Sorry, Adele, but Someone Like You has ushered in The New Boring

The absence of Lady Gaga at this year's Brits accidentally opened the door to Mumford & Sons and an Ed Sheeran-fronted new wave of beige popAll pop scenes have their defining moments. Britpop's was the Blur v Oasis chart battle; with punk it was the Sex Pistols at the 100 Club; for the late-90s pop scene it was Britney Spears looking at a school uniform and thinking "oh, that'll do". You might trace pop's current big thing back to 15 February this year.Two days earlier, Lady Gaga had launched he...

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