Anna Shimonovitc: Week 9 - Northern Attitude by Noah Kahan (with Hozier)

 
  I haven't actually listened to a lot of Noah Kahan songs, but I have listened to a lot of Hozier songs. I want to specifically discuss Hozier's new song, Northern Attitude, in heavy detail. It's not actually Hozier's song, but he is featured in it. It's a song by Noah Kahan, who you might know from his recently popular song, Stick Season. I don't know what other songs he sings, but oh my god. This new song. It's so amazing and if anyone argues with me they're wrong. The reason I'm even listening to it is because the Andrew Hozier-Byrne sings in it. And when I say listening I mean that I am in a perpetual state of listening to this song, always playing, even if it's just stuck in my head on a loop. The song is just such a good vibe. Like I have no other way to describe it because I'm not going to spend my time actually interpreting the lyrics as if I have nothing else to do besides wonder what some dudes were thinking when they were writing this song. 
    But if I were to, hypothetically, take a second to think about what the lyrics meant I would probably assume it was about blaming how you are as a person now on how you were raised, which they represent by blaming the disappointment of being "not how you hoped" on being "raised on little light" and "raised out in the cold." And I guess if I were to connect the meaning of the first part of the song to that, it would be talking specifically about the isolation created by yourself as a result of the coping mechanisms or habits cultivated through your childhood. In the beginning, the first few lines are asking hypothetical questions implying a happy fulfilled life, with children, settling down, and building a life. Then losing your friends, "you lose your wife. You settle in to routine," which leads perfectly to the introduction of that isolation. Leaving all that happiness behind for no reason? Blaming it on "northern attitude," the mindset that you have no control over.
    Noah Kahan is a lyrical genius.
    Especially that "settle in to routine" followed by "If I get too close and I'm not how you hope." I see this as the lingering fear in any comfort that forces you to wonder if you're actually disappointing or doing something wrong. 
    Maybe I totally misread the lyrics, maybe they've all been said before and I'm gushing over nothing. Either way, I'll force all my friends to listen to this song. 

    What do you think? Would you, or have you, listened to Northern Attitude? Would this overly analytical synopsis of its meaning change your opinion on it, or your likeliness to listen to it? 

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  1. AnonymousNovember 14, 2023 at 7:59 PM

    I personally love analyzing songs and their lyrics, it gives a deeper meaning to the song that can build onto your own interpretation and give you a different perspective. It also lets you fully understand and connect to the artist. I'll definitely give it a listen!

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