Two years of doing this and I’ve delivered only one correct prophecy (once again, thank you 6ix9ine’s prosecutors), but that isn’t going to stop me from firing off my forecast of 2021.

Lorde will return and have the best album of 2021.

Nervous young adult hearts everywhere can finally rejoice in 2021. Since dropping the stunning Melodrama in 2017, Ella Yelich-O’Connor retreated back to New Zealand and went cold on social media. But that all changed last fall when she posted her first-ever Instagram story asking fans to vote in Kiwiland’s upcoming election- and promising a gift for us in 2021 if they did.

An astonishing sense of self-awareness earned the now 24-year-old’s first two albums a sacred spot in the minds of Millennials and Gen Zers everywhere. The expectations for number three are undoubtedly high, but Lorde is yet to disappoint us- especially since she’s reuniting with producer Jack Antonoff, the architect for many of Melodrama’s greatest scenes. And speaking of reuniting…

boygenius will reunite and release new music.

Shattering crescendos and angelic vocal performances powered the debut EP for boygenius, a supergroup composed of indie rock titans Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus. The trio’s 2018 release showcased the band’s only six songs in existence- a mark to be expanded upon this year. While my initial review was severely underscored (I hadn’t quite figured out my scoring system just yet), it remains one of the most magnificent EPs of the last decade. Bridgers has been able to drop a major release every year since 2017, a feat likely to be retained in 2021. This time it’ll be with Baker and Dacus by her side.

Van Weezer will be the worst album of 2021.

I predicted it would happen in the 2020 edition of this article, so forgive me if it sounds like I’m rehashing an old formula that’s known to not work. Then again, that’s actually the perfect way to describe Weezer in the 21st century. Most of Cuomo and Co.’s clumsy pop-rock records from the past two decades have been average at best, and their most recent studio LP failed to prove any signs of gas still in the tank.

2021 will be another year of Sky Ferreira not releasing music.

The disappearing act of Sky Ferreira’s music career began following her debut album Night Time, My Time’s release back in 2013. Since then she’s been fairly busy- but not in the recording studio. Between cameos in Baby Driver and the Twin Peaks revival alongside an active Instagram account, we’ve only heard a couple of singles from the “Everything is Embarrassing” singer lately. If the sophomore try couldn’t come out all these years when things were, dare I say, “normal,” a year consumed by quarantine is more than enough to stop it from getting closer to its drop date. Expect to cling to 2019’s “Downhill Lullaby” single for at least another 365 days.

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Grimes will have the best album of 2020.

Last year, I called that Elon Musk’s lady would win 2019’s album race. Unfortunately, she only came around to a handful of singles, therefore making me look like a fool. Promising a dip to Claire Boucher’s earlier days, “My Name is Dark” and “So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth” juxtapose Art Angels’ electro-pop hybrid. When her fifth LP Miss Anthropocene drops in February, our chips will be on Grimes.

Poppy will be the breakout artist of 2020.

Described by the artist themself as “post-genre,” Poppy’s stage name could be quite misleading. Singles “Concrete” and “BLOODMONEY” play like diary entries of early Avril Lavigne with cliff notes from Pantera thrown in. This is the exact kind of rule-breaking music that’s exploded lately- just look at the twisted take on pop music Billie Eilish introduced to the mainstream. Poppy’s album I Disagree drops today.

Normani’s debut album will follow the story of Carly Rae Jepsen’s E•MO•TION.

The former Fifth Harmony member’s debut single “Motivation” was a stunning achievement in pop- that feeling of listening to something clearly radio-friendly, but even anti-Top 40 purists can fall in love with? It’s a rare emotion last felt with, well, E•MO•TION. Despite being a commercial failure, Carly Rae Jepsen’s 2015 LP became a sacred cult hit for those often put off by stuff atop Billboard. Its varied list of producers gathered the best in the industry to craft nostalgic sounds of ‘80s pop, similar to the path Normani appears to be venturing down with ‘00s R&B. Here’s hoping the latter’s upcoming release will garner more attention than CRJ’s opus.

Van Weezer will be the worst album of 2020.

Just when it seemed like Weezer was finally on the brink of recapturing their ‘90s glory thanks to back-to-back charmers Everything Will Be Alright in the End and White Album, Pacific Daydream and The Black Album relegated them back to cruise ship music. And let’s not talk about that covers LP they did. It’s a shame, too- Rivers Cuomo has been notoriously afraid to take risks as they did on the untamed Pinkerton, and it’s costed them their reputation in the 21st century. Van Weezer won’t be any different.

Migos will break up.

The Atlanta trio’s always been on good terms as a family and a band, but there’s a reason people can only handle a visit to their kinfolk twice a year. Migos will finally call it quits, though it won’t be through an N.W.A.-style meltdown. While they’ve said their solo albums didn’t mean the group was splitting, it’s undeniably a step away from the rat pack they were back in the “Versace” era. And they’d be doing it after the planned Culture III– the possible conclusion of a would-be trilogy. 

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Best Documentary (Feature)

• Icarus

Best Documentary (Short)

• Heroin(e)

Best Film Editing

• Baby Driver (Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos)

Best Makeup/Hair

• Darkest Hour (Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick)

Best Music (Original Score)

• Dunkirk (Hans Zimmer)

Best Original Song

• “Remember Me” (Coco) Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Best Production Design

• Dunkirk (Nathan Crowley, Production Design; Gary Fettis, Set Decoration)

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• Call Me By Your Name (Screenplay by James Ivory)

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Lady Bird (Written by Greta Gerwig)

Best Directing

• Get Out (Jordan Peele)

Best Costume Design

• Shape of Water (Luis Sequeira)

Best Cinematography

• Blade Runner 2049 (Roger A. Deakins)

Best Animated Feature Film

• Coco

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Willem DaFoe in The Florida Project

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Allison Janney in I, Tonya

Best Picture

• Call Me by Your Name

Now for Best Picture, we found ourselves in a three-way tie between Call Me by Your Name, Get Out, and Lady Bird. Upon a tiebreaker, we found ourselves in another three-way tie. We were, however, able to choose our Best Picture winner and we decided on; Call Me by Your Name. If that does not win, but one of our other ties does win, we’ll call that a success on our part.

We’d like to congratulation all nominees this evening, and we eagerly await the results of this year’s Academy Awards.

Please read other articles written by District and The Manor on the 2018 Academy Awards.

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