"What Kind of Man" is a song by Florence + The Machine, released on 12 February 2015 as the lead single from their third studio album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. The song marks a new guitar-driven direction for the band, featuring loud guitars, heavy beats with tambourine and bass drum, and rich brass arrangements. Lyrically, it focuses on an indecisive man who wronged lead vocalist Florence Welch, exploring themes of complex and conflicted love
. Critically, the song was well-received, praised for its big, dramatic sound with Wagnerian backing vocals and horn blasts, and described as a "fiery rocker" by reviewers. It was nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song
. Commercially, "What Kind of Man" reached number 37 on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number eight on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in the US, tying as one of the band's highest-charting singles on that chart. By July 2018, it had sold 177,000 copies and been streamed over 11 million times in the UK
. The song's lyrics depict a tumultuous relationship marked by devotion despite pain and uncertainty, with repeated questioning of "What kind of man loves like this?" reflecting the emotional complexity of the subject
