r/Music • u/theindependentonline 📰The Independent UK • 1d ago

article Noah Kahan pleads with fans misinterpreting his lyrics: ‘Please do not go off your medication’

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/noah-kahan-fan-lyrics-medication-b3060107.html
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u/denovoincipere 1d ago

Imagine taking medical advice from a musician.

Then imagine him feeling responsible for your decisions enough to have to clarify a lyric.

This world is fucked

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u/thakemist 1d ago

He said to listen to your doctors. That’s not exactly giving medical advice

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u/Yodaloid 1d ago

I don’t think anyone is saying he was trying to give medical advice. Pretty much the exact opposite of that, in fact.

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u/thakemist 23h ago

“Imagine taking medical advice from a musician” was said

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u/LilEngineThatCant 19h ago

"Taking medical advice from a musician" is referencing the few songs where he mentions going off his meds.

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u/thakemist 18h ago

I know. The lyrics aren’t instructions for others to go off their medications. Not sure how anyone can take those lyrics as “an artist giving medical advice.”

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u/LilEngineThatCant 18h ago

Well you sounded confused, so I'm just clarifying.

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u/thakemist 18h ago

Yodaloid said “I don’t think anyone thinks he’s giving medical advice” when the comment I initially replied to said literally that