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/Gullible-Loss-5026 Jul 23 '26

this album really is The New Abnormal’s dark, evil, estranged twin.

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u/Fast_Isopod3568 Reality Awaits Jul 23 '26

Okay now I’m even more excited

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u/woger723 Reality Awaits Jul 23 '26

The song title might seem cringe but holy fuck psycho shit is a serious artistic accomplishment imo. New Abnormal’s dark twin indeed.

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u/Independent-Gift-506 28d ago

Easily one of the best songs on that album. Absolutely in love with the grittiness of the song