# @pigsandplans on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@pigsandplans/video/7598311982692863262
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/54124122-pigsandplans-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ff4d7fd6b7.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-01-22T22:11:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pigeons & Planes (@pigsandplans) — https://gondola.cc/pigsandplans

## Caption

Back in 1994, Ethan Hawke directed a music video for his neighbor who was an unknown, unsigned artist. That artist was Lisa Loeb and her band Nine Stories. The music video was for her song “Stay (I Missed You),” which ended up becoming No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first unsigned artist to top the chart.⁠ ⁠ So how did this interesting collaboration come together? At the time, Loeb and Hawke were part of the same circle of NY-based creatives that included musicians, songwriters, actors, and playwrights who regularly showed up for one another’s work. “We'd just all run around New York together and support each other as well,” Loeb tells Music Times. “I would write music for Ethan's theater company, or Ethan would come see me play.”⁠ ⁠ As neighbors and friends, it wasn’t long before Hawke invited Loeb to send over a song for a film he was working on. Hawke ended up playing her demo of “Stay (I Missed You)” for Ben Stiller, who was directing the film 'Reality Bites' that starred himself, Hawke, and Winona Ryder. ⁠ ⁠ When the song was chosen to be featured in the film, Loeb made the decision to pass on a record deal, opting instead to keep it independent and simply license the track to RCA. "I think the record company let us make a video because Ethan Hawke was directing it, because he was a movie star," Loeb joked. ⁠ ⁠ Whatever the reason, the decision gave her the freedom to create the song’s music video alongside him. Hawke actually filmed different versions before ultimately landing on the one that became the song’s now iconic, single-take music video which even features his cat, Mardot.⁠ ⁠ __ 📹 via @Track Star  ⁠ #pigeonsandplanes #ethanhawke #lisaloeb #90smusic #musicvideo 

## Stats

- **Views:** 662,300
- **Likes:** 37,500
- **Shares:** 4,835
- **Comments:** 612

## Tags

pigeonsandplanes, musicvideo, lisaloeb, ethanhawke, 90smusic

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