‘Insignificant Other’ and ‘Easy Street’, ‘Perfecth’ also includes a new version of ‘Sunday’. The song first appeared on 2016's ‘Post Pop Depression’, the collaborative album by Iggy Pop, QOTSA bandmate Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys’ drummer Matt Helders.
When asked what inspired him to bring the track back for ‘Perfecth’, Homme explained that he had enjoyed writing it so much that he initially considered keeping it for himself.
Homme recalled arriving at the studio the following morning and telling the punk icon: “I came up with this song last night, and I almost kept it to myself, but that’s not the point of this. I want you to know that you have everything that I have to give for ‘Post Pop Depression’.”
He continued: “The way of proving it was saying, ‘It’s not mine or yours, it’s ours. And if we ever need to, we’ll just cover it’.” He also explained that the album “needed something jiggly that bubbles like ‘70s French disco”, adding that ‘Sunday’ “really does that thing”.
Homme said the idea of revisiting the song was inspired by the same “roadmap” behind the collaboration between Iggy Pop and David Bowie on ‘China Girl’. The track originally appeared on Pop’s 1977 debut solo album ‘The Idiot’ before Bowie recorded his own version and released it on 1983's ‘Let’s Dance’.
When asked how Pop feels about the updated version, Homme joked: “He fucking hates it… No, we got his blessing.”
He went on to praise Pop's unique place in rock music, saying: “In all of rock n’ roll, Iggy is really something special and individual. I think it’s amazing that he’s the one who outlasted them all. There’s something of a roadmap there in being yourself, and how even when that is a very lonely journey, you must move forward. He’s the motherfucker.”
On whether another collaboration could happen in the near future, Homme said: “My door is always open to Iggy, but these things can’t be forced. They happen when they’re supposed to happen, and that’s the way it goes.”
Watch the full interview below or read the complete conversation here. Homme and Michael Schuman also discussed how their ‘Catacombs’ tour influenced the new album, how the band grew closer while writing it and what fans can expect from their upcoming performances.
Queens Of The Stone Age talk 'Perfecth', love, friendship and entering their "third act"
‘Perfecth’ received a four-star review from NME, with the publication describing it as the band's “most intimate and adventurous work yet”.
“Homme has described this era as the band’s third act, looking for some peace after a first phase of securing themselves as pioneers outside of the usual rock mold and the second of upping the ante and going to war,” the review stated. “Like life and love, the album is knowingly not perfect, but nothing is. You’d rather drift off a little less and be anchored down by a little more bite and brimstone, but what you’ve got is a record with open arms and an open mind to the last stretch of road ahead.”
Queens Of The Stone Age will continue their 2026 live schedule later this month, with performances planned in LA, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. They will then return to Mexico City in March 2027 for a major co-headline show with Interpol. The band will also embark on another US tour during the summer, followed by European dates. UK dates are expected to be revealed soon.
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