With the rise of artists such as 21 District, Hooligan Hefs & Onefour and athletes like Tai Tuivasa and Tyson Pedro who all hail from Western Sydney, the region is receiving an attention it has never received previously before due to their popular influences on Sydney culture, and their pride and struggles about being Western Sydney born and raised.

We dissect on what it’s like hearing and seeing the area that we’ve grown up in suddenly being pushed in the limelight and the abundance of non-Westies who are now taking part in the Western Sydney lad aesthetic. People want to be part of the Western Sydney aesthetic without the consequences.