"The Adults Are Talking" is a song by American rock band the Strokes, the opening track on their sixth studio album, The New Abnormal (2020).
The Strokes performed "The Adults Are Talking" on Saturday Night Live on October 31, 2020, and a music video for the song, directed by Roman Coppola, was released on December 1.
[7] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone likened the drum machine beat to the one heard in Joe Jackson's 1982 song "Steppin' Out".
[5] The song has dueling guitar riffs from Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr. throughout, a style of playing apparent in much of the band's discography.
[10] Similar to other songs on The New Abnormal,[10] "The Adults Are Talking" closes with a 15-second outro of studio chatter leading into the album's following track, "Selfless".
[8] The Strokes debuted "The Adults Are Talking" at a concert on May 13, 2019, at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, almost a year prior to its release in studio form.
Afterward, Nikolai Fraiture hits a ball deep into the outfield, bringing Casablancas across the bases to score the band their first run of the game.
Meanwhile, in February 2023, The Guardian ranked it as the band's fifth best song, and wrote "One striking thing about The New Abnormal was how contemporary it made The Strokes sound, 22 years into their career, a point proven when its fast-paced but marvellously understated opening track went viral.