Vylan recounts experiences of racial abuse and stereotyping, punctuated by the refrain ‘We didn’t appear out of thin air / We live here’, intensified by distorted guitar, assertive vocals and well-placed profanity. Released during a summer of Black Lives Matter protest, the song also recalls the 1993 racist murder of Stephen Lawrence. Its video represents archetypal London-Englishness: fish and chips, pubs, playing pool, corner-shops and council estates. Vylan wears a T-shirt referencing anarcho-punks Crass, and communicates a particular English experience.