Overview
- The Strokes brought Charli XCX onstage during their Saturday Outside Lands headlining set to trade vocals on 'Take It Or Leave It', a closing track from their 2001 debut.
- Julian Casablancas introduced her as a 'superstar', joked that she had won their recent album-sales battle and praised her measured handling of fame.
- Both bands released new albums on July 24—The Strokes' Reality Awaits and Charli's Music, Fashion, Film—and NME gave each record four-star reviews.
- The onstage moment built on an existing rapport after Casablancas appeared on Charli's 2024 remix rework of 'Mean Girls', showing a continuing creative link between them.
- Fan videos from Golden Gate Park spread quickly and the appearance boosts both artists' festival runs, with Charli due at Reading and Leeds and The Strokes headed to Japan's Summer Sonic next weekend.