Songfacts®:

• "White Privilege" is a term used to describe the societal advantage that Caucasian people have in certain parts of the world over non-whites. Here, Sam Fender recognizes his own entitlement as he sings about being a "white male, full of shame."
• Fender admitted to Official Charts that his white privilege has had a bearing on his success.
  
  "I'm a white man in a band, and there's a lot of realization about how that potentially affected my career: Would my career be different if I was black and female? Probably. I think I'm just as sick as everybody else of seeing white boys with guitars – but it's different if they've got something to say - hopefully I'm excused!"
• Fender wrote "White Privilege" about two weeks before he finished his Hypersonic Missiles album. He explained to The Sun: "'White Privilege' is about becoming self-loathing, vacuous and self-centered after looking at pictures of yourself and people all day on Instagram while there are kids getting blown up in Gaza."
• The song was also inspired by the duality of politics and the divisive views that the Brexit debate has spawned. Fender explained that on the right-wing, there are people pushing for Brexit as they dislike immigrants. Meanwhile, on the left-wing there are people calling out those who want to leave the EU as senseless. "You're never going to change anyone's opinion calling anyone stupid," said the singer. "There needs to be someone who can come out and speak to both sides."
• Want a Caucasian American slant on the societal privilege that benefits white people over non-white people? Check out Macklmemore and Ryan Lewis 2016 track "White Privilege II."