Noah Kahan tells fans it is ‘saw your mom,’ thank you very much
The singer used X to clear up three very adult misheard lyrics from ‘Stick Season,’ ‘23’ and ‘Haircut.’
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Noah Kahan has heard what some fans have been belting back at him, and on July 22 he stepped in with a lyrical cleanup that was more bathroom-wall confessional than grammar lesson.
In a post on X, the singer-songwriter listed three lines that listeners have apparently been mangling into far more explicit territory. Kahan framed the post as “some lyric clarifications,” then laid out the proper words beside the wrong ones.
First up was “Stick Season,” the song Rolling Stone described as his viral hit. Kahan said the lyric is “saw your mom,” not “suck your mom.”
He also corrected a line from “23,” writing that he sings “beat your ass into morning,” rather than the more graphic version some fans have apparently been hearing.
The third fix came from “Haircut,” a track on his album The Great Divide. According to Kahan’s post, the line is “glad you got your act cleaned,” not “glad you got your ass cleaned.”
Kahan did not sound especially wounded by the singalong chaos. He closed the post by telling fans, “But honestly sing from whatever place your mind takes you to.”
The joke landed in the middle of a busy stretch for Kahan. Rolling Stone reported that he headlined the first Rolling Stone Stateside Festival on July 4. The performance took place at Hutton Brickyards in Kingston, New York.
Kahan is also on a sold-out stadium tour tied to The Great Divide, his fourth studio album, which Rolling Stone reported was released in April.
Weather has already thrown one curveball at that run. Rolling Stone reported that Kahan canceled one Citi Field concert in New York City because of severe weather, though he was able to perform the second night as scheduled.
The lyric clarification also followed another recent Kahan post that took the bathroom theme in a more practical direction. Rolling Stone noted that he had pleaded with fans to use the bathroom at his concerts.
Kahan’s year has included screen time as well as stadium crowds. Noah Kahan: Out of Body, a documentary about his rise to fame and mental health struggles, was released at the end of March and is available on Netflix, according to Rolling Stone.
In a June Rolling Stone cover story, Kahan spoke about the contrast between packed venues and quieter moments away from the stage.
“You find out who you are in the moments when you’re alone,” he told the magazine. “In the moments things are quiet, and you don’t have 30,000 people screaming that they love you. I needed to be brought back down to earth, and I think the process, as hard as it was, really did bring me back.”
This story draws on original reporting from Rolling Stone.