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A documentary on Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Noah Kahan is on the way, it has been confirmed.
The currently untitled film is the product of Live Nation Productions, Federal Films, Polygram Entertainment and RadicalMedia, with Nick Sweeney serving as director, and RadicalMedia on board as the production company.
The film is set to portray Kahan’s rise from his Vermont roots to global stardom, tracing his early musical ventures, leading into the release of early albums such as Busyhead and I Was / I Am, and the household name status that would follow as the result of 2022’s Stick Season.
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Following the release of his Stick Season album, which would hit No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and see its title track hit No. 9 on the Hot 100, Kahan found himself firmly in the spotlight, receiving widespread acclaim and even a Grammy nomination for best new artist.
As the documentary follows his journey, it shows Kahan grappling with the realities of becoming a prominent voice in the conversation surrounding mental health, the pressures surrounding his success, and the challenges of following it up. The intimate look also captures Kahan returning to Vermont as he reconnects with the people and places that helped shape him while also navigating through the challenges of life and changing relationships.
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The film has already wrapped production and is currently in the market for distribution with CAA. The film’s producers include Ryan Kroft, Vaughn Trudeau and Anna Keegan for Live Nation Productions, Jeff Ludwig and Devon Libran for Federal Films, David Blackman for Polygram Entertainment and Samantha Mustari, Dave Sirulnick and Stacey Reiss for RadicalMedia.
Executive Producers on the project include Michael Rapino, Jessica James Batista, Michael Yerke and Alex Maxwell for Live Nation Productions, Drew Simmons and Ryan Langlois for Foundations, Ben Adelson and Alex Coslov for Mercury Records, Monte Lipman and Jeffrey Remedios for Federal Films and Jon Kamen for RadicalMedia. Asher Brown and Henry Allison also serve as co-producers.
Following the release of Stick Season in 2022, Kahan has since released two expanded editions of the record, including 2023’s Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever) and 2024’s Stick Season (Forever).
In August 2024, he released the Live from Fenway Park album, with the next month seeing Vermont governor Phil Scott proclaim Sept. 19, 2024 as Noah Kahan’s Busyhead Project Day in recognition of Kahan’s efforts surrounding mental health.
Sabrina Carpenter is up to something. This week, the pop star has been taking to the streets to tease a new project, first with a clip of herself trying to hitchhike followed by a series of mysterious billboards. On Monday (June 2), Carpenter first got fans paying attention by posting a video on social media […]
With Tha Carter VI set to arrive on Friday (June 6), Lil Wayne is plotting a North American tour to bring the album with him on the road later this year. Announced on Tuesday (June 3), Weezy’s Tha Carter VI Tour is slated to kick off on Friday with a celebratory show at the iconic […]
Mariah Carey is stepping into a new era. After going nearly seven years without dropping a proper album, the pop superstar appeared to tease on social media that she has a new LP in the works — and the first taste of it may be coming sooner than you think.
In one video posted Monday (June 2), Mimi looks as glamorous as ever while sitting in a car, listening to a single with a groovy club beat on the radio. The video then cuts to a shot of the screen displaying an untitled track — “T:D_MC16.mp3.” “To show my appreciation for your support, thank you DJs,” Carey’s smoky voice says as the track heats up.
The clip then pans to the car’s license plate, which displays the following: “MC16.” The caption reads, “What’s your type?” — the same message that the video ends with.
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Based on the license plate, it looks like the Songbird Supreme is finally following up 2018’s Caution, which was the 15th album in her discography — as in, her next LP will be her 16th, or “MC16.” It would also appear that the first single could arrive Friday (June 6), based on another video Carey posted on Instagram one day after the first one. In the second clip, she sits again in a car while music plays on the stereo system, the engine loudly running before the shot cuts to a message reading, “June 6.”
Billboard has reached out to Carey’s reps for comment.
Though the “Obsessed” singer has been active over the years with her yearly “All I Want for Christmas” pushes, fans have been growing increasingly impatient for fresh music. Carey’s last album, Caution, reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200, one of 18 top 10 entries she’s scored on the chart over the course of her career.
The new teasers come just a few days after Carey celebrated the 20th anniversary of one of her most iconic albums, The Emancipation of Mimi, which spent two weeks at No. 1 in 2005. To mark the occasion, she recently released a special multi-disc anniversary edition of the project, featuring remixes, bonus tracks, radio mixes and a cappella cuts compiled together in one place for the first time.
See Carey’s posts below.
Shane Hawkins set the record straight on which Foo Fighters song was his late dad Taylor Hawkins‘ favorite to play during a recent drum clinic at the Dead Famous cocktail bar in Newquay, England. “All right, this is another one of my dad’s that I like to play,” Hawkins, 18, told the crowd at the […]
Hawaiian singer-songwriter Maoli signed with WME for global representation in all areas. According to a press release, Maoli has racked up more than half a billion streams globally across nine independent album releases. He’s managed by Jason Gibbs, Shawn Dailey and Emilie Glover at Red Light. Maoli is currently on a tour of the U.S. […]
After Taylor Swift surprised the world late last week with the news that she now owns the masters of her first six albums, once the dust settled, fans wondered: Will the final two planned re-recordings of her self-titled 2008 debut album and of 2017’s Reputation ever see the light of day?
The thing is, even though Swift no longer has an express reason to re-record the projects to reclaim their ownership, her fans have grown accustomed to the fanfare around the Taylor’s Version releases, including unheard “From the Vault” tracks and new music videos.
Swift addressed the burning question directly in her open letter to fans posted on her website Friday, revealing that she had only re-recorded “a quarter” of Reputation, while she had “completely re-recorded my entire debut album, and I really love how it sounds now.” She also said both “can still have their moments to re-emerge when the time is right, if that would be something you guys would be excited about. But if it happens, it won’t be from a place of sadness and longing for what I wish I could have. It will just be a celebration now.”
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On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking all about Swift being reunited with her first six albums and what the circumstances might be for their Taylor’s Version re-releases.
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Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Alex Warren hits No. 1 for the first time on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with “Ordinary,” and, while Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a second week, two more Wallen albums join Problem in the top 10, making him only the seventh act in the last 60 years to have at least three albums simultaneously in the top 10.
The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)
What will be the No. 1 song of the summer of 2025? We begin making our way toward the answer, as Billboard’s annual Songs of the Summer chart returns to Billboard.com. The 20-position Songs of the Summer running tally tracks the most popular titles based on cumulative performance on the weekly streaming-, airplay- and sales-based […]
Finneas has formed a new band with singer Ashe, The Favors, with the duo’s debut slated for release this fall. “We made a band. It’s called The Favors. Announcing our new album, The Dream, out September 19,” read a statement from the pair, which noted that their debut single, “The Little Mess You Made”, will […]
Faster Pussycat singer Taime Downe has opened up for the first time about the tragic death of fiancée Kimberly Burch, 56, who was presumed dead in March after what officials believe was a fall from a cruise ship. Speaking to Eddie Trunk on his SiriusXM Faction talk show on Friday, Downe, 60, said the past few months have been a “roller coaster.”
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According to Blabbermouth, Downe talked about missing Burch and attempting to heal on the band’s current U.S. tour. “I’m hanging in there. I’m just taking it a day at a time. And everybody thought going out on the road and doing what I do and being with my family in my band would be good for me,” he said. “So I’ve taken their advice and [I’m] doing this. We’re going out with some cool bands,” he added of support from Vain, the Supersuckers, The Rumours and The Lonely Ones.
“I think it’ll be therapeutic, and [I’ll] get to see a bunch of fans and a bunch of friends across the country,” Downe said. “So I think it’ll be helpful… this is just heavy s–t, and I’m just looking forward to playing shows and having fun.”
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Asked if he’d rather not talk about Burch’s death, Downe said it’s fine to ask him and “it’s good to talk about it with my friends, my close-knit friends. But I don’t really wanna talk about it with strangers, ’cause it doesn’t seem appropriate. It is what it is.”
Reacting to concerns that Burch’s tragic death might impact his sobriety, Downe said there’s no chance he’d start drinking again after suffering such a tragic loss. “What happened with Kimberly too, it was alcohol and prescription related,” he said. “So I blame alcohol and pills on it. There’s no way I’d touch booze. For me, that’s just completely disgusting in my brain, you know what I mean? So I’ve got some hatred for booze, ’cause I loved the hell out of Kimberly, and it was just hard to deal with. We spent basically nine years together.”
According to reports, Burch died after going overboard on the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas on the first night of the 80s Cruise, which, in addition to 1980s glam rock stalwarts Faster Pussycat, featured sets from Warrant, Dokken, Firehouse, Squeeze, Adam Ant, Tiffany and Men at Work. Officials launched a search operation, but Burch’s body was never found. A U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson said the ship was around 20 miles from Freeport, Bahamas when the incident took place.
Shortly after the incident, The Hollywood Reporter reported that security footage appeared to show Burch jumping overboard, with Nassau police clearing Downe of any wrongdoing.