The Strokes Went Shopping With Walton Goggins on a Spanish Island, and Now There’s a Video
“Going Shopping” gets the Paul Simon treatment — right down to the dream-casting and the Tenerife location shoot
June 2026
New Video
The Strokes
When The Strokes started thinking about a video for “Going Shopping,” they landed on a clear reference point: Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al,” the one where Chevy Chase lip-syncs the entire thing while Simon stands beside him playing every other instrument. For their version of the Chase role, the band had one dream choice, and somehow it actually worked out. They called Walton Goggins.
Goggins was on location for a feature film in the Canary Islands at the time. On the phone with the band, his response was immediate: “let’s go shopping.” In late May, Julian Casablancas and the rest of The Strokes flew out to meet him on Tenerife, the Spanish island off the coast of Morocco, and longtime collaborator Johann Rashid directed the result. It is exactly the kind of gleefully absurd, big-swing video you’d hope for from that premise.
“Let’s go shopping.” — Walton Goggins, on a phone call from the Canary Islands
“Going Shopping” was the first single from Reality Awaits, the band’s seventh album, out July 24 on RCA Records, followed by “Falling out of Love.” The Strokes are deep into a global headline tour, with a hometown stop at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in October alongside Beach House, TV on the Radio, and Fcukers. Pre-order the album below.
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