# Watch The Strokes hit out at Elon Musk and billionaire class in ‘Spitting Image’ puppet-filled ‘Lonely in the Future’ video

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/watch-the-strokes-hit-out-at-elon-musk-and-billionaire-class-in-spitting-image-puppet-filled-lonely-in-the-future-video/
- Published: 2026-11-09T14:04:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T14:27:12+00:00
- Original publisher: NME
- Original article: https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-the-strokes-hit-out-at-elon-musk-and-billionaire-class-in-spitting-image-puppet-filled-lonely-in-the-future-video-3975458
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- The Strokes target billionaires in a satirical puppet video.
- Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Rupert Murdoch feature.
- The video follows the band’s UK and Ireland tour.

## Summary

The Strokes have released a puppet-filled video for “Lonely in the Future”, using political satire to criticise Elon Musk and the wider billionaire class. Made with director Warren Fu and the team behind Spitting Image, the video turns the band and several public figures into puppets, drawing on Genesis’s “Land of Confusion” video.

It shows Musk and Jeff Bezos kissing, Rupert Murdoch manipulating headlines and Greta Thunberg being imprisoned, alongside scenes featuring other celebrities and references to The Strokes’ earlier videos. The release follows the band’s recent Saturday Night Live performances and their first full UK and Ireland headline tour in more than 20 years; guitarist Nick Valensi has been taking a temporary break, with Steve Schiltz filling in.

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