Ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyinsa shi ne Simon Frith, masanin ilimin zamantakewa da kuma mai sukar dutsen, kuma shugaban kwamitin Mercury Music Prize na alƙalai tun 1992, wanda daga baya ya gudanar da wani lacca mai taken "The unpopular and unpleasant thoughts inspired by the work of James Blunt". Yayin da yake cikin rundunar sojojin Blunt zai rubuta waƙoƙi a lokacin da yake hutu. Wani mai ba da shawara da kuma marubucin waƙa ya ba da shawara cewa ya tuntubi mai kula da Elton John, Interland, wanda ta yi amfani da shi don raba gidan.
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