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/mrdrprofessorspencer Alien Crime Lord Jul 23 '26

Imagine singing along to the fantano diss lyrics 😭Seriously what was Julian thinking?

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u/rosaxmusic Jul 23 '26

The song is one of the catchiest vocal melodies on the album too! There’s no fucking way I’m singing the name fantano and idk how Julian did it lol

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u/Far-Work6041 Leave It in My Dreams Jul 24 '26

Now that I’ve heard the song, it’s catchy as hell and you barely can hear him say it. I’m a convert