# The Strokes Play SNL With Spitting Image Puppets

> The Strokes perform on Druski's SNL, release new video with Spitting Image puppets.
- Title: The Strokes Play SNL With Spitting Image Puppets · Stereogum
- Summary: The Strokes perform on Druski's SNL, release new video with Spitting Image puppets.
- Keywords: the strokes, snl, spitting image, druski, nick valensi, albert hammond jr, warren fu, lonely in the future, going shopping, walton goggins, lou reed, elton musk
- Source: Stereogum — https://stereogum.com/2516969/the-strokes-play-druski-hosted-snl-share-new-video-featuring-spitting-image-puppets/news
- Published: 2026-11-08T15:33:01+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: the strokes, snl, spitting image, druski, nick valensi, albert hammond jr, warren fu, lonely in the future, going shopping, walton goggins, lou reed, elton musk
## The Strokes on SNL
The Strokes performed on Druski's SNL as musical guests for the fifth time without guitarist Nick Valensi, who has been on a temporary break for six months.
## SNL Cold Open
The cold open featured Trump freeze-frame sketches with James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump interrupting Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries celebrating the blue tsunami from midterms.
## Spitting Image Video
The Strokes released a new video for 'Lonely In The Future' featuring Spitting Image puppets of band members and celebrities like Lou Reed and Elon Musk.
## SNL Musical Sketches
SNL featured musical sketches including a botched engagement referencing Phoebe Bridgers and an '80s anti-gang rap group called Lenny & The Street Smart Crew.
## The Strokes' New Video
The video for 'Lonely In The Future' was directed by Warren Fu and includes puppet caricatures of the band and personalities like Lou Reed and Elon Musk.
## Key takeaway

The Strokes played SNL without guitarist Nick Valensi for the first time in six months, releasing a new video featuring Spitting Image puppets of band members and celebrities.