Teen Beat: Paula Cole

The Danielle Fishel Shows · Sep 16, 2026 · 43m

If your '90s mixtape didn't include a Paula Cole song, was it even a mixtape? Danielle sits down with the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and looks back on her legendary career, from Dawson’s Creek infamy to her rebirth as an independent artist over the past few years.And before the hit records, Paula was a self described “repressed goody two-shoes," her high school class president AND its prom queen trying to navigate intense perfectionism. Paula also shares the story of how a voicemail led her to a tour with Peter Gabriel, and how she performed for 15,000 people in a different…