The Strokes team up with Spitting Image
The Strokes have some handmade stand-ins! Their new video for Lonely in the Future features puppet versions of the band, created with the team behind Spitting Image.
They’re in unusual company, too. Puppet versions of Lou Reed, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are among the other faces in the video. Warren Fu directs, with Partizan producing in association with Avalon and Spitting Image.
Why Spitting Image?
If the name is new to you, Spitting Image is a British comedy show built around puppet caricatures of politicians, celebrities and other public figures. Its original run lasted from 1984 to 1996, with Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Mick Jagger among the people it poked fun at. That mix of music and public life gives the Strokes video’s cast a little more context.
There’s a music-video connection worth revisiting, too: Spitting Image created the puppets for Genesis’ Land of Confusion, including versions of the band themselves. Put the two videos together and you have two very different bands getting the puppet treatment.
From the video to the stage
Lonely in the Future comes from Reality Awaits. If you want to hear it live as well, the band’s SNL performance is available to watch, alongside Going Shopping, another track from the album.
