If there's one thing we can tell you about 2021, it's that we didn't see it coming.

And we might not see 2022 coming either, but we are going to try.

And on top of that, we'll look at last year's predictions and see how things turned out.

I'm Stephen Talbson.

And I'm Linda Holmes.

It's predictions time once again on pop culture happy hour from NPR.

You just met NPR music, Stephen Talbson, and joining us from his home studio is Glenn

Weldon of NPR's culture desk, High Glenn.

Hey, old acquaintance.

And also here from her home on the west coast, of course, is Aisha Harris.

Hey, Aisha.

Hey, it's me.

I'm feeling confident about my predictions.

Awesome.

Awesome.

Awesome.

We have been making predictions for years and years.

I think we're past the 10 year mark now.

But before each of us tries to predict something about next year, we always look back at what

we predicted for this year because we are all about, as I always say, accountability.

So we are going to start with Glenn's prediction from the end of 2020 for 2021.

Let's hear it.

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