YEAR IN REVIEW 2025
WELL, HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF ANOTHER YEAR. HERE’S WHAT I WAS UP TO THIS YEAR:
THIS YEAR, WORK WAS DEFINED BY MY FREELANCING CAREER. I TOOK ON FREELANCE ROLES AS A PRODUCER, VIDEOGRAPHER, EDITOR, AND MORE, COLLABORATING WITH A WIDE RANGE OF COMPANIES. MOST NOTABLY, I WORKED WITH NOWTHIS, A LEADING DIGITAL MEDIA COMPANY, WHERE I HELPED TO CREATE THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS, INCLUDING ARE YOU OKAY? AND JUDGY.
LATE IN THE YEAR, I LAUNCHED MY FIRST LUXURY STREETWEAR BRAND, CHARTARELLE FEROCHE. FOR A LONG TIME, PEOPLE KEPT ASKING ME, “NOAH, WHY DON’T YOU HAVE A LUXURY STREETWEAR BRAND?” EVENTUALLY, I RAN OUT OF EXCUSES AND DECIDED TO BUILD THE BRAND I ALWAYS IMAGINED. CHARTARELLE FEROCHE BLENDS BOLD DESIGN WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR, PERSONALITY, AND INTENTION. IT’S BEEN AN EXCITING CHALLENGE SHAPING THE IDENTITY OF THE BRAND FROM THE GROUND UP, AND YOU CAN WATCH AN INTERVIEW I DID ABOUT THE PROJECT HERE.
THIS YEAR, I DECIDED TO TAKE A STEP BACK FROM LIVE PERFORMANCE IN ORDER TO CONCENTRATE ON WRITING AND STRENGTHENING MY CREATIVE FOUNDATION. I RETURNED TO THE STAGE IN DECEMBER WITH THE SKETCH COLLECTIVE LATE FOR DINNER, RECONNECTING WITH AN AUDIENCE AND THE COLLABORATIVE ENERGY I’D MISSED. I PLAN TO CONTINUE PERFORMING MORE ACTIVELY IN THE COMING YEAR.
WHILE I ONLY PERFORMED LIVE ONCE THIS YEAR, I PERFORMED IN MULTIPLE SKETCHES AND SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS. I WAS FEATURED ON THE NOWTHIS SOCIAL MEDIA SHOW ARE YOU OKAY? TWICE AND DUMB HOT ONCE, ALL FOR BRAND DEALS. SOME OF THE SKETCHES I PERFORMED IN INCLUDE A PARODY OF THE SHOW YOU, A COMMERCIAL PARODY FOR BIRDDOGS AND A SATIRICAL ADVERTISEMENT FOR TWO FIREARMS AT THE FUNCTION.
IN MARCH, I HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT THE TAMPA BAY RAYS’ TEMPORARY HOME, STEINBRENNER FIELD, WITH MY DAD. BECAUSE THEIR STADIUM WAS DAMAGED BY A STORM, THE RAYS PLAYED AT THE YANKEES’ SPRING TRAINING FIELD FOR THE SEASON—A RARE AND MEMORABLE SETUP. WE DOCUMENTED THE EXPERIENCE AND PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO ABOUT THE VISIT, WHICH YOU CAN WATCH HERE. IN JULY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT AMSTERDAM AND CORK WITH MY SISTER. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WORLD WITH MY FAMILY.
I WISH YOU AND YOURS A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY HOLIDAY SEASON AND A 2026 THAT IS FULL OF SMILES AND HOPE.