Vanessa Carlton Addresses Speculation Over Who ‘A Thousand Miles’ Is About On Song’s 20-Year Anniversary

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Vanessa Carlton is sharing the story behind “A Thousand Miles”, 20 years after the now infamous song was released. Carlton talked to ET Thursday, where she addressed the speculation over who the three-time GRAMMY-nominated track is about. “The song is about a crush I had on a Juilliard student,” Carlton revealed. “I can’t say the person’s name because they are a famous actor and I don’t want to say it.” The pop singer tells the story of A Thousand Miles in the new Vice documentary “The Story of A Thousand Miles By Vanessa Carlton”.

While the documentary only further fueled speculation on who the song could be about, Carlton isn’t attaching a gender to the crush she wrote it for. “I’m purposefully, I’m not attaching a gender and it will