See Hilary Duff Return to Music With “Mature," First Song in 10 Years
Hilary Duff's music career is no longer so yesterday.
The Lizzie McGuire star released her first new song, "Mature," in over 10 years on Nov. 6—and the track was accompanied by a music video that introduces the more grown-up era for her.
In the Lauren Dunn-directed clip, Hilary—clad in a gold mini dress with frill detailing and coordinating fur coat—gets ready in a vanity mirror, applying lipstick, fixing her hair and admiring a bouquet of pink flowers on her dressing room table. And when she finally takes the theater stage to perform atop a white circular daybed, there's only one person in the audience: herself.
"She looks like she could be your daughter / Like me before I got smarter," Hilary sings on the chorus. "When I was flattered to hear you say / You're so mature for your age."
And those aren't the only lyrics that prove the Younger alum is leaning into being a more experienced singer-songwriter. On the first verse, Hilary describes an NSFW scenario between her ex and his new partner.
"Going down on her on your vintage rug / Bet she's so impressed by your Basquiat," the line reads. "And she thinks your deep in the ways you're not now, now."
As for Hilary's inspiration behind the track? The 38-year-old—who co-wrote "Mature" with her husband Matthew Koma and Madison Love—insisted it actually has nothing to do with a former lover.
“‘Mature’ is a little conversation that my present self is having with my younger self,” she explained in a press release. “The two of us are reflecting on a past experience and sending love to each other. It’s a chuckle, a wink, and a sense of being grateful that we are sure footed in where we landed.”
However, Hilary partly credited her decision to return to music—which comes 10 years after releasing her fourth album Breathe In. Breathe Out.—to being married to Matthew, who has previously produced hits for the likes of Britney Spears, Zedd, Shania Twain and One Republic.
"Living with the person that I live with—who's my husband—and just being 10 years removed from music and being 38 and just arriving kind of where I am in my life," the Another Cinderella Story actress explained on the Nov. 5 episode of Jake Shane's Therapuss podcast, "I just felt like I can finally fill in the blanks."
For more on Hilary and Matthew's love story, keep reading.
Back in January 2017, the pair confirmed their budding romance by posing on the red carpet together at Entertainment Weekly's pre-SAG Awards party at Chateau Marmont.
Shortly after their red carpet debut, a source confirmed to E! News the two had split in March 2017. According to the source, the breakup was triggered by their busy schedules.
By October 2017, they had rekindled their romance, evidenced by his appearance at her 30th birthday party. "Since Matt got back from tour, they've been seeing each other again," a source told E! News exclusively at the time. "Him being gone on tour was the main reason things didn't work out the first time around, so now that he's back, they picked up right where they left off." As she later revealed on The Talk in December 2017, it was actually the third time they were dating. "Timing is such a big deal… third time's a charm!" she told the co-hosts.
In June 2018, the couple has sweet news to share: they had a baby girl on the way. "We made a baby girl!" Koma wrote on social media. "She will be as beautiful and sweet as her mother...@hilaryduff another incredible chapter begins."
By the fall, they officially added a new member to the family: daughter Banks Violet Bair. "This little bit has fully stolen our hearts! She joined our world at home on Thursday afternoon and is absolute magic," the actress shared online in October 2018.
Nearly two years after stepping out publicly for the first time, Koma asked the actress to marry him.
Duff and Koma said "I do" in Dec. 2019, surrounded by their loved ones!
When celebrating his one year wedding anniversary to Hilary, Matthew wrote a thoughtful post on Instagram expressing his gratitude for all that she's done during the pandemic. "I'm so in awe of your badassery," he gushed in part.
Hilary and Matthew went on to welcome daughter Mae James Bair in March 2021.
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