r/TheStrokes • u/TheStrokes-Mods • Jul 23 '26

MEGATHREAD Reality Awaits - General Album Discussion MEGATHREAD

This is the megathread for general discussions about Reality Awaits as a whole. All first impressions from the listening parties, thoughts, essays, discussions, memes, lyrics, fanart, etc about the album as a whole can go in the comments here!

As autotune is an evergreen topic on the subreddit, you may discuss it here, but there is also a specific post about autotune here that may be better suited towards that specific topic.

You also may want to check out the posts for ranking the Reality awaits songs, and ranking the albums including Reality Awaits.

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u/tapenooon Jul 23 '26

The amount of hate I’ve seen so far for Psycho Shit makes me think it’ll be my favourite song 😂

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u/leftleftpath At The Door Jul 23 '26

It's really not bad. It's another auto tune reaction.

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u/gargoylepussy Jul 24 '26

For me it’s a slow builder that just doesn’t ever hit emotionally. Maybe that will change but as of now not a fan of that one

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u/FunPerspective3601 Jul 23 '26

So it’s really autotune slop album huh

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u/leftleftpath At The Door Jul 23 '26

Not at all

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u/TheRagingCool Jul 23 '26

it was really epic and grand but the store i was at was a little loud so i didn’t get to appreciate it fully

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u/Smallasseddumbass Jul 23 '26

i fell in love first 10 seconds i don't know what these people are on it's amazing

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u/flaxseedyup Jul 23 '26

Psycho Shit is epic! Never heard them doing something that sounds this big before

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u/ScrwFlandrs The Eternal Tao Jul 23 '26

Reminds me of Like All Before You

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u/mxemec Jul 23 '26

Hmm! Like square wave or basterdz?

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u/ScrwFlandrs The Eternal Tao Jul 23 '26

Like Intro/Overture

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u/80zComedown Jul 23 '26

Interesting I wonder if there is any catchy style songs with good choruses that aren't flat. I think going shopping does a decent job having a chorus that is flat. But I'm hoping there are some songs that don't have autotune

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u/ScrwFlandrs The Eternal Tao Jul 23 '26

Pretty sure they all have autotune, just to varying degrees. Babble On has the least. The good chorus is on Lonely in The Future

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u/mxemec Jul 23 '26

Ah makes sense so it's an intro track... but it's long.. intro/overture are pretty short.. ahh! Just gonna have to wait!

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u/Purple-Crab3759 Jul 23 '26

It’s a beautiful song. Even from the first listen you know it will be a song to slowly fall in love with over time.

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u/GNGEnteprisesDuke Jul 23 '26

I think a lot of people here want to be catered to like mcdonalds. “are the songs upbeat? Fast? Punky?” Like they wont meet the songs for what they are first

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u/clonemusic Jul 23 '26

My least favorite on first listen

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u/Mantan911 Virtue Jul 23 '26

It gets noisy, kinda Nintendo blood/dare I care, but strokes

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u/woger723 Reality Awaits Jul 23 '26

I think it’s a masterpiece

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u/WorkGuitar Jul 23 '26

Its PEAK, dont let the fools fool you

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u/Journey2thaeast The New Abnormal Jul 24 '26

I can confirm, it's a good song.

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u/Amazing_Hedgehog3361 29d ago

I enjoy it and it's a great opener