Noah Kahan Brings Two From ‘The Great Divide’ to SNL

Noah Kahan stepped back onto the Saturday Night Live stage on March 29, performing two songs from his fourth studio album, The Great Divide. The singer opened with the title track, a co-write with Gabe Simon, the producer behind Kahan’s breakthrough Stick Season. A second performance, “Doors,” closed his slot.

The return comes fifteen months after Kahan’s SNL debut in December 2023, a quick turnaround that reflects the show’s recognition of his steady commercial climb. The Great Divide arrived in February and entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1, also topping the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart. The record leans on the same fusion of indie-folk texture and direct storytelling that pushed Stick Season into wider visibility, this time with a more polished pop economy.

Kahan’s writing pulls from a palette that includes Bon Iver’s falsetto atmospherics, Zach Bryan’s grounded narratives, and the kind of lyrical precision that draws from both country and pop traditions. On SNL, the arrangements were stripped back, foregrounding his voice and melodic structure rather than studio treatments. It was a logical moment for an artist whose recent touring and chart momentum have placed him at the center of folk’s current commercial wave.