The scabby singer slung pumpkin spice lattes at the anti-worker coffee chain in Seattle to promote his upcoming shows there and new album, Autumn Variations.
He's a ridiculously successful pop star! His PR team has a PR team! There's at least a handful of people whose sole full time job is to make sure that he doesn't make any mistakes out of ignorance that might make him look bad.
This was on purpose and with all pertinent information available.
Hanlon's Razor has been weaponized too many times for it to be of use anymore except when you're speaking of your kids and the such. Always assume it's malice when it's a corporation, government, or financial.
In this case, is there a functional difference? Will this pop star suddenly realize that the workers were protesting and join them in solidarity? Or will he go back to his life and continue to ignore the problem?
At a certain point, ignorance and malice qchievw the same effect.
So when you buy a phone made from slave labor, are ignorant of the fact until someone tells you about it, but buy another phone built from slave labor, are you malicious?