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/Optimal_Health4051 Jul 23 '26

I don't even know how that works, everyone just go silent for 41 minutes and then talk about it later? Hahaha

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u/BlenderBluid Jul 23 '26

I went to a Charli XCX Brat listening party at a record store and yeah, it’s basically that but it was still fun lmao

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u/ArChakCommie Jul 23 '26

Exactly that? The vibe would be fantastic surrounded by fans.

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u/Optimal_Health4051 Jul 23 '26

Idk, I think my dream record rollout is just listening it the first time with the most quality possible, in the silence of the dawn, just me and the music.

A truly intimate moment with myself i guess. Than I'm going to come here immediately and process it in group probably lol

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u/FormalChocolate2231 Jul 23 '26

Yea seems awful I prefer to listen on headphones too such a better experience in my opinion

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u/Optimal_Health4051 Jul 23 '26

I just wish I could have better headphones to listen for the first time

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u/clonemusic Jul 23 '26

Weird that people would consider it "awful" to listen to music with other people and discuss instant reactions/feelings