The Irish band’s classic 1993 song is everywhere right now, from Love Story to a recent Fetty Wap album. What is it about that lush romanticism that speaks to us? It’s official: Never before have so many worked so hard to let it linger. The world has a case of Cranberries fever these days, but especially their 1993 classic “Linger.” The Irish band crashed the U.S. Top 10 with their shimmering dream-pop ballad, an ode to obsessive desire with the haunting voice of the late Dolores O’Riordan. But it’s everywhere in 2026. It just got a major needle drop in Love Story , as the soundtrack for the pivotal morning-after scene when JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette first wake up together. But why is this fragile Nineties ballad back in the air, after “Zombie” and “Dreams” were so much more famous for decades? What is it about that lush Dolores-style romanticism that speaks to people now? And why, oh why, do we have to let it lingerrrr ?  All this linger-ation goes way beyond Love Story .…