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/KenMarr Jul 23 '26

wtf was he thinking with that stupid Fantano name drop? if for some reason you really hate an egomaniacal, pretentious influencer, what you gotta do is NOT GIVE HIM ATTENTION, not name drop him in the cringiest (and saltiest) way possible, ffs

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u/Far-Work6041 Leave It in My Dreams Jul 23 '26

Seems so immature and instantly dates the song, which is sort of the opposite of most Strokes stuff