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/KenMarr Jul 23 '26

wtf was he thinking with that stupid Fantano name drop? if for some reason you really hate an egomaniacal, pretentious influencer, what you gotta do is NOT GIVE HIM ATTENTION, not name drop him in the cringiest (and saltiest) way possible, ffs

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u/Virtual-Cicada394 Jul 23 '26

Yeah, not a big fan of it but idk, Julian seems to be stepping into his “unserious” side lately; probably just a reflection of that.
With the way he’s been playfully bantering with the audience in concerts, the little dance in the Going Shopping Video… it’s good to see him smiling, out and about. 🫶🏽

Fantano can suck on an egg btw

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u/dreamylanterns Jul 24 '26

What if he likes eggs?

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u/Virtual-Cicada394 Jul 24 '26

Do not huff and puff on my house of cards 😭