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The Strokes compartilharam um videoclipe de 'Lonely in the Future', que os mostra envolvendo os marionetes da Spitting Image e apontando a Elon Musk e a classe bilionária.

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The new visuals for the ‘Reality Awaits’ track take a similar approach to the iconic ‘Land Of Confusion’ music video from Genesis – reimagining the band members as puppets and criticising the social issues around them.

Julian Casablancas e co. se reuniram novamente com o diretor Warren Fu para as visuais, tendo trabalhado anteriormente com ele em vídeos de “You Only Live Once”, “Taken for a Fool” e “Under Cover of Darkness”, bem como em alguns dos materiais solo do cantor.

Together, Fu and The Strokes also work alongside Splitting Image – the company behind the hit show of the same name – to reimagine the band as puppets, as well as famous faces including Greta Thunberg, Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Bezos and more.

Taking aim at the billionaire class, the video depicts Musk and Jeff Bezos kissing, batting off Mark Zuckerberg with a taser, and later coming together to celebrate “the end of the world”.

Murdoch is depicted as changing media headlines to push his own ideologies, and other moments in the video include Greta Thunberg being imprisoned, and music critic Anthony Fantano calling Bach as “not good” and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey “immensely boring”.

O último se refere à rivalidade entre Casablancas e Fantano, sendo que o último já criticou o projeto paralelo de Casablancas, The Voidz, dizendo que era “not good”, e também atribuiu a ‘Reality Awaits’ uma avaliação de 3/10, chamando-o de seu “worst album”.

Other famous faces depicted include Lou Reed – who Casablancas has repeatedly cited as a big source of inspiration for The Strokes – and producer Rick Rubin, who worked with the band on their latest record.

The new video arrives shortly after the indie icons performed both ‘Lonely In The Future’ and ‘Going Shopping’ on Saturday Night Live – with Walton Goggins making a surprise appearance for the latter, having also starred in the music video.

O NME premiou “Reality Awaits” com quatro estrelas, elogiando a disposição da banda em experimentar e concluindo que eles soavam “mais vivos e imersos do que têm sido em anos”.

Since it dropped, the band have wrapped up their first full UK and Ireland headline tour in more than two decades, including two nights at London’s O2 Arena and shows in Newcastle, Manchester and Dublin.

Their London performance received a five-star review from NME, which concluded: “In the 25 years since their first UK show, The Strokes have had their ups and downs, and their moments when it felt like they’d rather be doing anything but playing together.

Guitarist Nick Valensi has been absent from the tour, having announced a temporary break from the band in May, with Longwave’s Steve Schiltz filling in. Last month, the guitarist made a surprise appearance with Duran Duran in Paris, and Casablancas has stated that he will be returning to the stage with his bandmates “soon”.

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