Noah Kahan has had fairly the yr. Last October, the singer-songwriter launched his third album Stick Season, a venture that ushered in a sonic shift for the artist away from pop and into folks music — and set him on the fast-track to international acclaim.
The album debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200; In June, Kahan launched its deluxe version, Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever), which shot the album as much as a No. 3 peak on the chart. The deluxe additionally topped a handful of genre-based charts, together with Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums and Americana/Folk Albums.
“It’s been an unbelievable year-and-a-half now … a whirlwind of attention and wonderful outpouring of love from fans,” says Kahan. He recollects making Stick Season by means of the pandemic, saying, “There was a feeling in the studio of like, ‘Woah, this is something special.’ I felt so creatively in control … and I think, at the time, I couldn’t see that as a sign of success or relatability, it just felt so right for me that I was fine with whatever happened.”
In July, Kahan delivered one more reward to followers along with his Post Malone collaboration on standout single “Dial Drunk.” And whereas Kahan says he didn’t get an opportunity to play beer pong with the champ (“I got to watch him play, there was a big line … I was a little starstruck”) he says their first assembly was “exactly what I wanted an experience with Post Malone to be; he was sitting crossed-legged, drinking Bud Lights [and] smoking cigarettes.”
The pair bonded over their love of the comedy Walk Hard and Kahan confirms “the hang is not over.” As he says, “I would love to get in the room and write music with him [together from scratch]. What I love about [him] is he is so untethered by genre…I would love to make some weird shit.”
Looking forward, Kahan has already accomplished his two greatest targets: be verified on Instagram and have a Wikipedia web page. Still, he has one different main venture within the works. His nonprofit the Busyhead Project, which he based along with his managers in May and is known as after his 2019 debut album Busyhead, is on observe to lift $1 million for psychological well being organizations throughout nation and in Canada. “That is definitely a goal,” he says.
Watch the complete Billboard News interview above.
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