Noah Kahan Confronts Fame and OCD on The Great Divide

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Noah Kahan discusses his new album The Great Divide, produced with Aaron Dessner, as a personal chronicle of fame, mental health, and creative renewal. After a difficult Joshua Tree period and an OCD diagnosis, he and collaborators shaped a record rooted in Vermont life and intimate storytelling; the album features Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as he navigates balancing public life with private boundaries and his Busyhead Project.
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