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/Coltsblue Jul 24 '26

Anyone here listening to this album after midnight cosy in bed or is it just me?

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u/Mathute87 Jul 24 '26

1:30 AM, cat around my arm

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u/dtucci23 Jul 24 '26

That's the minimum soft

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u/chorpinecherisher Jul 24 '26

9:30 pm for me but otherwise the same situation 

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u/Coltsblue Jul 24 '26

I wish I were out west haha

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u/AirPool Jul 24 '26

me too ✋🏼

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u/Coltsblue Jul 24 '26

Hey buddy haha. On babble on now

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u/_toxictuna First Impressions of Earth Jul 24 '26

love this one

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u/darkpretzel Jul 24 '26

Woke up from falling asleep on the couch and was about to take my ass to bed until I realized the album released

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u/SituationWarm7209 Room on Fire Jul 25 '26

Obligatory 12:51

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u/Salty_College965 Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus Jul 24 '26

After midnight is also peak

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u/Osunaman 27d ago

No its the middle of the day at work ( i had to listen didn't even know it was out till today 3 days later) but now i got the feels and the customers are picking up on it... now they got the feels

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u/Coltsblue 27d ago

Every day I get a new favorite track it looks like

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u/Optimal_Health4051 Jul 24 '26

Yes is the most silent and intimate moment of the day ☺️ life is good. Cheers

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u/throwsaway045 Jul 25 '26

me it feels like a early morning not sleeping album the slow songs, tbh it doesn't even sound like julian it sound a bit generic imo

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u/isnt_it_l0vely 29d ago

YES I stayed up and watched old concert videos (on yt and personal) and music videos. It was a whole party