Before the Noise: What Deserves Our Attention in 2026?
The first working days of a new year often arrive quietly. Desks are cleared, inboxes refill, and the cultural machinery begins moving again. In music and the arts, this moment is usually followed by a familiar rush: predictions, trend lists, announcements, and declarations of what this year is supposed to become. At Music Press Asia, we are choosing to pause before joining that noise. Not because nothing is happening, but because attention itself is not neutral. What we choose to notice, amplify, and return to eventually shapes culture more than…
