sahn

sahn is embracing the mess of becoming. Hailing from the Twin Cities, the artist has built a sonic world that resists boundaries, moving freely between folk, rap, R&B, pop, and whatever else feels right in the moment. As his star status ascends, he remains intentionally elusive, allowing his songs to reveal his innermost thoughts. Yet on his upcoming mixtape, ten thousand mistakes, his heart is on full display more than ever before. Arriving October 2, the 12-track project finds sahn revealing the vulnerable person behind the mystique: someone who has loved deeply, hurt people, been hurt himself, and is bettering himself along the way.

“This is a genuine commentary of me being human, making so many mistakes, messing up relationships and confronting the person who I’m becoming,” sahn explains. After moving between Minnesota, New York City, Los Angeles, and elsewhere, ten thousand mistakes transformed into a document of his life journey. More than a collection of songs, it’s a reckoning with the choices that brought him here.

That vulnerability comes through immediately. On “how long,” sahn pleads with someone he knows doesn’t love him back: how long will it take for that love to be returned? “Tell me how long it takes / I’ll be there as fast as you need / I might just die waiting,” he confesses atop a piano melody that aches just as much as his heart, before transitioning to a tearful electric guitar break.

Elsewhere, “protect my energy” marks a different kind of realization, the moment when loving someone unfortunately turns into leaving them behind. “And I just don't have no more left in me / So hold my hand when I say this / We could've been the greatest / But I gotta protect my energy,” sahn sings as he cuts the last thread of a romance that has sadly expired. Hazy, nocturnal synths paired with his aloof vocals add even more distance between him and his former lover.

That sense of mental clarity runs through sahn’s artistry. His creative foundation is deeply rooted in Minnesota and the Midwest emo tradition, drawing inspiration from artists including Bon Iver, The Replacements, and Prince—musicians who embraced abrasive textures, emotional honesty, and sounds that demanded to be felt and relistened to rather than immediately understood. Growing up, his mother expanded that palette even further, filling their home with records from Depeche Mode, The Cure, Steve Miller Band, Electric Light Orchestra, Boston, and other classic rock acts, alongside Roc-A-Fella-era hip-hop and early Kanye West. “That’s why I am a genreless artist,” sahn says. “How couldn’t I be? There’s just so many flavors and I’m in a candy store.”

That instinct to explore has followed sahn throughout his journey. While still in high school, he was already taking college courses and questioning whether it was worth it to spend four years waiting to pursue music. After graduating, he traveled to London, where he immersed himself in a growing indie scene and realized he wanted to give music a real shot. He later moved to New York City, which reinforced his decision.

Since then, he’s continued to build from the Twin Cities outward, eventually releasing his 2025 album 20, a sprawling exploration of the sounds he had been collecting throughout his young career. The record later caught the attention of critics like Pigeons & Planes, who named sahn their “Best New Artist” of 2026.

For sahn, mistakes are part of the human experience. But he urges listeners to keep moving, keep learning, and keep loving. ten thousand mistakes does not attempt to resolve life’s contradictions. Instead, sahn gives them a place to exist freely. As he steps into this new era, he’s excitedly pulling down the curtain just a bit—not by overly explaining everything, but by letting the music reveal what the mystery was protecting all along.