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Noah Kahan opens up about his “surreal” Grammy Awards nomination and path to success
Noah Kahan will contend for his first Grammy Award when the ceremony gets underway on Sunday, Feb. 4. But the singer-songwriter, whose latest record earned him a coveted nomination in the Best New Artist category, has been rehearsing his Grammys acceptance speech since childhood.
“When I was falling asleep, I would practice my Grammys speech when I was a little kid,” Kahan told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King on Monday.
It went like this, he said: “Thank you to the Grammys. I deserve this.” Laughing, Kahan added, “I never really got too far. ‘Cause I think I stopped myself from believing it could be true.”
Although Kahan catapulted to breakout success back in 2017, with the release of his chart-topping single “Hurt Somebody,” his Grammys dream officially became a reality in November, when the Recording Academy unveiled its newest roster of nominees. A video that showed an overjoyed Kahan watching and reacting to the announcement quickly went viral online.
“It’s surreal, first and foremost. But it’s also something I’m very proud of,” he said of the nomination. “I’ve been in the music industry for a long time and it’s been a lot of hard work from a lot of people, and I just feel really proud of me and my team and the people who have believed in me for so long.”
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He said the potential for a Grammys nod was on his mind following the release of his third studio album, “Stick Season,” in 2022, but he still refused to engage in conversations about that possibility — even with his mother or his managers — because he “didn’t want to curse it or jinx it.”
“So I think that day [when Grammy nominations were announced] was the first day I let myself really want it and allowed myself to believe that maybe I had a chance,” Kahan said.
“Stick Season” has been met with praise from critics and fans, who had been anticipating its release as Kahan teased the drop on TikTok. The folk-pop performer has talked about creating the album from his home in Vermont after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and says incorporating themes around mental health, anxiety and depression into his work has always been important to him.
“I never found it hard to be open about my mental health and I owe that to my parents, who would always encourage me to talk about it,” Kahan said. “I recognize the massive privilege in that my family was always able to provide me with resources for my mental health. And I realized later on how abnormal that experience really was, and so I felt a responsibility to speak about what I’m going through in hopes that maybe it opens up that conversation for others.”
When Kahan hits the Grammys red carpet in Los Angeles on Sunday, he told King it will be his mother who accompanies him.
“When I was a little kid, my mom would say, ‘When we go to the Grammys, you have to take me there.’ And she was the first call I made,” he said. “She’s going to get styled up, we’re going to go to the red carpet, I’m going to drive her home. It’s going to be an awesome night. She’s really excited.”
NEW YORK — Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were attacked in New York City on Friday night, authorities said.
The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Second Avenue near East 96th Street on the Upper East Side, according to the New York City Police Department.
Police said officers were sent to the scene after an assault was reported. When officers arrived, police say they found a 20-year-old man suffering from facial injuries and a 70-year-old man who had head pain. Both victims were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the former governor said the two were attacked while “taking a walk around the block near their home by some individuals that had a previous interaction with his stepson.”
The spokesperson said that they were injured “but were able to fight off their attackers.”
Both were taken to Cornell Hospital “as a precaution,” he added.
Police said no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
The 70-year-old Paterson, a Democrat, served as governor from 2008 to 2010, stepping into the post after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer following his prostitution scandal. He made history at the time as the state’s first-ever Black and legally blind governor.
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A 17-year-old boy was critically injured and a person is in custody after a gunman opened fire on a SEPTA bus in North Philadelphia Friday evening, police said.
At around 6:15 p.m., Philadelphia police were notified about a shooting on a SEPTA bus traveling on Allegheny Avenue near 3rd and 4th streets in North Philadelphia, Inspector D F Pace told CBS News Philadelphia.
There were an estimated 30 people on the bus at the time of the shooting, Pace said, but only the 17-year-old boy was believed to have been shot. Investigators said they believe it was a targeted attack on the teenager and that he was shot in the back of the bus at close range.
According to Pace, the SEPTA bus driver alerted a control center about the shooting, which then relayed the message to Philadelphia police, who responded to the scene shortly.
Officers arrived at the scene and found at least one spent shell casing and blood on the bus, but no shooting victim, Pace said. Investigators later discovered the 17-year-old had been taken to Temple University Hospital where he is said to be in critical condition, according to police.
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Through their preliminary investigation, police learned those involved in the SEPTA shooting may have fled in a silver-colored Kia.
Authorities then found a car matching the description of the Kia speeding in the area and a pursuit began, Pace said. Police got help from a PPD helicopter as they followed the Kia, which ended up crashing at 5th and Greenwood streets in East Mount Airy. Pace said the Kia crashed into a parked car.
The driver of the crashed car ran away but police were still able to take them into custody, Pace said.
Investigators believe there was a second person involved in the shooting who ran from the car before it crashed. Police said they believe this person escaped near Allegheny Avenue and 4th Street, leaving a coat behind.
According to Pace, police also found a gun and a group of spent shell casings believed to be involved in the shooting in the same area.
“It’s very possible that there may have been a shooting inside the bus and also shots fired from outside of the bus toward the bus,” Pace said, “We’re still trying to piece all that together at this time.”
This is an active investigation and police are reviewing surveillance footage from the SEPTA bus.