The Strokes have released a new music video for “Going Shopping,” the lead single for their upcoming album, Reality Awaits. Watch it below.
Paying homage to Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al” video, the visual stars Walton Goggins (The White Lotus, Fallout, The Righteous Gemstones) in the role originally played by Chevy Chase. Directed by longtime collaborator Johann Rashid, the clip was shot on the Spanish island of Tenerife, off the coast of Morocco.
Like the “You Can Call Me Al” video, the visual sees Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas sitting beside Goggins as the actor lip-syncs along with the lyrics, while occasionally getting up to dance. They are joined by dancing clowns while messages flash across the screen, such as, “Worker on strike! (but alas, the news won’t show it).”
This is a thinly veiled reference to the plight of Amazon warehouse workers. In the clip, a package is delivered by an actor dressed like an Amazon delivery person, who returns with a sign that reads, “On Strike.” Casablancas also wore a “Crime” T-shirt spoofing the Amazon Prime logo during the first weekend of the Strokes’ return to Coachella in April.
“Never had the audacity to put something like this on my bucket list,” Goggins wrote in an Instagram post about the video. “I’ve been listening to REALITY AWAITS since March.. It’s so gatdamn special y’all. Thank you fellas… Jules, Fab, Albert, Nikolai and Johann for this invitation. Days I will never forget! New Friends. Can’t wait to see you on the road gents! I’ll be singing my ass off in whatever seat I can get.”
Pre-orders for Reality Awaits are available now ahead of its delayed release on July 24th. The Strokes are currently on a lengthy international tour, which features headlining slots at summer and fall festivals like Outside Lands, Summer Sonic, Just Like Heaven, Shaky Knees, and Sea.Hear.Now. Tickets are available for purchase here.
The Strokes 2026 Tour Dates:
07/12 – Richmond, VA @ Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront ☨ [Buy Tickets]
07/14 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center * [Buy Tickets]
07/15 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center * [Buy Tickets]
07/17 – Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Insurance Amphitheater ‡ [Buy Tickets]
07/19 – St. Paul, MN @ Minnesota Yacht Club Festival
07/22 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre † [Buy Tickets]
07/23 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre † [Buy Tickets]
08/08 — San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music Festival
08/14 — Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonic
08/15 — Osaka, Japan @ Summer Sonic
08/22 — Pasadena, CA @ Just Like Heaven
08/25 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater || [Buy Tickets]
08/27 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena # [Buy Tickets]
08/28 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena || [Buy Tickets]
09/12 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena ¦ [Buy Tickets]
09/13 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live ¦ [Buy Tickets]
09/17 — Charlotte, NC @ Truliant Amphitheater ¦ [Buy Tickets]
09/18 — Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Music Festival
09/20 — Asbury Park, NJ @ Sea.Hear.Now Festival
10/02 — Queens, NY @ Flushing Meadows-Corona Park ^
10/06 — London, United Kingdom @ The O2 §
10/07 — London, United Kingdom @ The O2 §
10/11 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome §
10/13 — Dusseldorf, Germany @ PSD Bank Dome §
10/15 — Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena §
10/17 — Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena §
10/20 — Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi §
10/22 — Paris, France @ Accor Arena §
10/25 — Newcastle, United Kingdom @ Utilita Arena §
10/26 — Manchester, United Kingdom @ Co-op Live §
10/28 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena §
11/20 — Lima, PE @ Estadio Universidad San Marcos»
11/22 — Mexico City, MX @ Corona Capital
11/27 — Santiago, CL @ Festival Fauna Sound
11/29 — Buenos Aires @ Primavera Sound Buenos Aires
12/02 — Bogotá, CO—Coliseo Medplus±
12/05 — São Paulo, BR @ Primavera Sound São Paulo
* = w/ Thundercat and Hamilton Leithauser
☨ = w/ Hamilton Leithauser
‡ = w/ Cage the Elephant and Thundercat
† = w/ Hamilton Leithauser and ÖLÜM
|| = w/ The Garden and ÖLÜM
# = w/ The Garden
¦ = w/ Geordie Greep and Promiseland
^ = w/ Beach House, TV on the Radio, and Fcukers
§ = w/ Fat White Family and Alex Cameron
» = w/ Future Islands
± = w/ Courtney Barnett
