Singer, songwriter and now teacher. Noah Kahan is adding a new line item to his resume. The musician is the guest star in the latest episode of Celebrity Substitute, which arrives Wednesday (April 1), and Billboard has an exclusive sneak peek.
For his appearance on the digital series, Kahan — whose new album The Great Divide arrives April 24 — takes over a classroom at PS 15, a public elementary school in New York City’s Lower East Side neighborhood. In the exclusive clip shared with Billboard, the musician introduces himself to his new students as “Mr. Noah” and announces that he’ll be teaching them the “art of storytelling.” But before they start, Mr. Noah has a few burning questions for the class.
“Am I chopped?” the singer asks the students.
“Yes!” the kids scream back, probably a little too enthusiastically. Luckily for Noah, while they may think he is chopped, they have other thoughts on his “unc” status.
“Am I unc?” the “Great Divide” singer wonders.
“No,” the students respond.
“You look like Jesus,” one student exclaims from the back of the class.
“Well, Jesus is watching you guys today,” Kahan replies. “So let’s be on our best behavior.”
Past guest stars on Celebrity Substitute, which is hosted by Julian Shapiro-Barnum, include A$AP Rocky who taught a fourth grade class how to rap; Kehlani, who gave 8-year-olds a crash course in R&B; and Billie Eilish and Finneas, who wrote a song with their students. Other musicians who’ve played teacher include Renee Rapp, Role Model, Rauw Alejandro, FKA Twigs and more.
Watch Billboard‘s exclusive clip of Noah Kahan’s Celebrity Substitute episode above. The full episode arrives Wednesday (April 1) at 10 a.m. ET on the series’ YouTube channel.
