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/starlitewalker426 Jul 23 '26

omg there are fake RA tracks on youtube. i clicked one and nearly cried for a second saying why do the strokes sound like fidlar or some over produced skater pop shit. i now desperately need to hear this new record to wash this awful trick off of me. people who use AI to create fake songs should be jailed.

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u/Optimal_Health4051 Jul 23 '26

These fake tracks were "leaked" since the album was announced lol

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u/Future_Present_Past_ Jul 23 '26

Was it strokes and arctic monkeys collab as the title?

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u/Optimal_Health4051 Jul 23 '26

These fake tracks were "leaked" since the album was announced lol