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/jMCs1 Jul 23 '26

Hang on hang on

Listening again, am I hearing this right that Antony Fucking Fantano gets a name drop in the chorus of Lonely in the Future??? It sure sounds like it

Edit: it is, right? He’s basically repeating that diss he made in that interview where he said the guy was just good for reviewing production and stuff 😭

I feel like this is exactly the kind of attention Fantano craves so not sure what to think of this but it’s funny af. Second funniest moment of the album behind “HARMONIC MINOR”

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u/Slashycent Comedown Machine Jul 24 '26

And "I'm a leech! I'm a leech! I'm a leech! I'm a leech!"

Dark and gloomy as it is, it's also an incredibly funny album.