""Roommates," which Duff co-wrote with her husband Matthew Koma and Brian Phillips, tells the story of a relationship that becomes stagnant and loses its spark. Even when she's clear about her desires, reminiscing about "givingyou head" at the dive bar and waking up his old roommates, he gives nothing in return, mourning how they've now become roommates. "Want the highlights, 10 out of 10, butterflies from holding your hand," she sings in the chorus."
"'Roommates' is a song about when life is life-ing, babe," Duff said in a press release. "It's that ache for a wilder, freer time - before the days were swallowed by carpools, budget talks, grocery runs, and letting old or new insecurities slip in. It's the restless hum of wanting to find your way back - to your rhythm, to your person, to yourself.""
""Roommates" came with a new music video directed by Matty Peacock. It serves as an apt visual encapsulation and serves some unexpected nostalgia. The clip shows Duff trying everything to grab her lover's attention, but he remains stoic, even as mold grows in their home. Eventually, the ceiling caves in, and it starts raining inside, calling back to Duff's "Come Clean" video from 2003. But just like that iconic hit, the rain gives way to catharsis and a new beginning,"
Hilary Duff released "Roommates," a lead single co-written with Matthew Koma and Brian Phillips from her first album in over a decade. The song depicts a relationship that has become stagnant, with explicit, candid lyrics about unmet desires, nostalgia for earlier intimacy, and self-pleasure amid emotional distance. The chorus contrasts past butterflies with present domestic routines and mutual indifference. The music video, directed by Matty Peacock, visualizes the decay of the relationship through mold, a collapsing ceiling and indoor rain that echoes Duff's 2003 "Come Clean" video, concluding with a wall falling away and Duff walking into sunlight, implying catharsis and renewal.
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