""Before Miley Cyrus, before Sabrina Carpenter, before Olivia Rodrigo, Duff arrived in the early 2000s as a Disney kid with pop-idol ambitions. She broke out in the endearingly awkward title role of the Disney Channel's "Lizzie McGuire" then went on to star in family-friendly movies like "Agent Cody Banks" and "Cheaper by the Dozen." By the time she received that guitar, she'd topped the Billboard 200 with her album "Metamorphosis," which sold 4 million copies and spawned hit singles like "So Yesterday" and "Come Clean."""
""Duff stepped away from music for most of her 20s to focus on acting and starting a family. (An attempted comeback album in 2015, "Breathe In. Breathe Out.," didn't really go anywhere.) Now, at 38, she's returned with a bracingly honest record full of the texture and detail of her life as a wife, sister and mother of four. In frank yet wordy songs that layer guitars and synths over shimmering grooves, Duff sings about trying to overcome old habits and about her fear that her best times are behind her. "We Don't Talk" appears to address her estrangement from her older sister, Haylie, while "Weather for Tennis" describes her tendency to keep the peace as a child of divorce. In "Holiday Party," she recounts a recurring dream in which Koma cheats on her with her friends.""
Hilary Duff recorded her new album, Luck... or Something, at her husband Matthew Koma's Van Nuys studio, with Koma producing the LP. A pink paisley Fender guitar she received at 16 hangs in the studio. Duff rose to fame as an early-2000s Disney kid on Lizzie McGuire and scored major success with the album Metamorphosis. She paused her music career through her 20s to focus on acting and family, and a 2015 comeback faltered. At 38, she released a candid record that layers guitars and synths and explores adulthood, family dynamics, estrangement, recurring fears and personal growth.
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