Noah Kahan (born January 1, 1997) is an American singer-songwriter of folk-… Read Full Bio ↴Noah Kahan (born January 1, 1997) is an American singer-songwriter of folk-infused pop who signed to Republic Records in 2017. Kahan released his first single, "Young Blood" in January 2017 and released four other singles over the course of 2017. His fans are known as "busyheads". Kahan made his television debut in 2018 on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert performing the single "Hurt Somebody". Kahan released his debut EP carrying the same name in January 2018, including an updated version of titular song with fellow Republic Records artist Julia Michaels.

Noah Kahan was born in Strafford, Vermont and he attended Hanover High School in Hanover, New Hampshire. Kahan began writing songs at age 8 and uploaded them to SoundCloud where his music began to gain exposure.

At age 17, Kahan began working with school friend music producers (Cwenga Matanzima). This attracted the attention of his current manager Drew Simmons of Foundations Artist Management. His music also caught the attention of songwriters such as Dan Wilson known for his work with Adele, Scott Harris, Carrie Underwood, among others. Kahan deferred his admission to Tulane University to pursue his developing music career. Kahan has said that two career goals he wished for were to be verified on Instagram and to have a Wikipedia page.

Kahan cites some of his inspirations as Paul Simon, Cat Stevens, Counting Crows, Hozier, and Mumford and Sons.

In 2016, Kahan signed to Republic Records and he began working with producer Joel Little, known for his work with Lorde and Khalid, with whom he recorded six songs. Kahan released his first single "Young Blood" in January 2017 and gained over 9 million streams.

In September 2017, Kahan released "Hurt Somebody", the lead single from his forthcoming debut EP of the same name. "Hurt Somebody" was re-recorded later in 2017 featuring Grammy nominated artist Julia Michaels. "Hurt Somebody" was released in January 2018.

On April 8, 2019, Kahan announced his debut full-length studio album entitled Busyhead, and included the duet version of "Hurt Somebody" as well as two other singles "False Confidence" and "Mess". It was released on June 14, 2019.

On April 30, 2020, Noah announced on his Instagram that he would drop an EP at midnight. He then dropped "Cape Elizabeth." The album was recorded over one week at Kahan's friend Phin Choukas' home studio in Vermont exactly one week after the singer left New York City in March to avoid COVID-19. "Cape Elizabeth" was then released on May 1, 2020.

On June 17, 2021 Kahan announced his second full-length album titled "I Was/I Am". Five days later he announced the "I Was/I Am" tour. On September 17, 2021, the album was released. Throughout the summer leading up to the release of the album Kahan released “Part of Me”, “Godlight”, and “Animal” as singles ahead of the album drop. “Part of Me” was the only one of the three singles to be dropped before the album announcement.

Kahan opened for Ben Folds and Anderson East in the United States in February 2017 and then went on to open for Milky Chance in March 2017. Later opening on an East Coast tour with The Strumbellas that began on October 12, 2017, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and concluded on November 14, 2017, in Buffalo, New York. He performed at Billboard's Industry Night on November 16, 2017, at the Ludlow House in New York City, showcasing his pop-folk song "Fine". In April and May 2018, Kahan supported George Ezra on his North American tour and then directly after embarked on his own tour, headlining shows across Europe throughout May 2018. Kahan then embarked on a world tour in October and November 2018, with Dean Lewis joining him in support for the North American leg. He later opened for Dean Lewis on his tour of Europe in February 2019, then joining James Bay on his North American tour for the following month. Kahan toured for 'The Busyhead Tour', in which he headlined shows across North America from September to November 2019.

In October 2021, Kahan headlined his 'I Am / I Was Tour', with support from Blake Rose and Genevieve Stokes.

On July 8, 2022, Kahan announced a U.S. tour for the fall and released the single "Stick Season", which he had first teased in October 2020. Over the following two years, the song became a fan favorite, further growing in popularity on social media app TikTok. Kahan followed it up with the release of "Northern Attitude" on September 16.

On October 14, 2022, Kahan released his album Stick Season. According to early reviews of the album from AP News, "There’s irony there because these feel like songs both longtime listeners and newer fans will want to belt back to Kahan — not because they’re produced for stadiums or arenas, but because they’re full of nostalgic melodies that will resonate far beyond New England." Kahan wrote this album during the pandemic which he spent back home in Vermont. Stick Season leans more into the folk genre than the rest of his older music which were more pop sounding. Kahan says that in his album, Stick Season, he wanted to pay homage to the folk singers that he grew up listening to. He adds that his greatest goal as a songwriter is to write music that other people can relate to and to be able to throw that lifeline to someone.

On March 17, 2023, Kahan was featured on Joy Oladokun's single "We're All Gonna Die", which was also released as part of her April 2023 album, Proof of Life.

On June 9, 2023, Kahan released a deluxe version of Stick Season titled, Stick Season (We'll All Be Here Forever), which includes seven previously unreleased tracks.

Homesick
Noah Kahan Lyrics

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Two months since you got back
How have you been and are you bored yet?
The weather ain't been bad
If you're into masochistic bullshit

And every photograph
That's taken here is from the summer
Some guy won Olympic gold

Eight years ago, a distance runner
And that makes a lot of sense
This place is such great motivation
For anyone trying to move
The fuck away from hibernation, yoo-hoo

Well, I'm tired of dirt roads
Named after high school friends' grandfathers
And motherfuckers here still don't know they caught
The Boston bombers
Time moves so damn slow
I swear I feel my organs failing
I stopped caring 'bout a month ago
Since then, it's been smooth sailing

I would leave if only I could find a reason
I'm mean because I grew up in New England
I got dreams but I can't make myself believe them
Spend the rest of my life with what could have been
And I will die in the house that I grew up in
I'm homesick
I'm homesick
I'm homesick
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

I would leave if only I could find a reason
I'm mean because I grew up in New England
I got dreams but I can't make myself believe them
Spend the rest of my life with what could have been
And I will die in the house that I grew up in
I'm homesick
I'm homesick
I'm homesick

I'm homesick
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

Overall Meaning

The song "Homesick" by Noah Kahan is a melancholic and introspective piece that speaks to the longing to leave one's hometown in search of new experiences, while also acknowledging the deep emotional ties to the place where one grew up. The opening lines beautifully capture this sentiment, with the singer asking how the person he's addressing has been since they returned home and expressing his curiosity as to whether they've become bored yet. The next lines are biting in their criticism of the place, with the description of the weather being "masochistic bullshit." This suggests that the place is one that is difficult to live in, but there is still something that draws people to it.

The lyrics then take a turn, with the mention of a photograph taken in the summer and an Olympic gold medalist. These details provide a contrasting perspective, implying that there are reasons to stay in this place and that it can be a source of motivation for those who want to leave. The singer then goes on to express his disillusionment with the place, citing "dirt roads named after high school friends' grandfathers" and the fact that people there still talk about the Boston bombers. He laments the slow passage of time and the feeling of his organs failing, suggesting an overall sense of stagnation and decay. However, he also acknowledges that he stopped caring a month ago, implying a kind of resignation or acceptance of his situation.

The final stanza of the song further elaborates on the singer's conflicting feelings, as he grapples with the idea of leaving but ultimately feels tied to his hometown. He expresses a desire to leave but also admits that he can't find a reason to do so. He feels mean in his criticism of the place and recognizes that his dreams are difficult to achieve. The repetition of "I'm homesick" underscores the deep emotional resonance of these conflicting feelings, as the singer struggles to reconcile his desire for change with his attachment to the past.

Overall, the song is a meditation on the complexities of place and identity, as the singer tries to make sense of his conflicting feelings about his hometown and his future.

Line by Line Meaning

Two months since you got back
It has been two months since your return.

How have you been and are you bored yet?
Asking how the person has been doing and if they've become bored of their surroundings.

The weather ain't been bad
The weather has not been terrible.

If you're into masochistic bullshit
Unless the person enjoys pain and suffering.

And every photograph
Every picture taken in this place.

That's taken here is from the summer
Has been captured during the summer season.

Some guy won Olympic gold
An anonymous man won an Olympic gold medal.

Eight years ago, a distance runner
Eight years ago, this runner achieved success in a distance race.

And that makes a lot of sense
It is logical and reasonable.

This place is such great motivation
This place can inspire people to leave and pursue their dreams.

For anyone trying to move
For anyone attempting to relocate.

The fuck away from hibernation
To escape from a period of inactivity or stagnation.

Well, I'm tired of dirt roads
I am exhausted by the presence of unpaved roads.

Named after high school friends' grandfathers
That have been named in honor of elderly relatives of my high school peers.

The motherfuckers here still don't know they caught
The people here are unaware that they caught the Boston bombers.

Time moves so damn slow
The passage of time seems unusually sluggish.

I swear I feel my organs failing
I feel like my internal organs are giving out on me.

I stopped caring 'bout a month ago
I have lost the ability to care about anything for the last month.

Since then, it's been smooth sailing
Things have been going relatively well since then.

I would leave if only I could find a reason
I wish I could leave, but I need a justification.

I'm mean because I grew up in New England
My negative attitude is due to my upbringing in New England.

I got dreams but I can't make myself believe them
I have aspirations, but I struggle to believe in them.

Spend the rest of my life with what could have been
I will spend the rest of my life wondering what could have been.

And I will die in the house that I grew up in
I will pass away in the house I was raised in.

I'm homesick
I long for home.

I would leave if only I could find a reason
I wish I could leave, but I need a justification.

I'm mean because I grew up in New England
My negative attitude is due to my upbringing in New England.

I got dreams but I can't make myself believe them
I have aspirations, but I struggle to believe in them.

Spend the rest of my life with what could have been
I will spend the rest of my life wondering what could have been.

And I will die in the house that I grew up in
I will pass away in the house I was raised in.

I'm homesick
I long for home.

Oh
An exclamation of emotion and emphasis.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Noah Kahan

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@sleepyrodent

2y↑6

My most important pieces of advice for moving to NE are as follows:

1. Befriend a neighbor with a snowblower ASAP. Quickest way to accomplish this is to bring them Dunks.
2. Learn to love Dunks.
3. Expand your wardrobe to cover all weather possibilities.
4. Embrace aggressive driving.
5. Keep in mind that our version of “nice” is different from most of the country’s.

Welcome home! 😘

All comments from YouTube:

@emilyheaberlin5128

2y↑2K

It's like admitting through Gritted teeth how much you truly do like your hometown, if only because if the nostalgia of it

@joshrhoads9419

1y↑128

Like admitting you love it because it’s part of who you were and who you became as a person, yet you hate the place all the same

@realmfire7878

1y↑7

@@joshrhoads9419 yes
exactly this

@kissurapocalypse

1y↑12

I can attest to this. I’ve lived in Florida for half a year. And granted I still lived in MA, I lived in different houses and cities but your comment is me every time I stray too far from my childhood home. Lol. This whole song too tho. Speaks to me! Lolol

@beccafelice9464

1y↑17

Yes I would rather pull my teeth then live there again but I miss it at the same time

@kl3359

1y↑18

Bro it’s so facts I had so much anger towards my home town and the people there but when I left it all faded and was replaced with this heavy feeling of nostalgia and a sense of realization that home is not where u go but where you’re heart is

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@fien111

41w↑238

Truly the anthem of people who live in the Northeast. "Fuck this place.....I'm not leaving, though."

@Sparrow_-

14w↑2

As someone from the Northeast this is so true

@user-sm2kt9mr3e

@user-bn1lo8ry5t

exactly...i left and our singular goal is to get back after I brought my Wife up once...sentiment "Fuck this place, but we want to be here"

@taratheadora

I left, but I’m sure I’ll be back someday.

@casmatori

Exactly. This song just speaks New England to me. I can imagine all the people stuck their whole lives in stagnation, mediocrity and slow decline You have to know the Northeast and its culture to get this song. It makes me cry every time.

@tonyadair0754

48w↑339

He turned "homesick" from meaning "missing home" to meaning "sick of home"

@al-to2sx

41w↑18

for me its both 😭

@mostlywholenicole

40w↑12

It’s definitely both. ❤

@Aspen_202

38w

For me it’s the second one :)

@SweetSirenia

36w↑13

As a New Englander, it's 100% both. We all talk about our hometowns exactly like this and mean it both ways equally.

@melvingibson4525

20w↑2

That's exactly what he did very clever song writing

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@MrSK83R71

1y↑269

I grew up in Vermont. There are definitely worse places to live but Vermont takes a mental toll on you. The isolation, the lack of motivation and no outlets for kids to express themselves. Everyone here seems to have the same complaints and it’s that there is absolutely nothing to do. Although I’d say my life wasn’t necessarily hard, at times it was very challenging. In Vermont we don’t worry about violent crime. The biggest worry is your own mind. The isolation and loneliness can really ruin you. Spending all of my childhood here I’ve learned the most valuable lessons about mental health. Although outsiders look at our state and fall in love with our lifestyle, values and traditions and our natural beauty, there is a much darker side to a life in Vermont. I’m glad Noah could put that feeling into a song and although it might not mean much to non Vermonters, to everyone else that’s grown up here it means the world.

@EndBSL84

1y↑2

I hear this. I'm up in the NEK and it definitely takes a toll.

@cassieearle9196

1y↑9

We have some high suicide rates in Vermont

@meghanhuff

1y↑4

@@EndBSL84 I didn't really grow up in the NEK but spent ages 16 to 22 there. The isolation is different. But God damn, there's not a single place in this world I'd rather be most of the time. I miss VT with my entire heart. It's the only place that's ever actually felt like home

@anonymouslyanonymous5987

1y↑9

If you want true isolation, come to Montana or Wyoming. At least Vermont is very close to many big New England cities like Boston and Cambridge. In Montana, it’s cold, dark, and lonely. The closest city is Billings.

@IfReborn

50w↑2

Dude have you seen the mental health of city foke? stick 50k people on 50 acres for 10 years and report back to me.

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@slideshowgurl

2y↑978

As someone who literally grew up in the same town as Noah, I laughed out loud at some moments of this song. This is probably my favorite song off this album just because it’s so relatable. I feel like I get the inside joke almost 😂 So proud to see how far you’ve come Noah!

@Jack-rj5mc

2y↑37

Same! I lived in the same area (not sure if it’s the same town) but it hits so different knowing the place he’s talking about

@slideshowgurl

2y↑37

@@Jack-rj5mc I went to HS with his older brother and sister! They lived in NH at that point, we were right in the boarder of Vermont.

@Jack-rj5mc

2y↑25

@@slideshowgurl omg yea! My neighbor graduated with him. Guess New England can be a small place 😳

@dylanglazier8912

1y↑18

@@Jack-rj5mc same here, grew up in Lebanon NH, felt like this song was written about the upper valley and then looked him up lol

@Jack-rj5mc

1y↑9

@@dylanglazier8912 right? I’m from Norwich, VT and definitely thought about the Upper Valley during this song!

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@MariahSings01

2y↑481

This is such a very specific growing up in rural New England vibe.

@theprojectproject01

1y↑7

It translates 1:1 into rural Wisconsin, too.

@TerriMoty

1y↑8

Oh god another new englander. I’m in small town Maine so I fully feel this.

@sidereum-05

1y↑6

I spent the first 13 years of my life in a small town in Northern New Hampshire, and it took about two years for me to fully adjust to my new surroundings. I’ve gotten over it for the most part, but sometimes I still miss that little town.

@greysenG10

1y↑6

@@sidereum-05 Which town? I'm from North Conway, but spend a lot of time in Colebrook NH as well.

@samuelducanada

1y↑2

@@theprojectproject01 Nova Scotia, too. Most photos are from the summer!! Not the long, cold winter.

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@nights_the_nightingale

1y↑375

Everyone's talking about wanting to go back to a place you desperately wanted to leave, which I can understand, but I feel like this song is more "I'm stuck here for eternity and I want to find a place I can truly call home." Maybe it's just my escapism trauma response talking, but that's how I interpret this. I'm homesick for a place that doesn't exist and probably never will.

@TJ-fu5kr

1y↑31

Thank you. I think a lot of people are misinterpreting this song. He doesn’t once say anything positive about his hometown or that he wants to be there. He feels stuck there.

@gregk8246

1y↑28

It's a play on words. He's sick because of his home.

@user-hl2gh7qv1k

1y↑10

As someone who grew up in new england (and still lives there) theres something that always brings you back, been to California for some time but I got "homesick" and ended up back here. idk man I hate it here but I hate everywhere else more.

@handledbyanotherperson

40w↑2

Oh I relate to that. I relate to that a lot.

@Lor_Sterling

30w↑1

Same here!

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@daeIynnx

2y↑504

as someone who grew up in a small rural town in northern US, this hits like a brick

@wickedpanik8304

Gallatin before the elitist snowbirds moved in.

@reapshotgaming

yea it does

@princessesoftheking7411

47w

same

@Bryan-ww4dd

32w↑1

“I’m mean because I grew up in New England”

@pixieparkk7957

2y↑253

i can't explain how much noah's music means to me

@BadActingWYIM

1y↑2

I've been waiting for him to blow up and he's just getting better and better. Been waiting for his music my whole lifeeee

@chasebowater2477

2y↑126

as a Mainer born and raised that was forced to move down south, holy shit I've never felt more personally connected to a song before. I miss the leaves changing colors and the Rocky coastlines and whoopie pies man goddamn

@CutiePastry118

2y↑3

Look up how to make whoopie pies! It's basically a cakey cookie with a fluffy filling! Lots of the pumpkin ones have been showing up here in my ME town!

@greysenG10

2y↑3

Same, Im from the North Conway NH/ Fryeburg ME area. Beautiful place to be man.

@cbowater-theriault858

2y↑1

@@CutiePastry118 I have tried a few times and I am not a baker but at least they were fun to make haha I can never get the icing right

@cbowater-theriault858

2y↑2

@@greysenG10 100% I was from the Lewiston/Auburn area, the fall was my favorite so I'm just extra in my feels

@christopherplummer1299

1y↑4

Amato italian sandwiches. I miss Amatos and a whoopie pie anytime I wanted.

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@roisinsmith6456

43w↑51

As A Native New Englander who left 20 years ago and then came back, This song is sooo relatable!! You can't leave here, it's in your blood , you carry it with you everywhere! And there is this pulll back that you try to ignore but is always there. It's a love/hate relationship. I'm gonna die here God help me!

@kishiyami3160

2y↑72

The feeling of getting called out for the traits that you have instilled into you is one of the greatest and worst feeling ever knowing that the place you grew up in is the place that made you who you are

@sydlockett3356

1y↑91

This song makes everyone who says they ‘hate’ where they grew up just secretly love it a little more. I’m everyone

@youngjustus8252

35w↑5

Stuck in a small town city in Atlantic Canada. So much has happened and every day I feel more and more trapped, unable to leave. Chained by a family legacy but still a smear on their name. Unable to escape a career I'm not sure I want but desperate to finish it after fighting tooth and nail for it.
I love my hometown. Everyone knows everyone. It's quiet. It's peaceful. It's lonely.
Friends who have left told me to leave myself - that I'm missing out. But I'm not really sure I can. A piece of myself will always be here, no matter if I want it to be or not.
Never was able to describe what I felt until I heard this song. Thank you for giving me something to listen to and know I'm not alone. Maybe someday I will no longer be homesick

@adaswedentr

32w↑1

Hey, thanks for sharing! beautifully written. I feel the same way.

@SailTheSushiSeas

46w↑11

“I’m mean because I grew up in New England” ❤ this line

@sharrpshooter1

1y↑50

Its scares me how well this applies to basically all of the Midwest

@returnoftheromans6726

1y↑1

I know. Lol! 🤣

@tommymac874

34w↑1

Except for the mean part

@Jordinmeyers

28w

Frfr😭

@mc98smusicmoviereviews93

22w↑2

Michigan and Wisconsin were largely settled by folks from Maine and Massachusetts and Upstate New York so yeah….

@rakuraitaiyo897

@@tommymac874same! I vibe with every line except that one. Still a good line of course, it's just not for the midwest.

@themapoe

1y↑45

I'm from Rhode Island but I've been living in Austria for a couple years now. This song speaks to my soul.

@sarah8349

1y↑5

Hello from Rhode Island ❤

@CBDiamond

37w↑7

" I would leave if only I could find a reason "

@kathleenboyle762

27w↑11

I feel so lucky to have spent my life in Chicago. I absolute love where I grew up and would LOVE to die in the house that I grew up in. Yet I have always wanted to try things out somewhere else, just to see what else is out there, and to prove to myself that Chicago REALLY IS ALL THAT. Now, at 60 years old and a heavily entrenched member of the sandwich generation, I am selling my home and will spend the foreseeable future bouncing between caring for my 85 and 87 year old parents at their out-of-state home (while my childhood home sits empty most of the time), our grown-ish children - 26 and 19 - who live out of state (older one engaged, younger one in college, still need me, but at least they live near one-another), and my husband who has taken a job out of state. Even most of my extended family never ventured much further than an hour away - including me - because of the pull of suburban sell-out-ism. I am still in sorting, purging, and packing mode, but I miss Chicago already. My immigrant grandfather used to say "If you can't find it in Chicago, you don't need it." I always knew he was right, but here I go anyway. ugly crying

PS: Why does gratuitous swearing invigorate in some styles of music and irritate in others? Discuss.

@shrinkwrap1770

1y↑37

I just moved back to Maine from Texas. I feel this song in my cantankerous, salt water soaked soul.

@FlynnTheRedhead

2y↑81

Didn’t expect Homesick to end up sounding like this but I’m here for it! Glad to see these released

@merrittsteinbach435

21w↑4

It's not about living in a small town. It's about being stuck in yourself and not moving forward. It's brilliant and I love it.

@djgray1200

1y↑8

Rural New England here. Sir you have no business getting it so right and making me feel the feels you're making me right now. It's an affront. And this song is awesome.

@djgray1200

Oh BTW I also found this song via local college radio first then came here to comment. Take pride in small town community/college radio.

@enockkarima7720

1y↑35

Not even from New England and this song still hits hard.

@prodbykhvliq4831

1y↑77

In another song he said something along the lines of “I’m still mad at my parents for what they did to my parents.” I’m paraphrasing but that sentiment still sticks to me. Then listening to this song it’s so true that it hurts. Even though I absolutely HATE the town I grew up, my parents and everything else about Maryland I always find my way back here. I’ve spent my entire 20s traveling the world but somehow, as I type this, I still find myself a train ride away from the house I grew up in. In all honesty that’s probably the house that I’ll die in. God, this song hits home… no pun intended. 😂

@iamjoesauce

51w↑1

Hey!! Fellow Marylander. Where in Maryland? I'm on the good ol Eastern Shore in the Easton area.

@samanthasevera6269

2y↑106

I grew up in CT. As your young all you want is out. Im in texas now, & all I want is to be back home. It's crazy how this hits. Loved this so much! ❤️

@elimaloney2025

go CT

@savanahbustle3361

1y↑1

No way. Another person from CT? They let you out too?!

@elimaloney2025

1y↑3

@@savanahbustle3361 we breached containment! hows the quest for world domination over there? I'm in NJ and theyve yet to notice me

@emmaking8596

Thisss

@Mf.09_marie

I grew up in CT also and same I literally just wanna be back home too!💗

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@topbloxph1289

48w↑2

Leaving this comment so after month or years when someone likes it,it well remember me to this song

@allisonbergold2038

2y↑175

Damn this is not the vibe I anticipated coming into this video. It’s ironic because in four days I’m leaving my home to move across the country to the New England area. I came into this thinking I was going to have a good cry, instead I feel oddly uplifted, feeling like I finally have a sign that moving away from home was the correct call.

Thank you for the sign. I don’t want to die in the house I grew up in

@gel2795

2y↑5

Good luck and make the most on your new chapter! :)

@EBlockWitch

2y↑4

Oh God yes!! The house I grew up in--Orlando Florida--was dismantled, board by board and distributed among wealthy Winter Park antique affacianados. It was only a little over a hundred years old and built by a cousin of Daniel Boone. Now my old yard is under a parking garage, but Noah is helping me get over it!!.

@maeroche6453

2y↑3

We're not all mean here in New England 🙂

@sleepyrodent

2y↑6

@greysenG10

2y↑2

Where exactly you moving to? I live in the white mountain area in New Hampshire, North Conway in exact. Great place to be, just really cold in the winter so be prepared lol

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@TerriMoty

1y↑16

Small town Mainer here who just moved back home and god I FEEL this song. I’ve been home for litteraly three months and I feel so happy to be back but hate myself for comeing back to the place I was trapped in for so long.

@borisfenestra

1y↑4

Moved to Ohio from a small town in Massachusetts. I don't think I ever realized just how good I had it there. I love my new life, but I'd take those winding forest roads and colonial houses over the endless corn and soy fields any day.

@patsfreak

1y↑56

I swear, we’re only mean because we believe in skipping niceties and getting to the point.

@elimaloney2025

1y↑3

facts. small talk has no place for us.

@colleencanas632

1y↑4

No fake nice BS. I find most people kind, but some are not. Moved away from Connecticut and came back. Love the 4 seasons!

@masey423

52w↑1

Facts, I only wanna F with you if I know you're genuine!

@SugarWolf211

48w↑5

I love the saying (dunno who said it) "People on the west coast are nice but not kind, people on the east coast are kind but NOT NICE" 😂

@vaiyren1757

26w

@@SugarWolf211I’ve always wanted to go to the east coast! I’m from Texas born and raised and I’ve always dreamed of visiting, this song plus the comments hit so hard I’m crying..idk why I’m leaving this comment other than to say good luck 💝

@ashleyoliver6936

1y↑5

I came here for the "I'm mean because I grew up in New England."

@stormy_skies3375

14w↑1

I grew up in upstate New York. Not even in a place big enough to be called a town, nearest civilization was 5 miles away and 150 people tops. When i was younger, all I could think about was all the adventures I would go on when I could finally leave. Then my family moved to a more populated part of Oklahoma, and I've been missing my hometown terribly ever since. Didn't know it was possible to miss a place so much. This song is the closest thing I've found to being able to explain that feeling.

@zacharyhurwitz1789

1y↑6

In Rhode Island we call it the “Rhode Island Curse.” We grow up, go to high school, go to college, get married, buy a house, raise a family. All within ten miles of one another. But it’s not a curse, it’s a blessing. Rhode Island is beautiful

@kerriemazur7623

The best way to appreciate it is to leave & come back 😊

@egalisx

30w↑12

It's oddly poetic, it's a love hate song about the northeast, and that hits perfectly, it is the vibe👌

@idekman6926

27w↑2

I live in a reservation up north in canada, in the middle of nowhere and this is how i feel. I have hopes and drinks but cant seem to get out 😢

@cait2085

2y↑26

I AM MADLY IN LOVE WITH THIS ALBUM. HOLY CRAP THIS SONG IS SO GOOD!!!

@sawyerswain7725

2y↑8

This is literally the small town New England anthem

@AB365_Official

29w↑5

On my vacation in the Pacific Northwest, whilst camping at Mt. Rainier, an Oregon radio station played this song over the weak, crackling air waves. It was the first song I heard from Noah and I've been hooked ever since. Every time I hear this song it reminds me of the best vacation I've ever had.

@lynnedumas746

1y↑2

From southern NH. My boyfriend and I moved to the PNW three years ago. We were so excited for the beautiful mountains, forests, and relatively mild winters. The winters are nice.. Now we can't wait to move back home, honestly.

@morganash6358

24w↑2

Rhode islander here. The smallest of the small. This song resonates, big time.

@danielleking9443

1y↑11

this song really reminds me of all my friends who never got to leave New England. I love New England, but I’m glad I moved away and got to experience other places. some I hated, and some I love. Maybe we’ll move back some day in the future when we’re old.

@MariamPakbaz

1y↑27

As someone from Vermont, this is something only someone from Vermont would write.

@henriktheonly3874

1y↑3

certified Vermont moment

@namtien92

1y↑14

This song hit this suburban Boston kid living in Maryland way too hard just before bed 🥺

@Beccalyn12

12w↑1

I have vacationed in Vermont every summer for 25 years and I KNOW it's not the same as living there. This song is awesome!

@jackiej.5269

2y↑21

Just returned to Ohio (which is technically Midwest I know) after being moved down to the south as a kid. It’s bittersweet and a little painful to be back but it’s also coming home, it’s comfort, and I’ve been homesick all this time in a way that’s hard to put words to. This song does it perfectly.

@th-ck9vl

1y↑2

After TikTok I never want to hear about Ohio again 😭

@mc98smusicmoviereviews93

22w

The Midwest was settled by New Englanders.

@rj31789

1y↑8

If you know New England you can absolutely relate to this song as a whole. It’s so spot on even though I don’t feel homesick for it all (but maybe I will be one day).

@lee26th

23w↑1

The ozarks feel like this. Ill never move back but i do miss how quiet and beautiful it is.

@BlastedYT

2y↑7

This my favorite song in the album tied with Growing Sideways

@chinunez2216

I agree!!!!

@AJ-wz2eh

2y↑9

I still love this one so much!!! I moved away from the place I grew up 2 years ago and I am still homesick.
Oh and I really want to buy the merch with “I’m mean because I grew up in new England” on it now!!!

@themapoe

YES for the merch. I would buy it so fast.

@tiffanylockett5950

13w↑1

I'm having a good moment right now!

@tiffanylockett5950

13w

And then it's especially great because it's from a great place in California. It feels good to feel like me a little more than usual, and it's the best me I "used" to be! Really happy to get back to this girl. And music is really, really helping with that.

@madT_T

2y↑6

I did not expect this type of rhythm coming from you BUT it's SO fricking goodd, what the heck Noah????

@eboatwright3869

2y↑14

This might be my favorite song on the album because of the guitar
Edit: This is 100% my new favorite song rn

@Klinester

2y↑10

Dude I have absolutely no doubts you'll be top of the charts someday. Also you and Dermot gotta come to the US

@kayleyfarber5465

2y↑10

So worth staying up until midnight for!!!🤟🏼

@taggs8958

1y↑5

As someone who grew up in Connecticut swearing everyday during high-school I was leaving and never coming back now I have bought my great aunts house made by hand by my great grandfather and great uncle here in my home town raising 3 kids this song hits hard

@PROD5VE

2y↑9

Noah Kahan is a huge inspiration to me and I WILL produce a song for him one day.

@tashak8360

38w↑2

Not from New England, but rural Minnesota instead. You know the bump on MN’s west border? I’m the bump. Trying to explain to my college friends what it’s like to be from the boonies is so impossible. While I hate it here and am counting down the days till college starts again, I also know that I’ll probably never have friends and memories like this ever again. Because there is nothing to do, that almost makes it more fun, whether we are exploring some random graveyard 50 minutes from our home town, sledding in the dark, or eating dinner at the only restaurant in town, I never want it to end. But I can’t wait to leave.

@whiskeybiscuit5013

2y↑3

When he blows up I want y’all to know I’ve been here since the beginning🥺😍❤️❤️

@user-he7st4tn1x

14w

i can't explain how much noah's music means to me. i can't explain how much noah's music means to me.

@jazzieluna

I am a New England exile and can't wait to get back. I miss it terribly. It's in my blood.

@mdegn1121md

29w↑3

Holy shit homesick how am I so late to this

@ThirtyEighttt

1y↑3

I heard this song randomly yesterday and it’s been on repeat since then, right now, I stuck between choosing where to live🤦‍♂️ I rented an apartment months ago but haven’t moved in since, I’m currently living with my parents, it’s not comfortable but it’s where my heart is, I feel like moving out so I can focus on my life but at the same time, my life here too is so peaceful that i don’t wanna leave my mom, this is where I grew up in, maybe that’s why. This is a meaningful song🥰

@evanengland5789

19w↑1

That hit man that really hit “i have dreams but i can’t make myself believe them” i almost cried but i grew up in new england so i sucked that shit up but that hit

@wannabedrewafualo

1y↑2

I did not grow up in New England, I grew up in the Midwest. All of my family is basically Southern. This song still gives such a taste of “I’ve been there, too.”

@josephbevers2427

42w↑1

As a PNW listener, I feel this so much. I long for travel, and distance... but I've already done it, my home is Oregon, even with the 7 months of rain and backwards thinking, this is home

@sydneyp1403

1y↑13

as a small town girl from NH with Big Dreams- this made me tear up. cause i got ‘em and they’re fucking hard to believe here ❤

@matthewschiavi7353

1y↑1

I left my hometown in Boston's Metro West almost 23 years ago. I get twinges of nostalgia for what (at least I think) it was and I go back to visit family ever so often. I've got to be honest though, It's nice seeing Massachusetts in the rearview mirror.

@dxbnelle

2y↑2

This song needed this upbeat! Yasssss, amazing.

@xxaannddeerr6354

1y↑1

this song is such a specific energy and i love it
i'm calling it now, dudes going to absolutely explode

@NashPotatoesOutdoorShow

19w↑1

Great song...please keep them coming!!!

@jesseh654

1y↑2

As someone living in Rhode Island this song is absolutely perfect an anthem really

@Mf.09_marie

1y↑3

I grew up in New England specifically CT and recently have been missing it so this song hits hard right now!💗

@greenrandall143

50w↑1

Yoooo that’s my state

@Toucansam46

20w

As a born and raised New Englander this song speaks so deeply to my soul

@KristianGabriel

14w

ICONA POP! ❤ Classic song!

@kyleemoriarty7297

1y↑4

Born in MA raised between ma and nh and I've tried leaving so many times. I decided 6 years ago to stop trying. I've never had a song hit me so hard. 🖤

@brianaccardi331

51w↑2

I fell in love with this whole album this week, been a few years since something hit me so well

@freethinker5225

1y↑1

Small town in maine and proudly a local for life... no regrets. Home is where the heart is

@Someflower4

2y↑6

“ i got dreams but I can’t make myself believe them” dang

@Teddy-dd8ij

2y↑3

i feel every single one of your songs on a different level and i can’t even explain what they make me feel

@krisgraves9115

30w↑2

I was so eager to get out of my town. I was so excited because I had no roots there other than my parents but the summer before I was meant to leave I made a bunch of friends and all of a sudden I had a place there but I still had to leave. I miss my home but gods I do not miss my home.

@beth4692

1y↑1

Truly such a tune

@CarolAnnAmelian

14w

Blessed you are ❤ New England home sweet home 💖

@user-sm2kt9mr3e

9w↑1

The anthem of all people from a small town in new england

@Switcharoo12

1y↑2

Got downeast Maine down to a tee, well done. 🤟

@hannahkohlhofer3405

1y↑1

I grew up in the same area as this guy and I now live in KY, honestly so happy there's a whole song to relate to on this.

@ByronDeans

10w

It says something about my religious guidance experience, and being a servant of the Lord, if I inferred any of that correctly, versus just living in Vermont, dying in the house one grew up in. Bleeping bleep that.

@Dogster6

2y↑1

Thank you for putting it all into words

@livbrooks4194

51w↑2

Listen i’m from a rural town in Canada but MAN does this hit

@GreatGraniteState

38w↑6

Can we just appreciate how the random swearing is such a perfect representation of new England

@Brennan2001

41w↑1

I got dreams but I can't make myself belive them - my adhd brain been needing that explanation thank you😊

@DIDDLOTIC

1y↑5

As somebody also born and raised in New England about to move across the country next month this song better not make me miss my hometown, because I'm downloading it right now lol

@tess2304

1y↑2

Boston raised and no matter how hard I try to leave Boston I'll stay 😌

@leah271

2y↑2

I love this one so much!!

@AmberLF

Does this song make anyone else cry?

@skyeryder6415

2y↑2

you didnt have to make me cry like that :( . to good of an album

@maura8819

1y↑3

I live in ct rn. It’s hard to say how scary this song is because it’s too relatable. “I got dreams but I can’t make myself believe them”

@petereymert8083

14w↑1

Never heard this before...and somehow I knew I'd love it. Weird.

@xexe2417

1y↑5

Ik it’s not rural or even technically New England, but I live in NY, both the city and upstate, and this song hits me in a really weird. It makes me nostalgic for something I’m only really allowed to look at. So weird