Noah Kahan’s new single sparks buzz
Noah Kahan dropped the single “Porch Light,” which set streaming records ahead of his April 24 album The Great Divide — he also discussed his Netflix documentary 'Out of Body' at SXSW this week single out now SXSW doc talk.
The song was co-written in Noah Kahan’s first-ever session with producer Aaron Dessner ((rollingstone.com)). “Porch Light” hit No. 1 on the U.S. Spotify Streaming Chart for Friday, March 13, according to streaming reports ((headlineplanet.com)), and an official lyric video is available on Noah Kahan’s YouTube channel via Mercury/UMG. ((youtube.com)) Kahan’s summer The Great Divide Tour has sold more than 1 million tickets to date and includes four consecutive sold-out shows at Boston’s Fenway Park — a run his label says makes him the first artist to sell out that many nights there ((universalmusic.ca)). Noah Kahan: Out of Body is directed by Nick Sweeney and had its SXSW film-schedule premiere on March 16, with Netflix confirming the documentary will arrive on the streamer later this year ((schedule.sxsw.com)). Kahan and Sweeney appeared at The Billboard House during SXSW for an onstage conversation, where Kahan told the audience “I’m nervous” about revealing more of his life on camera ((billboard.com)). The rollout follows the earlier single “The Great Divide,” which bowed at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart with 19.3 million U.S. streams in its opening week, marking a fresh commercial high ahead of the April 24 album release. ((billboard.com)) “Porch Light” adopts a familial perspective — Kahan sings lines such as “I hope you tell me that you’re winding down,” a lyric highlighted by his label in the single’s release notes. ((universalmusic.ca))
