How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song
The singer talks with Hanif Abdurraquib about his career’s “mountaintops and valleys,” being bullied as a child, and how the Commodores did the “dumbass shit” they wanted to avoid.
October 7, 2025
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How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song
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How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song
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The singer talks with Hanif Abdurraquib about his career’s “mountaintops and valleys,” being bullied as a child, and how the Commodores did the “dumbass shit” they wanted to avoid.
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