Metaphorically close your eyes and picture this — It’s 2004, you’re obsessing over Shrek 2 and The Simple Life, you’ve just re-coded your MySpace page and rotated your Top 8, and now your off to Blockbuster. You have a customized ringtone set on your Motorola Razr, and Ashlee Simpson has just dropped Autobiography.
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Well… it feels crazy even writing these words (oh yeah go ahead and metaphorically open your eye,) it’s officially been 20 years. And Ashlee Simpson has big plans for her debut album’s 20th anniversary.
“I am starting to work on the rerelease,” Simpson exclusively told Us Weekly about commemorating the album. “I’m going to celebrate that album. Maybe I’ll go in and redo some of the songs, but I’m definitely going to do a performance around the anniversary.”
Teasing she may also release a few new songs when the anniversary date rolls around this summer, Ashlee also added, “I’d love to do some Pride shows too.”
Her supportive husband, Evan Ross, also chimed in noting Simpson will “go big” for the occasion. “It’s time,” she confirmed. “Two decades!”
Autobiography debuted on July 20, 2004, and included the hit singles “Pieces of Me” and “La La.” The album’s title track also served as the theme song to MTV’s The Ashlee Simpson Show, which aired from 2004 to 2005. The first season of which documented Ashlee’s process of recording the debut album.
Simpson followed up Autobiography with 2005’s I Am Me and 2008’s Bittersweet World. Since then she’s dabbled in music a bit, teaming up with her husband on a few things, and releasing a few random singles here and there.