Noah Kahan has announced a new single called “The Great Divide.”
The track will premiere on Jan. 30 and is available to presave now. You can hear a preview, in which Kahan sings, “I hope you settle down and I hope you marry rich/ I hope you’re scared of all the ordinary s***,” now via his Instagram.
Noah also commented on his Instagram Story how frustrating he’s been to not leak any spoilers , “It’s so hard to not be able to explain why this album took me so long to make or why we all have to wait even though it’s done.”
He adds, “It’s frustrating to not be able to tell you guys more. My only hope is when it comes out you guys are like, ‘oh I get it now.'”
However, all signs seem to be pointing toward something coming soon. In December, he captioned a cryptic video on his secret TikTok account @thelastofthebugs, “Call me when the bugs don’t die.” And in a New Year’s letter posted on that same account, he wrote, “I’ll see you when the bugs don’t die!” If bugs die off in the winter, Noah may be hinting at putting out new music in the spring.
If you click the link in the bio of the TikTok account, which is named after a lyric in the last song on Stick Season,it takes you to a website where you can presave or pre-add an album. The URL says, in part, “NKComing Soon.”
“The Great Divide” will mark Kahan’s first new music to follow his 2022 breakout album, Stick Season, and its various expanded editions. The record spawned a hit in the title track, as well as collaborations with Hozier, Post Malone, Sam Fender, Gracie Abrams and Kacey Musgraves, among others.