Originally Posted by who_me:
“Whats he doing on BGT? got the potential to be the next bob Dylan but he concentrates singing superficial commercial sh*te with Taylor Swift.”
He sold one of his songs to One Direction. He was a sell-out then. 'The A Team' and his other hits were released for commercial purposes. He's a mainstream artist. You can't really be mainstream and not be expected to go on something to promote you're work.
Even Thom Yorke does TV gigs to promote his work. A lot of musicians against the whole 'corporate world' has done something 'sell-out'.
Ozzy Osbourne has done World of Warcraft adverts, Johnny Rotten has done a countrylife butter advert, Johnny Cash has done Taco Bell and Iggy Pop did that insurance advert that doesn't even insure 'celebrities'.