@@miguelsan1978 are you fucking serious!?! Oh my gosh you just made me sooooooo happy!!! Thank youuuuu!! I knew it!! I just knew it!! Julian is far too awakened to everything to have done anything in 440!!! Fabulous news! Thank you!👍👍💓🙏💓
Julian once described their music as "Imagine you took a time machine into the future and found a classic album from way in the past and really liked it." That's exactly what this sounds like
hadnt heard the strokes in a long time then drew gooden brings up their new-ish music and im blown away at how good julian still is. what a nice way to finish the day
The art is gorgeous, RCA got it out of the park. I love the Heavy Metal vibe in the Megastructure scenes. The song struck me like a chord when I first heard it. I was completely blown away by this music video! It’s a nostalgia trip going back in time by shooting through infinity to get there.
Based on the video, I like to think this is mostly about different relationships with death. The boy is suicidal, the curse in the rabbit world seems to be inescapable, the aliens are transcending, and the space warrior sacrifices herself. They are all met with death and deal with it in different ways. The turn to it, they run from it, they aspire for it, and they are honored by it. A lot of deep feels in this masterpiece. And "the door" is the unknown. The void. The line between life and death. Even though these stories are very different, they are connected through life and death. Something inevitable for everything in the universe.
It is amazing how each segment looks like it is taken from some forgotten classic animation movie. And: full credits in the video and description. Which is always a sign that the band did it on purpose and wasn't just an accidentally successful pitch.
The closest you'll get to this is either “Love Death+robots” which was inspired by “ heavy metal”... it's about different stories, but all stories have one thing in common tho... There's an object known as the orb, which is unknown... Until the climax
I attended a funeral today and discovered this song yesterday for the first time. I hit play on my way to and from the funeral itself on repeat. It was an untimely passing, too young at 32. This song has given me so much perspective I’ve never held previously. Bravo Strokes
@Silent Sighs nope, i am 29 and a fan of them since Is This It. I happened to be a fan that respect their decisions and not being a dick to them if the directions they are taking are not to my liking. I like music in every aspect of it, the vocal or the instruments, if it deserve praise then i will give it. And i got nothing to complain here tbh.
This is one of their finest pieces. Just sublime in every way. And the song combined with this awesomely ambiguous animation makes it something special.
Does anyone understand that video? I believe it's that story of the boy who was born and raised in the late 20th century. A typical example of "the future youth (as incarnating souls) will come from entirely different cosmic worlds than us", like Rudolf Steiner once told his followers. He witnesses how people -- his own human parents -- fall victim to demonical possession of the worst kind (Asuras) and tear everything, deep love built up in many years, apart, even destroying their own kid's cosmic heroine right in front of him. The kids brain gets destructed in a moment like this, but he yet has to live and later he dies in more modern times as a cosmonaut, because people of "the new abnormal" lifestyle are casual about the life of their fellow man and forgot to provide him with air out of lazyness or something like that. Then there's the cosmic heroine. I think they should have used another image then she breaking those titanian chains, because no one is able to build up _that_ much PSI especially in that kind of a situation. (Lower minded people in the near, are restricting the use of PSI by nature. For example, it's nearly impossible to physically levitate among low-minded idiots, because minds always have the occult power to hold things as they know them.) is this in the future, and is the spiritual cosmic civilization destroying future Earth, because it became decadent? Also the boy visits his old parental home as a sphere-human (=dead person). Then it transforms into the future: organic, self-sufficient cities in which the higher (minded) race will live in, while the rest, all the peoples of evil, the new human primates, will live their ape-like fates in the non-civilized wastelands. This will be in the mid of the 2000s.
We had something similar before, Ask me anything from First impressions of earth was also just Julian and no guitars, also Call it Fate, call it karma was similar too
First song in a while i learned first listen. You have no idea what feelings this song gives me i even drew a few tributes for the song it got me out of my slump which is good cuz if I don’t sell art i starve.
Lyrics I can't escape it I'm never gonna make it out of this in time I guess that's just fine I'm not there quite yet My thoughts, such a mess Like a little boy What you runnin' for? Run at the door Anyone home? Have I lost it all? Struck me like a chord I'm an ugly boy Holdin' out the night Lonely after light You begged me not to go Sinkin' like a stone Use me like an oar And get yourself to shore A bang at the door Anyone home? That's just what they do Right in front of you Like a cannonball Slammin' through your wall In their face, I saw What they're fightin' for I can't escape it I'm never gonna make it 'til the end, I guess Struck me like a chord I'm an ugly boy Holdin' out the night Lonely after light Bangin' on the door I don't wanna know Sinkin' like a stone So use me like an oar Hard to fight what I can't see Not tryna build no dynasty I can't see beyond this wall But we lost this game So many times before Lying on the cold floor I'll be waiting, yeah I'll be waiting from the other side Waiting for the tide to rise Lying on the cold floor I'll be waiting, yeah I'll be waiting from the other side Waiting for the tide to rise
I started listening to The Strokes when I was still in school. Now I'm a 27 years old man. Next year I'm going to be a dad. This song hits me really hard that I have to grow up and face the harsh reality of adulthood. May all of us be strong together.
I was in school too when I 1st heard them, now im in my 30s with kids and when they get in the car they say put the Strokes on, when were barbecuing in the backyard its the Strokes on the speakers, show your kids what good music is and you get to re-enjoy the songs over again.
legit thought my music had started playing when i was watching drew's video. i've been listening to the strokes on repeat for weeks lmao. glad to have further proof that he's got great taste
After a whole day at work acting like everything's great, I am so thankful to have music like this where I can just be melancholy, contemplative, emotional, and lost in my thoughts.
This is a masterpiece and this is the best album I have heard in a good few years. I have a deep newfound love for the whole vibe of this album. Better than i could have ever hoped for. The strokes are genuinely on there own level.
That look of confusion that the bunny has when it gets slashed across the face, as if confused as to why anyone would want to hurt someone like that...it’s heartbreaking.
Yes Alan, it is heartbreaking. Heart wrenching. There is so much compassion and empathy and love here, God bless you all for having...hearts of gold....for I too am that way and my heart breaks every day for you, for me and for them. The pain on the rabbits face, almost hard to take because it seems like despair. The hardest part is sitting here helpless, watching it and there is nothing I can do to help him. And this is a metaphor for all of us who have been struck dumb and left with that pained expression of sadness, fear and confusion.
it’s quite obvious what this song is about (death) but essentially it’s about contemplating death, accepting death, fighting death, sacrifice, encouraging others to move on after, and the transcendence of death. there’s probably more themes i missed so feel free to add but by far my most played song of 2021 by far
Sounds like it's about a kid having terminal illness, in a family where the parents are already having struggles. They wants to be used like an oar to navigate their parents troubles, while they struggle to come to terms with their terminal issues. I think that they are having difficulties because of the cannonball reference. The kid feels alone every night, probably because they can't leave due to poor health conditions, and when they are banging at the door, the parents don't have the answers to the terminal illness problem I could be projecting however 😅
@@nathanauger7744 i mean that’s a fair assessment but the video shows so much more than just the kids story, i think “at the door” is more of a reference to general thoughts of death in many forms rather than just terminal illness
Every song by The Strokes that has such an innovative arrangement makes me wonder if maybe all this time I was listening to the same music with different singers or bands, because literally some of his songs are unlike anything I've heard before compared to other artists, it was what my life was missing, thanks for giving it to me, thank you Julian you are always a great inspiration.
Used to love the strokes when I was younger. For whatever reason I lost touch with them. Found this song 2 days ago and have played it about 100 times. My daughter is 2 and I'm showing her all strokes music old and new. Thank you for blessing all of us with all this beautiful music all these years!
Lyrics: I can't escape it I'm never gonna make it out of this in time I guess that's just fine I'm not there quite yet My thoughts, such a mess Like a little boy What you runnin' for? Run at the door Anyone home? Have I lost it all? Struck me like a chord I'm an ugly boy Holdin' on the night Lonely after light You begged me not to go Sinkin' like a stone Use me like an oar And get yourself to shore Bang at the door Anyone home? That's just what they do Right in front of you Like a cannonball Slammin' through your wall In their face, I saw What they're fightin' for I can't escape it I'm never gonna make it till the end, I guess Struck me like a chord I'm an ugly boy Holdin' on the night Lonely after light Bangin' on the door I don't wanna know Sinkin' like a stone So use me like an oar Onto fight what I can't see Not tryna build no dynasty I can't see beyond this wall But we lost this game so many times before I've been on a cold road I'll be waiting I'll be waiting for the old times Waiting for the time to pass I've been on a cold road I'll be waiting for the old times Waiting for the time to pass
@@lebigfin5251 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K9USppH_8eg.html No, I know it sounds like a synth. But in that interview, Julian literally says it sounds like a synth (the intro), but it's actually Nick playing it using a digital guitar.
The Wikipedia for this single does such a good job breaking down each section of the animation and explaining how they interweave. I’m pretty sure all the different aspects were drawn by different artists, and each animation has a name (The Boy, The Rabbits, The Megastructure, The Celestial Procession, Cosmonaut 1982), and all are inspired by 70’s-80’s cartoons, animated films, and cult-classic fantasies (Watership Down, Heavy Metal, The NeverEnding Story).
The sole inspiration here is the _secret space program_ . "At the Door" means the door into a new era, the cosmic era where humanity -- as a whole as opposed to 75 preceding years of black projects-- leaves the Sol-system to explore outer space, started in its preparations with the C-virus agenda. But pssst! 🤫💀 Didn't really find many cmts to post that under, though... the cmts that interpreted the video and were new when it released, seem for the most part to be gone...
It's definitely one of the most beautiful videos I've seen. Super stylistic. I don't think I've ever seen anyone pay homage to a very short lived, but artisicly influencal period of fantasy animated movies from 1973 to 1981. The hobbit, Watership down, Wizards, Fantasic Planet, lord of the ring, heavy metal. They are all very different, while simultaneously sharing a similar aesthetic. The animators knocked it out of the park. It's hard to believe they put this much effort into a music video......It couldn't of been cheap.
@@Apr1cotBunny Not a bad idea - During the Electrifying Conclusion tour of Guided by Voices in 2014, the sets opened with Pollard's ballad "Windows of Your World" on the speakers after the lights went down... could have a similar vibe with this one!
But you can see that in that moment he realized fear would not help him, it cannot help anyone of us. We must learn to gather our stengths to find ourselves out of bad situations. Be as brave as that defenseless rabbit. We are all here to learn my friends, be kind to each other and reach out to life, it will show us the right way. Be well :)
watched this with so much focus and attention to both the song and the video, and when it was over, the ending credits felt like a much needed silence to process everything. cant quite explain it
The strokes still sound like the strokes.....even when they change thier styles completely.....love the music so much thinking about using a strokes song for a walkout fight song.
@@Fugshot1 def thinking juicebox. I like something that'll calm me down and focus. So strokes music always clears my mind ..clear skies I was thinking too
Idk about anybody else, but i have heard this track many of times, but today was the first time in have seen the music video and this sh*t had me fighting back a tear. Love it when music/visuals bring me emotion. Thank you
You know, I shed tears with this, for reasons I am yet to understand (and I know myself outstandingly). When a form of art manages to do this, it's the universe's seal of approval for it.
Relatable. I miss the guitar so damn much and I also miss the old The Strokes when Julian didn't use autotune. But still they're my favorite band ever and I love them. I just wish they could do an album kinda similar to Room On Fire.
This is probably the best instance I can think of where the music video actually almost exceeds the importance of the words in the song. That's not saying the words aren'I impacting me with a force beyond comprehension.... but I just love this song.
@Rutger Thyssen Nah, I'm a big boy. When you've lived to 50, some mud's gonna be slung. As an animation freak, and since this style is so reminiscent of Heavy Metal, I had hoped to see this beautiful vision in full clarity whether standard or vr.
This song is tugging on my body like a ghostly sensation of my dead friends wanting what's best for me. I'm so sad everyday. Thank you for making such beautiful music.
@@alienjoshie1136 I mean, The Strokes and their guitar technician wrote it so they were more than just “instruments” Rick Rubin was definitely a key player though, considering the production is amazing, but reducing the band members to “instruments” is not giving them enough credit.
Man.... this is a masterpiece.. The Celestial Procession scene just gives me this feeling of something so profound happening... it wrenches at my heartstrings and fascinates me all at the same time.. And the little brown rabbit... so sad what happens to him... but he gets away... changed from the experience.. definitely something from Watership Down.. and my dog just so happens to be a little brown pup so seeing him get hurt makes me think of her... The Starmaiden gets her revenge but at the ultimate price... And the poor boy... he left with death for a short time... only to realize he's been gone for years... So sad... so deep... and so beautiful, all of it. This is my favorite album right now.
Ye sadly. I mean the voidz are amazing but I hoped the strokes would stick to their core and voidz would make music like this but it really doesn't matter cuz I'm so happy just to hear anything that julian makes
Everything else they have put out live sounds like the strokes though...especially the adults are talking and bad decision. Remember, chances didn’t have that stroke sound but everybody loved it.
@@GayMafia97 yeah bro i think its all about jules. It really depends on how comfortable he is to make a project again with the strokes, and i think this song kinda resembling it
@@oscarmontano4188 couldn't said it better. Tbh I love chances, and i think it is one of the best song that they're wrote. Still not listening to half of those songs tho. Can you tell me where i can find it??
I grew up with my mom listening to the strokes and they've been one of my two main comfort bands my whole life. My mom became an addict, my dad an abusive drunk, passed around over and over again from family member ro family member. Always in bad and dangerous abusive situations and every time I'd think I could never make it out I always had the strokes and the shins to help pull me through it all. I never thought I'd make it to 15 and now I'll be 21 next month and I have this band to thank for helping me not give up. This song and video just existing means a lot. Edit: Thank you for all the kind comments, I genuinely hope all of you who have experienced similar things or are going/have gone through your own hardships are able to come out the other end stronger for it. I'm glad we can all connect through this amazing band, and I hope you all lead amazing wonderful lives despite the ups and downs or maybe because of the ups and downs. ❤
My connection might not be exactly the same but I know what you mean, and I've also more than once held on to their music to the point that it has become a little ambivalent to me these days hearing Julian's voice again in a new song. I wish you all the best as it can't have been easy. Best wishes.
even in 2024 this song hits way harder than any other. only julian can make a song that makes u feel a 100 emotions in a single song. a forever rock legend.
I felt that The Strokes has been very distant over the past 7 years. Eventhough they did live shows, and even releasing the "Future, Present, Past" EP, somehow the feeling just wasn't the same... It's like they're present but was "absent" at the same time. And then came the Bernie Rally, which in my opinion was one of their best performances, and the crowd had a great time (with the crowdsurfing and getting up on stage etc.). I was watching the stream and for me, the peak of it was the "At The Door" music video reveal. Listening to it made me feel very melancholic. It felt like I finally found what I was missing all these years. "At The Door" made me realize how much I missed The Strokes and how they played an important role in my life. The nostalgic ambience of this song reminded me of why I was in love with The Strokes in the first place. Welcome back guys :") can't wait for April 10th.
Those closing moments, oh god. The boy returning home and the house is derelict. The rabbits seem to gather and commune after their brush with death, then dash for shelter from the rain. The rabbit pausing and glancing back as if looking knowingly at the boy. The lyrics "Lying on the cold floor. I'll be waiting on the other side. Waiting for the tide to rise." The power of those moments OOOFT. It's like the world came to an end but it was warm, and the complete oblivion was soft and held you. For the longest time I thought the lyrics were "waiting for my time to cross" instead of "waiting for the tide to rise", which is beautiful.
"At The Door" I can't escape it I'm never gonna make it out of this in time I guess that's just fine I'm not there quite yet My thoughts, such a mess Like a little boy What you runnin' for? Arrive at the door Anyone home? Have I lost it all? Struck me like a chord I'm an ugly boy Holdin' on the night Lonely after light You begged me not to go Sinkin' like a stone Use me like an oar And get yourself to shore Bang at the door Anyone home? It's just what they do Right in front of you Like a cannonball Slammin' through your wall In their face, I saw What they're fightin' for I can't escape it I'm never gonna make it to the end, I guess Struck me like a chord I'm an ugly boy Holdin' on the night Lonely after light Bangin' on the door I don't wanna know Sinkin' like a stone So use me like an oar Hard to fight what I can't see Not tryna build No dynasty I can't see beyond this wall But we lost this game So many times before I been on a cold road I'll be waiting, yeah I'll be waiting from the other side Waiting for the tide to rise I been on a cold road I'll be waiting, yeah I'll be waiting from the other side Waiting for the tide to rise
