Lisa Loeb’s rise to stardom in the ’90s is regarded as a renowned tale. The singer/ songwriter was a student at Brown University when she met actor Ethan Hawke through a mutual friend. Once Loeb made her way to New York City, she and Hawke would run in the same creative circles. The pair also happened to be neighbors. Hawke, who was an emphatic fan of Loeb’s music, procured her song “Stay (I Missed You)” for the 1994 film Reality Bites under the moniker Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories.
It was also selected to be the first single released from the movie’s soundtrack. Loeb made history by becoming the first unsigned artist to have a number one song on the Billboard Hot 100, as “Stay (I Missed You)” remained at, one year later. Loeb tells that her beginnings are more complex than audiences may think.
