This song is so unenjoyable to me, the praise for it on ATRL is crazy. The singer has such a grating voice and she's flat half the time, like idk what ya'll are hearing but to each his own I guess
I can see why Lean On was big internationally, as much of the world likes EDM type music. In no way do I want anyone to take this as discriminatory, but when the lyrics are in English and the listeners can't speak that language, they're listening more for the beat and instrumentation. How many other languages has Lean On been translated into? I'm sure there must be more than just English given its worldwide appeal.
If this was sung by Rihanna - like it was originally supposed to-, y'all would be saying she was the reason for the song's massive success. This is proof that people buy/stream songs because they enjoy them, not because of the artists that are featured on them.