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An Anthem, Not Irony
- "Common People" is a deliberately earnest, anthemic class critique rather than ironic Britpop posturing.
- Jarvis Cocker wrote it as a committed class anthem that ventilation real anger and observation.
Privilege Can't Be Cosplayed
- The song targets a posh woman who fetishizes working-class life and will never truly understand it.
- The lyric exposes how privilege lets her pretend and then retreat while others remain trapped.
Trust Funds Versus Stuck Lives
- Nick Banks recounts encountering southern toffs in London who could always "call in the trust fund and bugger off."
- That contrast stuck with Jarvis and fed the song's anger at unequal options.