Hilary Duff Says Her Forthcoming Music Is Dedicated to Her Queer Fans: ‘I Just Want to Impress Them’

As a longtime ally for the LGBTQ+ community, Hilary Duff knows how important her new music is for her queer fan base.

In an interview with Variety published on Monday (Oct. 27), Duff spoke about her upcoming return to music after the announcement that she had signed to Atlantic Records in September. During the conversation, the Lizzie McGuire star was asked about the excitement from her gay fans about the forthcoming release, and Duff gave a simple, clear answer: “You know it’s all for them. It’s just to impress them.”

Duff has long been a vocal supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. In a 2022 interview for her starring role on the Hulu sitcom How I Met Your Father, Duff said she felt that “I owe the community everything,” particularly because “that particular community is just so vocal for my career.”

But Duff’s oldest — and most iconic — contribution to the community came in 2008, when she starred in an advertisement for the Think Before You Speak campaign, which was aimed at ending the colloquial use of the phrase “that’s so gay” as an insult. In the famous ad, Duff interrupts a girl in a boutique store who calls her friend’s blouse “gay,” informing her that it’s an insulting phrase. She then points to her outfit and quips: “What if every time something was bad, everybody said, ‘Ugh, that is so girl wearing a skirt as a top?’ Those are cute jeans, though.”

Elsewhere in her interview with Variety, Duff also shared that her new music may be coming even sooner than fans might think. “We’re getting something really soon. I have been hard at work in the studio with my husband and a few other amazingly talented people,” she said. “[My fans] are going to hear something so soon, like in the blink of an eye.”