Watch Iggy Pop and Josh Homme debut ‘Gardenia’ on ‘Colbert’

Just a day after Iggy Pop announced his new collaborative album with Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Pop debuted its first single, “Gardenia,� Thursday on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.�

Dressed in a low-buttoned black suit and looking like he just sauntered out of a hotel bar, Pop gave the song a relatively restrained and poignant performance. The single, from his wonderfully titled new album “Post Pop Depression,� continues the bleak, grooving moods from his great David Bowie collaborations, and it’s perhaps his catchiest new tune in a generation.

Homme was again happy to play the sideman here, offering little jabs of guitar and backing vocals but generally staying out of the way -- the only right decision with a singer such as Pop.

The two reunited for an interview with Colbert in which they described their secret recording sessions in Joshua Tree. They kept the conversation light -- Homme didn’t go into the Paris terrorist attacks at a concert by his other band, Eagles of Death Metal.

But he did describe what must have been a delightful session making “Post Pop Depression.� “It’s a wonderful experience to have Iggy as a roommate,� he said.

“To be such a huge fan of Iggy and see him in the morning in a kimono is like ... it’s just enough to leave something to the imagination, and I’ve got a really good imagination.�

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