Parasocial relationships are often explored through the lens of celebrities and social media influencers, but well before our current era of online connection, Lori Lieberman captured this feeling of ...

Only a few rare songs ever turn into pop classics. But this one turned into a classic twice. “Killing Me Softly with His Song” has one of the longest, weirdest stories in pop history. In the 1970s, it ...

During an interview to promote Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit in 1993, one of its stars, 18-year-old Lauryn Hill, talked about the positivity she wanted to convey with her still-emerging group, the ...

Cynthia Erivo and Joaquina Kalukango perform the Fugees’ rendition of "Killing Me Softly." "The Color Purple" co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Joaquina Kalukango perform the Hip Hop Trio Fugees’ funky ...

Wyclef Jean reflected on the success of one of the Fugees' biggest hits and how it benefited the original songwriter as much as it did them. The rapper made an appearance on an episode of the 85 South ...

Roberta Flack was inspired to remake "Killing Me Softly with His Song" after hearing Lori Lieberman's original on a flight from LA to New York. In fact, the classic — which won Flack her second ...

This article originally appeared in the April 1996 issue of SPIN. In hip-hop’s cosmology, “hardcore” rap means a cantankerous MC kicking rhymes like bodies over harsh, skeletal beats. “Alternative,” ...

In November of 1971, 19-year-old singer Lori Lieberman was coaxed by a friend into seeing McLean perform at the Troubadour in Los Angeles and found herself utterly moved by the “American Pie” singer’s ...

Roberta Flack so completely owned “Killing Me Softly with His Song” — her signature tune that topped the charts in 1973 — it’s hard to believe that it wasn’t actually her song originally. In fact, the ...