But he insists he's no "ancient astronaut theorist" and uses his point to argue that people should stop accepting low-quality entertainment. In an excerpt from his book You're Making Me Hate You published by The Guardian, Taylor says: "Sh*t sells. You all love your sh*t. From your derivative music to your shiny hollow movies, from those videos displaying your idiocy on the internet to your addiction to fake reality on TV, that saying is a f***ing fact. Sh*t sells and it sells really well."

He continues: "Yes, I worry about what the aliens will think of us. I don't think we've been visited by a more advanced species. I don't think they're plotting to come invade. I think if they're watching, they're doing the same thing I am: wondering why the f*** you people are mesmerised by all of this half-assed entertainment.