The Strokes release 'Falling Out of Love'

The Strokes released “Falling Out of Love” on May 13 as the second song from their upcoming album “Reality Awaits,” extending the band’s rollout for its first new LP since 2020. The track appeared on the band’s official YouTube channel and was identified by music outlets including Consequence, BrooklynVegan and Under the Radar as the second preview from the record. The band’s official online store lists “Reality Awaits” as a nine-song album due June 26, 2026. The same store pages say the record was produced by Rick Rubin. ### What is “Falling Out of Love” in the album rollout? “Falling Out of Love” is positioned as track four on “Reality Awaits,” according to the album’s vinyl and CD listings in The Strokes’ official store. Those listings say the campaign began with an earlier song, “Going Shopping,” and describe “Reality Awaits” as the band’s seventh album. The release date shown across the store pages is June 26, 2026. (youtube.com) May 14 coverage from Under the Radar and Consequence described “Falling Out of Love” as the second preview single from the album. BrooklynVegan also reported that the song followed “Going Shopping” in the lead-up to the new record. ### What do the official album listings say about “Reality Awaits”? The Strokes’ store says “Reality Awaits” contains nine songs: “Psycho Shit,” “Dine N’Dash,” “Lonely in the Future,” “Falling out of Love,” “Going to Babble On,” “Going Shopping,” “Liar’s Remorse,” “The Fruits of Conquest,” and “Tyrants of the Mellow Moon.” The listings are live for black vinyl, a marble vinyl variant and CD editions. (shop.thestrokes.com) (consequence.net) Rick Rubin is named as producer on the official product pages. The store copy also says new music from The Strokes “arrives now, beginning with” “Going Shopping,” tying the new single to the broader album campaign. ### Where can listeners hear the song now? YouTube listed “Falling out of Love” on The Strokes’ channel on May 14, showing it as a release provided by Cult Records/RCA Records. (shop.thestrokes.com) The upload had more than 82,000 views about 13 hours after posting, according to the platform snapshot returned in search results. Music sites published embedded streams and short reviews the same day. Under the Radar said the song “features a heavy Auto-Tune filter on much of the vocals,” while BrooklynVegan called it a “dreamy ballad” with processed vocals. (shop.thestrokes.com) Those characterizations came from the publications, not from the band. ### What has the band said about touring behind the album? (youtube.com) The Strokes’ official website lists a 2026 run of dates across North America, Europe and festival appearances in Japan. The first date shown is Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee, on June 12, followed by headline and festival stops including Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Red Rocks, Outside Lands, London, Amsterdam and Berlin. (undertheradarmag.com) Ticketmaster’s help page for “The Strokes - Reality Awaits North America” says the band will perform 17 shows on that leg. The official band site lists additional festival and overseas dates beyond that North American run. ### What happens next in the release schedule? June 26, 2026 is the date attached to “Reality Awaits” across The Strokes’ official store listings for vinyl and CD. (thestrokes.com) June 12, 2026 is the first date on the band’s current official tour calendar, at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee, before later stops at Pine Knob in Michigan on June 15 and United Center in Chicago on June 17. (shop.thestrokes.com) (help.ticketmaster.com)