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  "title": "“That song casts such a huge shadow over everything that we’ve done. It’s difficult, but it’s not like I have to beat it\": How Johnny Rzeznik overcame writer's block to pen the Goo Goo Dolls' Iris, then saw it become the soundtrack to '90s nostalgia"
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