A lot has changed since George Ergatoudis last did an interview with Music Week.

He last sat in our Big Interview chair in April 2015 when, sporting a bushy beard and a defensive tone, the then-head of music made BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra’s case for continued relevance and audience supremacy in the face of the streaming onslaught, pausing only to gently rib his digital music rivals for having to steal their top talent from Radio 1.

Today, we find ...