Stella Lefty says Noah Kahan receives retroactive songwriting credit on her song “Boston” because it interpolates Kahan’s “Stick Season,” which she did not set out to include. Lefty explains that the connection emerges from the way the music and phrasing came together while she was writing the track.
Both outlets describe the situation as an inadvertent overlap rather than a deliberate lift. Stereogum frames the issue around the similarity listeners may notice in “Boston,” including its melodic and structural echoes of “Stick Season.” Consequence similarly reports that Lefty characterizes the interpolation as unintentional, leading to the credit attribution for Kahan’s original work.
Together, the reports indicate that “Boston” includes elements from “Stick Season,” and the credited songwriting reflects that shared material. While the outlets vary slightly in how they introduce and explain the influence, they agree on the core point: Kahan’s writing credit is tied to interpolation that Lefty says was accidental.
