An evening of teens and tears with the newly crowned prince of Stomp and Holler 2.0.
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But everyones wearing them, including myself (how do you do, fellow teens?)
And his pop-inflected folk hits different in front of Northeasterners.
3 on The Billboard 200.
After topping the rock and alternative charts, he finally hit The Hot 100, peaking at No.
The two drove up from Boston.
Thats why I like that song a lot.
Because I know what that is.
Ive been through that.
Clouds can be so deep when youre 16.
And: mohawk-mullet boyfriend.
American-flag-print Vineyard Vineswhale boyfriend.
There are also lots of lesbian couples and BFF duos holding hands.
A time when the alt charts were taken over by the Country Bear Jamboree.
None of this is a judgment of the actual quality of the music.
Its just to say that, in the Gen-Z (and Gen-Alpha?)
More than Vermont or New Hampshire, his music really lives, spiritually, on TikTok.
They each tell the other that they should tweet their shirt at him.
I start chatting with 20-year-old UNH English major Emma and her 18-year-old friend Hailey.
They plan on getting matching tattoos of the Kahan lyric I do not exist to die.
They resonate with the way Kahan sings about that transitional period in ones life.
Its music to be a main character to.
A couple of girls hold signs up toward the front of the pit.
Another says THIS SEXY JEW GOES TO THERAPY.
Im still depressed, but I was depressed-er.
I dont know what was wrong with me.
I spent hours playingClub Penguinand watching NBA dunk compilations.
At one point in his show, Kahan takes a moment to shout-out everyone who came alone.
I literally go to fucking hibachi by myself, he says.
Everyone feels sad for me.
I tell them its my birthday; they throw a whole zucchini in my mouth.
As they sing along, they sob and hold their hands to their hearts, feeling everything and lookingsodevastated.
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