The Strokes unveil a Spitting Image puppet video for Lonely in the Future

The Strokes appear as Spitting Image puppets in their official Lonely in the Future video. Laughing Squid and V Magazine reported the release on November 9. Warren Fu directed the film, with production by Partizan in association with Avalon Entertainment.

Puppet versions of the musicians share the screen with satirical depictions of corporate figures, television newsrooms and music critics. The release supplies a new visual treatment for an existing recording: Lonely in the Future comes from the band’s seventh studio album Reality Awaits, released in July.

The British Spitting Image team has an earlier connection with music videos through Genesis’s 1986 Land of Confusion. The new film brings that puppet tradition into The Strokes’ current album campaign. The band also performed Lonely in the Future and Going Shopping on Saturday Night Live before the video’s release. The official clip is available through the group’s own channel.