The lengthy nationwide nightmare of no new Hilary Duff music has lastly ended with the arrival of “Mature,” her first new single in 10 years.
Duff, 38, launched the brand new observe and its accompanying music video on Thursday, November 6, after asserting its impending arrival earlier this week. Whereas the music's lyrics initially learn like a dialog between an older girl and her youthful rival for a person's coronary heart, Duff mentioned in a press launch that the phrases really imply one thing completely different to her.
“‘Mature' is a bit of dialog that my current self is having with my youthful self,” the previous Disney star defined. “The 2 of us are reflecting on a previous expertise and sending love to one another. It's a chuckle, a wink and a way of being grateful that we're sure-footed in the place we landed.”
“She's me / I'm her / In a special font / Only a few years youthful / A brand new haircut,” Duff sings within the first verse. “Very Leo of you / Together with your Scorpio contact / Now now.”
The “Leo” in query seems to be Leonardo DiCaprio, who has turn out to be well-known for relationship ladies a lot youthful than he's. (The Oscar winner, 50, is at the moment relationship mannequin Vittoria Ceretti, who's 27.)
Duff goes farther with the comparability to her previous self within the refrain, singing, “She appears to be like / Like your whole ladies however blonder / Somewhat like me simply youthful / Guess she loves when she hears you say / You're so mature to your age, babe.”
Within the music video, the Youthful alum performs on stage in a gold sequined mini gown whereas her black-clad doppelgänger watches from the viewers. Later, the Duff within the viewers begins singing too earlier than strolling out to the foyer for a solo dance social gathering.
Duff cowrote the music along with her husband, Matthew Koma, and Madison Love, the latter of whom has labored with artists together with Kesha, Dove Cameron and Suki Waterhouse.
The previous Lizzie McGuire star revealed in September that she was planning a return to music following a 10-year break that noticed her star in exhibits together with Youthful and How I Met Your Father. Duff has additionally been busy elevating her household with Koma, 38, whom she wed in 2019. The duo share Banks, 7, Mae, 4, and Townes, 18 months, and he or she shares son Luca, 13, with ex-husband Mike Comrie.

Duff hasn't but revealed whether or not a full album or tour is coming, however her followers stay hopeful.
“All the issues are occurring,” she informed Selection final month. “I can't quit an excessive amount of info or everybody's gonna kill me, however I'm dancing and … the whole lot's in movement. It's thrilling.”
In the identical interview, she mentioned she “at all times knew” she'd return to music however famous she wanted a while to herself earlier than she might get again within the studio. (Her final album — titled Breathe In. Breathe Out. — dropped in June 2015.)
“I wanted to really feel protected and I wanted to have the best folks in my nook and be completely one hundred pc prepared,” Duff defined. “Truthfully, I wanted to have 10 years of life beneath my belt. I wanted quite a bit to say. This album feels just like the inside workings of my mind and I actually am so excited to attach with folks once more on that stage, that very forward-facing stage.”
