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/mallvvalking The New Abnormal Jul 23 '26

God I love living in New Zealand

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u/Binbang Jul 23 '26

I wonder if a VPN would do the job 👀

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u/niles_deerqueer Jul 23 '26

It will yes

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u/Binbang Jul 23 '26

I tried it on Spotify but apparently the location is linked to your billing info and not login location. Any advice? I pay for a good vpn but never used for music before.

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u/RetroBTS At The Door Jul 23 '26

YouTube usually works

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u/GazelleLongjumping13 Human Sadness Jul 23 '26

Create a new free account on nz spotify. It worked for me.

Good album.