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I think the difference is this isn't just a generic top 40 party hit or something, it's trying to be more meaningful than that. It's hard to explain without sound pretentious myself, but it's one of those pop songs that slightly deviates from the standard by using an influence from another genre (in this case reggae), and lyrics that attempt to be deep or actual "real lyrics" (as opposed to songs about partying, etc). Take a look at songs like Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks, or Vance Joy - Riptide. Both are just pop songs tinged with instruments/sounds from indie/folk type stuff, so the people who listen to them feel as though what they are listening to is somehow more real, or more meaningful.
But that's just (my opinion), why this song is judged differently from other top 40 songs. I can hear Iggy Azalea's Fancy on the radio and although I personally hate the song, I can just easily disregard it as a party song. But along comes a song like this, and you end up with comments on the video of it like "this is so 90s i love it" and "This screams a hippy song in the 90s" and you watch through the video and see this annoying fuck flail around with his faux-hipster friends, and can't help but think that there are actually people out there who are actually watching and enjoying this.
But don't take this too seriously, it's just a meaningless overanalyzation. Nice digits btw
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