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Predictions 2025: The year ahead for keeping it real

Havas Red’s Dana Tahir shares the risks and opportunities that polarisation, emotional disconnect and societal upheaval offer brands for the year ahead.

Havas Red’s Dana Tahir shares the risks and opportunities that polarisation, emotional disconnect and societal upheaval offer brands moving deeper into the ‘Raging 20s’.
As we reach the midpoint of the ‘Raging 20s’, this decade is marked by intensity – whether in emotions, conflicts, or global challenges. Our agency’s Word of the Year, ‘Rage’, reflects the widespread sentiment shaping societal debates and individual mindsets.
Polarisation has become a defining trait, influencing politics, consumer behaviour, public health debates, and social dynamics. Amid this division, brands have a unique opportunity t


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Shantelle Nagarajan is Campaign Middle East’s Junior Reporter who covers marketing news which focuses on FMCG, real estate and brand retail industries. Her features delve into brand strategy, appointments, trends in consumer behaviour and CX. Shantelle also contributes to social media coverage, editorial event programming and print content work. She previously worked in PR and marketing, most recently at Edelman, where she was part of the Brand team. When she’s not writing for her day job, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, playing at a weekly open mic night or doom-scrolling the latest make-up challenges on TikTok.