Hey there, Grasshoppers! In this new Julian Casablancas video for his song "11th Dimension" (off his debut solo platter, Phrazes For The Young), The Strokes frontman (and Platonic ideal of downtown hipster dude) enters the dragon.
Director Warren Fu (who also lensed The Strokes' "You Only Live Once") uses some fancy filmmaking magic to superimpose Julian into various ironic/nostalgic scenes and settings: kung-fu training flick, '80s teen movie, colonial American history, Pump Up The Volume-style rebel-without-a-cause action, zombie showdown, and much more. We also get a glimpse of the same Tron-esque squiggles that covered The Strokes in their "12:51" vid.
It's all dazzling, funny, kitschy and a bit sad (in a good way), just like the keyboard & drum-machine driven jam from Julian.
Phrazes For The Young is available at this very moment. He'll be taking his solo routine on the road early next year (or really, next week).