Noah Kahan, Stick Season | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 37^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Stick Season” performed by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, Noah Kahan.

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and/or stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 37^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “Stick Season” performed by Noah Kahan.

“And I love Vermont, but it’s the season of the sticks.” Season of the sticks sounds like it is a bit of a sus time, Noah Kahan. The lyric hails from “Stick Season”, which appears as the second track off – wait for it – Stick Season, released in 2022, and the expanded Stick Season (Forever), released in 2024.  “Stick Season” was a massive hit for the Vermont singer/songwriter, peaking at no. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024 – his first top-10 single.  Kahan penned “Stick Season” and produced it alongside Gabe Simon.

Given the fact that “Stick Season” is a folk, singer/songwriter record, it’s not surprising the lyrics are fantastic.  Furthermore, Noah Kahan sings them terrifically. Matters of the heart rear their ugly head in the first verse where Kahan has lost someone special and struggles to cope with it.  To make matters even worse, it’s during a bad time: “Now I am stuck between my anger and the blame that I face / And memories are somethin’ even smoking weed does not replace /… Doc told me to travel, but there’s COVID on the planes.” Facts! In the second verse, he’s still in a funk: “No, I am no longer funny ‘cause I miss the way you laugh / You once called me ‘forever,’ now you still can’t call me back.” Of course, the centerpiece is the chorus, beginning with that reference to Vermont and stick season.

“And I love Vermont, but it’s the season of the sticks

And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed

And it’s half my fault, but I just like to play the victim

I’ll drink alcohol ‘til my friends come home for Christmas

And I’ll dream each night of some version of you

That I might not have, but I did not lose

Now you’re tire tracks and one pair of shoes

And I’m split in half, but that’ll have to do.”

Word. Backed by a folksy backdrop (acoustic guitar fuels the fire), and singing heartfelt, passionate lyrics with a gorgeous tone and tuneful melodies, the multiplatinum “Stick Season” is the sugar honey iced tea.

Noah Kahan // Stick Season (Forever) // Mercury / Republic // 2024

Noah Kahan, Stick Season: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 37 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Mercury / Republic; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]