Predicting the names who will matter... The pandemic has changed the way we look at new music. With touring - largely - off the cards, artists have been forced to shift the manner in which they operate, finding fresh ways to connect with their audience. As these pathways have become more splintered, convoluted, and difficult to follow, the speed at which music arrives on our screen, before dashing into the ether, seems to have multiplied. It's an enormously difficult landscape to traverse, but it's also one fraught with opportunity - put simply, music truly does feel as though it exists at a crossroads.