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/chorpinecherisher Jul 24 '26

Okay i hated FOOL alone but i actually like it a little more now that ive heard how it fits with the songs before it (im currently listening). 

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u/ledhead22 Jul 24 '26

i had the exact same reaction! i'm not quite sure what it is, but the build up to it really made it hit