Hilary Duff responds to rumors about outdated flame in “Mature,” torn relationship with sister Haylie and extra

Millennial icon Hilary Duff is again with new music for the primary time in additional than a decade. Her new album, “luck… or something,” that she produced together with her husband, is obtainable now.

Duff’s been lighting up social media — and bringing followers a much-needed dose of early 2000s nostalgia — since kicking off her first headlining tour in 18 years final month.

Before stepping onstage, Duff jokingly advised “CBS Mornings” that she appears to be like within the mirror and tells herself, “You’re a bad b****. You got this.”

Stepping out of Lizzie McGuire’s shadow

In 2001, the TV sequence “Lizzie McGuire” made Duff the Disney Channel’s unique “it girl.” Two years later, when she was simply 15 years outdated, her studio album “Metamorphosis” skyrocketed to primary. But it wasn’t simple to step out of Lizzie McGuire’s shadow.

“I think only something that I’ve come to realize in my thirties, once I went through my uncomfortable phase of not wanting to be associated with [Lizzie McGuire] anymore, was like, oh, it’s just complicated to play a role on TV that doesn’t ever grow up,” she mentioned.

When it involves childhood fame, there is not any rule guide. It might be isolating at instances, Duff admits — however she discovered her means by it.

“And now I don’t care at all. And I am so overwhelmingly grateful for that experience. But it was really challenging to get to a point of peace with that,” she added.

While she continued performing, Duff took time away from music and touring.

“I started to build my life and put my focus where I felt loved and seen for me,” mentioned Duff, a mother of 4, including that she’s most happy with her household. 

She met her husband, musician and producer Matthew Koma, throughout the making of her final album in 2015. Duff’s new album, “luck… or something” can also be their child.

Duff responds to rumors about outdated flame in “Mature”

“There’s a lot of themes of abandonment on the record,” Duff mentioned. “And to make songs about that with [Koma] and just have him further understand kind of my scars was really nice.”

In her new track “Mature,” Duff sings a few relationship with an older man, who followers are satisfied is Leonardo DiCaprio, and he or she’s retaining them guessing.

“I have had so much fun watching the internet stir about this,” Duff mentioned, laughing. “There is no way I can say yes or no. It’s too much fun.”

In a current interview with Glamour, Duff confirmed it was about her personal cross-generational relationship.

“It was very brief with someone older than me, and that was not illegal, but inappropriate when you have this much time removed from it,” she advised the journal.

Duff confronts household strains in new album

 In her track “The Optimist,” Duff explores her relationship together with her dad.

“I think it’s really challenging for one person to have major success in a family,” she mentioned. “In ‘The Optimist,’ that’s what it feels like for me. And I’m sure it has to feel like that for him. Although I’m the kid. And it’s been hard to get back to a place of health.”

Duff additionally laments a ruptured household relationship within the track “We Don’t Talk,” which she confirmed is about her older sister, Haylie.

“It’s definitely about my sister. And just absolutely the most lonely part of my existence is not having my sister in my life at the moment,” she mentioned.

She is not certain what her sister will consider the track, however she mentioned she wished to place it on the report “because it’s [her] truth.” 

“I don’t know if she’ll hear it. I don’t know how she’ll react to it. You know, it is a really personal part of my life that doesn’t get to stay personal. So I might as well say how it is for me, and that’s all I’m trying to do. I’m not trying to say anything bad. It’s literally just my experience — and that’s really all I feel like sharing,” Duff added.