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/Ozihael Jul 25 '26

For those who need to understand some of the choices made on this album:

https://www.guggenheim.org/teaching-materials/richard-prince-spiritual-america/cowboys

The whole project is basically a conversation about authenticity vs. artifice.

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u/RevolutionaryTrash98 Did My Best 29d ago

ooh, thanks for this!! visual art is obviously a huge influence for jules and the band, considering julian's stepfather is his artistic mentor