The Hilary Duff renaissance has arrived, as the singer has shared her new album, luck... or something, plans for the lucky me tour around the world, and a stop at Audacy's Leading Ladies on March 10 to celebrate Women's History Month.
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The "Roommates" artist recently connected with Bru to talk about her return to the stage, the women she looks up to, and her impact over the years during an Audacy Check In.
"I think there's definitely times that I feel like I'm tapping into, you know, this old version of me that's very lived in," Duff reveals about her feelings being back on stage, balancing her new life with the person so many fell in love with the first time around. "I feel more me and comfortable and confident than I ever have, so if old parts of me start to filter in there, I think I embrace it and I feel good with it now, and I don't really shy away."
"It's an honor, honestly, to be able to cross generations is like a really powerful thing," Hilary adds. "I know how much family means to me, and, to think that people can bring their kids and they can bop along and be having a good time, but this is really for the parents and the people that have grown up with me that are now having families of their own or living in their adult life, like, we've made it here, and I want to meet people on that level for sure. But, you know, my friends' kids know all the words to my songs. Hopefully they don't know what it's all about, but I think it's fun to see it be multi-generational. It means a whole lot to me."
Hilary Duff will take the stage at Hard Rock Hotel New York on March 10 for our annual Leading Ladies event, celebrating women with a special conversation and performance. When asked about the women that helped "mold" who Hilary is today, she was quick to shout out those in the mix with motherhood and truly testing the limits of a "work-life balance."
"I think that my answer when I was younger probably would have been a lot different, but now I'm so inspired by my friends, who are in the thick of motherhood and figuring out the work-life balance and trying to do it all," she shares. "I think it's honestly the women that I'm surrounded by inspire me the most right now because we're in the thick of it, man. I feel like we're in the trenches and we're all learning from each other and we all lean on each other when we need to, and I think those are the ones that I take notes from constantly."
Some of those themes of balance and relationships are woven through the fabric of luck... or something, with Hilary tackling heavy subjects with Pop perfection throughout. "There's a lot of anxiety through the record. I think themes of being fearful of being in a long-term relationship and wondering if you're gonna feel that excitement of like firsts ever again," says Duff. "A lot of family stuff, abandonment issues, you know, grappling with like, the old you versus the you where you're at now and wondering if that person still exists in you and how to find her."
"There's a lot of heavy themes on the record, but it's all disguised in like a glittery going out outfit," she smiles. "I feel like that speaks to a big part of my personality where I'm like, 'there's a lot going on over here, but we're having a good time.'"
For more on the making of luck... or something with her husband, her lasting legacy of authenticity, and more, check out the full interview above.