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No prodigy next year will feel like such a missed opportunity. 

2 years ago we were describing Sam Fender as the future of BBC Radio 2s Sunday drive list.    Has he changed now?   We're in a consumer era of music, you need a hit that is catchy and can be used on viral videos to get traction. Songs like Boys in the Betterland don't have that appeal to the wider audience because they don't get the airtime in the channels that kids come across music.   Using Fontaines as an example, they remind me of Dropkick Murphies, back in 2005ish when The Departed came out, all the teens wanted to be Leo Di Caprio and they suddenly had a huge resurgence because it was cool and punky. Nothing happened with it though.

Realistic hopes -   The Lathums Franz Ferdinand Dylan John Thomas BC Camplight Weezer

Bring me the Horizon do not have staying power. They're getting spoken about now purely due to the fact no other acts are around. They're already drifting out of public focus and only really cared about by their core fanbase (which this site seems to lean heavily towards, obscuring our judgement).   And 1975 are rock now? I mentioned them in the same sentence as Arctic Monkeys and you specifically went off about how they're pop. They are pop.

Would be very happy with some of those choices