{"id":425353,"date":"2026-01-23T16:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/425353\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:56:07","slug":"steven-drozd-explains-his-departure-from-the-flaming-lips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/425353\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Drozd Explains His Departure from The Flaming Lips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Drozd opened up about his <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/12\/steven-drozd-no-longer-member-flaming-lips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">split<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/the-flaming-lips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Flaming Lips<\/a>\u00a0during a recent appearance on FOX 23\u2019s One More Thing.<\/p>\n<p>Expanding on his decision publicly for the first time, Drozd said that following a \u201cpersonal crisis\u201d at the end of The Flaming Lips\u2019 outing in 2024, he decided he no longer wanted to tour, but had hoped to remain an active member of the band as a studio contributor. However, \u201cWayne [Coyne] and I disagreed on what I should do moving forward, so we just kind of agreed that I would step back. Then stepping back turned into not coming back,\u201d Drozd explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of me hoped I could just be like a guy that doesn\u2019t tour but is still in the band,\u201d he added. \u201cI think that can work for some bands \u2014 I guess it worked for The Beach Boys \u2014 but we\u2019re not The Beach Boys. That just seemed like an odd fit. After 33 years, moving on felt kind of right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Drozd initially announced his departure from the band in a reply to a fan on Threads back in December, a decision he described as a \u201cblundering mistake\u201d because he thought the message was private. \u201cBefore I knew it, it was on the timeline,\u201d Drozd recounted. \u201cSomeone screenshotted it and ran with it. I wish it had been handled differently, like an official statement, before I blundered with that post.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As such, Drozd admitted that the current status of his relationship with Coyne is rocky. \u201cOn hold, I guess,\u201d is how Drozd described it. \u201cWe\u2019re just taking a break for now.\u201d For his part, Coyne <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelineofbestfit.com\/news\/wayne-coyne-addresses-steven-drozd-leaving-the-flaming-lips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said<\/a> the reason Drozd left the band was \u201csad and infuriating,\u201d adding that \u201cit is HIS responsibility to tell everyone what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the possibility of a reunion with Coyne down the road, Drozd said, \u201cIf that were the case, it would be a long time from now. Everyone is resigned to moving on. I\u2019m working on a solo record that will probably come out in the summer. It won\u2019t be The Flaming Lips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch Drozd\u2019s full interview below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steven Drozd opened up about his split from The Flaming Lips\u00a0during a recent appearance on FOX 23\u2019s One&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-425353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}