The Strokes - The Adults Are Talking

What this video is

Released December 1, 2020, deep within the COVID-19 pandemic, 'The Adults Are Talking' video arrived as the promotional centrepiece for The New Abnormal — the Strokes' first album in seven years and their first Grammy-nominated record. The video's man-vs-machine baseball allegory reads as a pandemic-era underdog fable: a ragged human team joyously celebrating a single run scored in an otherwise overwhelming loss.…

Why it matters

As the lead single video for The New Abnormal — the album that earned The Strokes their first-ever Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album — this video anchors a culturally significant moment of post-punk revival maturity. The song charted at No. 8 on Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and has…

The director

Roman François Coppola (b. April 22, 1965) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and music video director. Son of Francis Ford Coppola, he is founder and owner of The Directors Bureau production company. His music video work earned 3 MTV VMAs for Fatboy…