朱利安·卡薩布蘭卡斯表示，他對即將到來的美國大選中的任何一方都沒有強烈的好感

2020 年，卡薩布蘭卡斯與 The Strokes 的其他成員一起支持伯尼桑德斯 (Bernie Sanders)，後者在民主黨候選人競選中輸給了喬拜登

The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has said that he feels no particular affinity to either party in the upcoming US election, referring to the candidates as “both sides of the same corporate coin”.

Strokes 主唱 Julian Casablancas 表示，在即將到來的美國大選中，他對任何一方都沒有特別的好感，稱候選人是「同一個企業硬幣的兩面」。

In 2020, Casablancas and the rest of The Strokes backed Bernie Sanders, who lost out to Joe Biden in the race to become the Democratic party’s candidate for the presidency. The band performed at a rally for the Democrat candidate at the beginning of the year and later called for Biden to choose Sanders as his running mate in the election.

2020 年，卡薩布蘭卡斯和 The Strokes 的其他成員支持伯尼桑德斯，但桑德斯在民主黨總統候選人競選中輸給了喬拜登。該樂團在年初為民主黨候選人舉行的集會上表演，後來呼籲拜登選擇桑德斯作為競選搭檔。

When asked how he felt about the upcoming US presidential election, however, the singer said: “Nothing”. Casablancas was speaking to NME in September, ahead of the release of The Voidz third album ‘Like All Before You’.

然而，當被問及他對即將到來的美國總統大選有何感想時，這位歌手說：「沒什麼」。九月，在 The Voidz 第三張專輯《Like All Before You》發行之前，Casablancas 接受了 NME 採訪。

“To be super middle of the road, I would say the vice presidential [running mate] of Kamala Harris, [Tim] Walz – he seems like an honest, decent person,” he continued. “So just for him, I suppose I’ll be sports-rooting for that team more than the other team, but I think they’re both two sides of the same corporate coin.

「我想說的是卡馬拉·哈里斯的副總統[競選夥伴]蒂姆·沃爾茲，他看起來是一個誠實、正派的人，」他繼續說道。 「所以對他來說，我想我會比其他球隊更支持那支球隊的運動，但我認為他們都是同一個企業硬幣的兩面。

The Voidz CREDIT: Atiba Jefferson

Voidz 圖片來源：Atiba Jefferson

“Emotionally, a woman of colour and all that – sure, let’s just get that out of the way and check that box so we can move forward. But, in terms of what people actually want, neither of the parties offer that – they just have a stranglehold on power.”

「從情感上來說，一個有色人種女性等等——當然，讓我們把它排除在外，勾選那個框，這樣我們就可以繼續前進。但是，就人們真正想要的東西而言，兩黨都沒有提供——他們只是控制了權力。

Similar remarks were made by Chappell Roan earlier this year, when she said she wasn’t going to throw her undivided support behind any one candidate in the election, due to “problems” on both sides.

查普爾·羅恩(Chappell Roan)今年早些時候也發表過類似言論，當時她表示，由於雙方都存在“問題”，她不會在選舉中全力支持任何一位候選人。

After the backlash from her comments, Roan took to TikTok last week (September 25) to explain that her words had been “completely taken out of context, per usual,” and that “there is nuance” to what she says in interviews. Roan told her followers that she “encouraged people to use critical thinking skills” to “learn about what they’re voting for” and “ask questions”.

在她的言論遭到強烈反對後，羅恩上週（9 月 25 日）在 TikTok 上解釋說，她的話“像往常一樣完全斷章取義”，而且她在採訪中所說的“存在細微差別”。羅恩告訴她的追隨者，她「鼓勵人們運用批判性思考技能」來「了解他們投票的內容」並「提出問題」。

A day later, following continued uproar, she went on to further clarify her stance, saying: “I’m voting for fucking Kamala, but I’m not settling for what has been offered. Because that’s questionable. It’s questionable, the actions of our government, of the internet, of you and me.”

一天后，在持續的騷動之後，她進一步澄清了自己的立場，她說：「我投票給該死的卡馬拉，但我不會滿足於所提供的條件。因為這是值得懷疑的。我們政府、網路、你和我的行為都是值得懷疑的。

Meanwhile, a host of other stars most notably Taylor Swift and Charli XCX, have endorsed Harris as their presidential candidate. Harris has since shared that she is “very proud” of the former’s endorsement while the latter’s tweet was adopted by the Democrat nominee’s campaign team.

同時，許多其他明星，尤其是泰勒絲和查理XCX，也支持哈里斯作為他們的總統候選人。哈里斯此後表示，她對前者的支持感到“非常自豪”，後者的推文被民主黨提名人的競選團隊採納。

Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion, P!nk, Bon Iver, Quavo and more have also come out in support of Harris ahead of this November’s election. Billie Eilish and Finneas also recently championed Harris while Eilish’s ‘When the Party’s Over’ recently featured in the Democrat’s Ad on reproductive care.

碧昂絲(Beyoncé)、梅根·西·斯塔林(Megan Thee Stallion)、P!nk、邦·伊弗(Bon Iver)、誇沃(Quavo) 等人也在今年11 月的大選前站出來支持哈里斯。比莉艾利甚和芬尼斯最近也支持哈里斯，而艾利甚的《當派對結束時》最近出現在民主黨關於生殖保健的廣告中。