Link: Stick Season album by Noah Kahan
Are you looking for a new playlist to freshen up your car rides? If so, this is the playlist for you. The studio album Stick Season by Noah Kahan represents childhood and hometown nostalgia. Listening to it creates a feeling that prompts constructive thoughts to enter your mind. While hearing these songs, your mind may wonder, “Should I be doing things differently?” or “I think I am going to stop doing that and make things right.” This is because those constructive thoughts are formed in your brain, telling you what you should do better.
To dive deeper into why Noah created this album, we see that he regretted some decisions he had made a few years ago. He wrote these songs to express his regrets and to ensure we don’t make the same mistakes. Noah cares about his fans and wants to raise awareness about living life to the fullest and not taking anything for granted.
When Noah first released this album, people were glazing over it. At first, I did not understand the hype surrounding these songs. The more I listened to them, the more I liked them. When you first listen to these art pieces, you might need help understanding what the song is saying. Listening to it more than once enables you to engage in critical listening to figure out what the song truly means.
My favorite song from this album is Everywhere, Everything. This song expresses what it’s like to regret not living life to the fullest. Some of the lyrics say, “I wanna love you ’til we’re food for the worms to eat, ‘Til our fingers decompose, Keep my hand in yours.” Noah is saying through these lyrics that he misses the love he had with his partner and would do anything to die with her instead of being alone.
To wrap things up, this playlist motivates me not to take anything for granted, and I hope you make listening to these songs a goal so there’s a chance you can feel the same way too. I love to listen to this playlist in my car because it helps me make a to-do list and identify things that I want to improve on in my life. I recommend this whole playlist, but especially that one song I recommended to you.