Latest / Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest / The Inspiring Way Noah Kahan Is Helping Those Struggling With Mental Health in Underserved Communities
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, Stick Season singer in
- 0:04Speaker 1: Small Town Kid, Noah Khan is open about his own
- 0:06Speaker 1: struggles with mental health in both his music and public persona,
- 0:09Speaker 1: which is why back in May, he decided to launch
- 0:11Speaker 1: his own initiative, busy Head, hoping to raise a million
- 0:14Speaker 1: dollars by the end of the year.
- 0:15Speaker 2: Noah donates a portion of the ticket sales to his
- 0:17Speaker 2: sold out tour and encourage his fans to contribute however
- 0:19Speaker 2: they can. Busy Head aims to provide funding to rural
- 0:23Speaker 2: mental health organizations, which often go underfunded because of their
- 0:26Speaker 2: smaller reach. And I'm very happy to report, with a
- 0:28Speaker 2: few months still to go, in twenty twenty four, Noah
- 0:30Speaker 2: has not only reached his goal, but smashed it, raised
- 0:32Speaker 2: two point four million bucks. He shared why it was
- 0:34Speaker 2: so important. I'm telling the good news movement. When I
- 0:36Speaker 2: was a kid, I didn't know what was wrong with me.
- 0:39Speaker 2: I had all these dark thoughts and dark feelings and
- 0:41Speaker 2: felt alone and scared of my brain all the time.
- 0:44Speaker 2: I had an understanding family and friends and a supportive community,
- 0:47Speaker 2: but I felt afraid to talk about what I was
- 0:49Speaker 2: going through. Noah aims to give other kids a chance
- 0:52Speaker 2: at an easier path through their own struggles, and with
- 0:54Speaker 2: tour dates through October, his impact will continue to grow.
- 0:58Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood