Delilah is former professional distance/steeplechase runner Delilah DiCrescenzo.
She met the plain white T’s singer through a mutual friend, in like 2001 or so.
They were both from the Chicago area and he wrote the song when she went away to college (at Columbia in New York), they were never in a relationship though.
The woman on stage here is not Delilah
Like, it's still a catch AF song more than a decade later, but I remember hearing the story and thinking it felt creepy - especially with the song using her real, actual name (which was not a common name)
The song's existence never really bothered her, though apparently her boyfriend wasn't a fan. But yes, she did claim to get tired of hearing it everywhere.
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u/Rand0m_Spirit_Lover 13d ago edited 13d ago
Delilah is former professional distance/steeplechase runner Delilah DiCrescenzo.
She met the plain white T’s singer through a mutual friend, in like 2001 or so.
They were both from the Chicago area and he wrote the song when she went away to college (at Columbia in New York), they were never in a relationship though.
The woman on stage here is not Delilah
The actual Delilah: