Is this what dreams are made of? At long last, Hilary Duff is back with new music, dropping new song “Mature” after taking several years off to focus on acting.
Arriving Friday (Nov. 7), the bright pop track finds the performer reckoning her past and present self. “‘Mature’ is a little conversation that my present self is having with my younger self,” she said of the project in a statement. “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.”
Marking her first proper release in nearly a decade, “Mature” was cowritten by Duff’s husband, producer Matthew Koma, and Halsey collaborator Madison Love. The Lizzie McGuire alum last dropped a solo song in 2016, when she released single “Little Lies.” In 2020, she assisted Koma and artist RAC on a track titled “Never Let You Go.”
“You know it’s all for them,” Duff said in October of her LGBTQ+ fans being the reason why she’s making music again. “It’s just to impress them.”
The performer first announced “Mature” just a few days prior to its release, though fans had known before then that she was planning to return to music. In September, Duff — who hasn’t released an album since 2015’s Breathe In., Breathe Out. — signed a new label deal with Atlantic Records. At the same time, it was announced that she would be the subject of a docuseries chronicling Duff’s personal journey back to making music.
Listen to “Mature” below.
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