I remember some 20-30 years ago you would sometimes hear about an artist (usually musician, or a group thereof) being sellouts, or having sold out. This of course in a pejorative way, as this was the most heinous of crimes an artist could ever commit against their fan base.

However, I can’t recall having heard this term for at least a couple of decades. Has the term been replaced with something else? Is it more accepted? Or is it simply so hard to make it nowadays that the concept of “selling out” is basically just synonymous with making a living?

Are there any modern examples of this and I simply missed the online chatter about it?

  • squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de
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    12 hours ago

    I only know this phenomenon from the punk scene and I think it still exists today. NOFX released a song about it 10 years ago.

    First verse lyrics:

    She asked me if I was a singer, then called me has-been
    She said she really liked my band in the early '90s, oh yeah
    I said stop saying those mean things, my ego is so fragile
    And then she called me a poseur punk
    Why don’t I drink up and get the hell out
    'Cause I’m a sellout