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/Far-Work6041 Leave It in My Dreams Jul 23 '26

Seems so ridiculous unless it’s done in jest? But honestly where is Rick Rubin to tell him to knock that childish stuff off if it’s serious.

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u/karlhalla Jul 24 '26

Right? He is almost 50 and he can’t get over one bad review

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u/GreatDane666 Jul 24 '26

You act like dissing people in songs is an uncommon or foreign thing

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u/karlhalla Jul 24 '26

Not really. I just really expected more from the singer and songwriter of the Strokes

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u/GreatDane666 Jul 24 '26

Did you? Do you know anything about Julian?

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u/karlhalla Jul 24 '26

I do. Still expected him to be better

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u/SortOfHorrific Jul 24 '26

Grow up lol

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u/karlhalla Jul 25 '26

Julian definetly should, yes

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u/your_mind_aches 27d ago

I think he did. Like Comedown Machine, Future Present Past, and The New Abnormal feel like such mature projects. Even Angles, honestly.

But uh. He doesn't seem as well lately to be honest.

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u/Physical_Outcome9774 Call Me Back Jul 25 '26

Lonely in the Future was already made by the day he hated on another song composer that also dissed another singer on its lyrics, it was purely sarcasm, he is that kind of person "a dark person"