{"id":414015,"date":"2026-05-06T05:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/414015\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T05:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:19:11","slug":"after-stick-season-noah-kahan-almost-gave-it-all-up-to-be-a-groundskeeper-105-7-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/414015\/","title":{"rendered":"After Stick Season, Noah Kahan almost gave it all up to be a groundskeeper \u2013 105.7 The Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Noah Kahan on the cover of the June 2026 issue of \u2018Rolling Stone\u2019 (Danny Clinch)<\/p>\n

The pressure to follow up a career-making hit can be enormous, and at one point Noah Kahan thought it might be easier to simply change careers rather than try to match the success of Stick Season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s according to Noah\u2019s new Rolling Stone cover story,<\/a> in which he says that\u00a0after touring Stick Season in 2024, \u201cI was just sick of it.\u201d He adds that, faced with the prospect of making his next album, all he could think was, \u201cThis thing that\u2019s supposed to be so fun and so rewarding is becoming tiring and making you anxious all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Rolling Stone, Noah began thinking about getting a new job. He got fingerprinted with the intention of becoming a substitute teacher, and also considered enrolling in psychology classes at his local college or even becoming a groundskeeper at a golf course. \u201cI thought that would be such a therapeutic thing,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

There was some light at the end of the tunnel at the end of 2024, when he first connected with The National member and producer Aaron Dessner at Dessner\u2019s Long Pond Studios. But another setback came in March 2025, when he took a trip to Joshua Tree, California, and ended up having what he calls an \u201cOCD meltdown,\u201d which manifested in him suffering from disturbing intrusive thoughts.<\/p>\n

After that, Noah went back on medication and finally, he felt creative again. His new #1 album,\u00a0The Great Divide, was the result.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou find out who you are in the moments when you\u2019re alone,\u201d he says. \u201cI needed to be brought back down to earth, and I think the process, as hard as it was, really did bring me back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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