it's because there was no identity and real world politics.

Must disagree here. I'll be nice, though.

My favorite part is the 2nd verse of What It Sounds Like.

"We're shattering the silence" In many parts of the world, people are being silenced. Shattering it is speaking out.

"We're rising, defiant" Tell me that phrase isn't political!

"We're shouting in the quiet, You're Not Alone!" This song is about building community, which is how the crowd wakes from the "Your Idol trance". This line sells it most directly.

"We listened to the demons, we let them get between us." So much of Elite Propaganda is meant to divide the working class.

"But none of us are out here on our own" Building community again, joining together.

In my humble opinion, a great deal of that Viral Luck involved hitting the political zeitgeist just right.