Noah Kahan has revealed the meaning behind “Stick Season”.

His viral hit of the same name was released in 2022 but became popular on TikTok earlier this year. In his home state of Vermont, it’s a very New England saying, but not in other parts of the world.

“Stick season is between fall and the snow,” Kahan told NME. “It’s a time of transition in the weather, but also in a lot of people’s lives. A big part of my childhood was being surrounded by friends and family.”

“I thought I was gonna go to college but, instead, I got a record deal. I was just at home in Vermont making music and my friends would come home for Thanksgiving when stick season was in full swing. They would leave, and that loneliness would come back. [During COVID] that feeling of being left behind or out of place was at the forefront of my mind again.”