
Published 06 October 2025
From physical brand spaces soundtracked to invoke countercultural buzz to app-based ‘service-scapes’ centring resilience and self-care – plus the clear-cut win of manipulating emotion more expertly online – music and sound, still a highly under-tapped language for visually obsessed brand land, will be big business in 2026.



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