LYRICS FOR LUNCH
LYRICS FOR LUNCH
Lindsay Tucker & Aviv Rubinstien
Hey There Delilah: What's It Like Bearing the Weight of My Long-Distance Crush? [Update]
1 hour 39 minutes Posted Aug 28, 2021 at 1:32 pm.
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This week, Aviv takes us through the tale of 2006's "Hey There Delilah" (soon to have its own TV show adaptation). In 2002, only three years after a near-fatal car crash, Plain White T's singer Tom Higgenson met Delilah DiCrescenzo through a mutual friend. Tom was interested, Delilah wasn't, but as their relationship transitioned to AOL Instant Messenger, Tom promised to write Delilah a song that would get them both invited to the Grammys. Little did either of them know that Tom's prediction would come true. "Hey There Delilah" became a number one hit in the summer of 2007, and with it Delilah kissed her anonymity goodbye. Depending on who you ask, and when, this was either a dream come true or a nightmare. And what would Delilah's longtime boyfriend Will have to say (and do we even care)?

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