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Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr., Fabrizio Moretti, Nick Valensi and Nikolai Fraiture play on a film set while being filmed by a camera that immediately turns to show various scenarios such as discos, lounges and offices shady mobsters. So the latest video clip of The Strokes, band originally from New York City who kept his followers in a five-year long wait to enjoy a new audiovisual material begins.
Threat of Joy is the name of that music video, and is part of the latest recording project of the group entitled Past Present Future. This material was directed by Warren Fu, renowned music producer, who has had the opportunity to work with artists like Daft Punk, Haim and Weezer.
The band formed in 1998, planned to launch a video clip for Oblivious, theme released months ago; however, this could not be published in time due to its high political content. This is the reason why the audiovisual Threat of Joy, makes direct reference to the above, which is reflected in the scene where a special agent appears on the set to steal indiscriminately all the material.