About “Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men”

The B-side on “Reptilia” focuses on a fighting couple, as represented by Strokes frontman Julian Casablanca and Regina Spektor respectively.

The duet notably has the two singing over one another in a manner similar to an argument, without either side bothering to listen.

This collaboration marks a high point for the two artists as they have long been associated acts, having shared the same producer and Spektor having opened for the Strokes during their “Room on Fire” Tour. It was during this tour where they recorded “Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men”.

The single was originally delayed at Casablanca’s insistence that the song be credited as “Regina Spektor and the Strokes” in lieu of the other way around.