Whenever we as humans find ourselves in a different environment than the one that we are used to, two conflicting interests seem to determine our behaviour: The driving social force, on the one hand, to integrate into said new environment, which oftentimes includes the adoption of a new culture, different values, lifestyles or even identities, supposedly stems from our desire to be part of a group. On the other hand, however, most people particularly value their individuality and only very reluctantly relinquish their own customs our culture. This very conflict of integration versus individuality also has a bearing on Gordon Sumner, known as the famous British singer and songwriter Sting, who was exposed to an unfamiliar and different sociocultural environment when he moved to New York in the 1980s. Sting processes the experience of being caught between cultures in the 1987-published hit “Englishman in New York”, where Sting describes life from the perspective of a sophisticated prototypical Englishman who feels alienated from his fast-paced and fundamentally different environment: New York in the late 1980s. At this point, a cultural studies perspective becomes increasingly interesting, as situations like the one mentioned above, the confrontation with a different cultural environment, let us know who we really are. In making contact with others, we find out more about ourselves, as we are forced to challenge seemingly normal behavioural patterns and customs we have