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Hilary Duff opened up about the state of her relationship with her father, about whom she sings on her forthcoming album luck... or something
"There's times where I talk to my dad and times where I don't talk to my dad," she told Rolling Stone
Duff's new album luck... or something is out Friday, Feb. 20
Hilary Duffis getting candid about her relationship with her father.
In aninterview withRolling Stonepublished on Thursday, Feb. 19, the singer and actress opened up about a song on her forthcoming album titled "The Optimist," where she dives into her complicated relationship with her dad.
"I wish I could sleep on planes / And that my father would really love me," Duff, 38, sings.
Speaking with the outlet, Duff admitted that there's "times where I talk to my dad and times where I don't talk to my dad."
"I do have a pretty sunny disposition, but a lot of s--- has gone down, and that's life," she said.
Elsewhere in the interview, she discussed her track "We Don't Talk," whichfans speculated was about her relationship with her sister Haylieafter she played it at a concert in London.
"'Cause we come from the same home, the same blood / A different combination but the same lock," she sings on the song.
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"I feel almost like when I got divorced [in 2015], where I dealt with it privately, and then the news comes out and you're like, 'Okay, great. I'm going to deal with this all over again,'" Duff told the outlet. "I was prepared, a little bit. I made a choice to put that song on my record. That's definitely the most lonely part of my life, and I struggled with, 'Am I going to share this?'"
She added, without specifying who the song is about, "People have known my life since I was a child, and so they know all the characters in it and they know what I'm talking about. For me, it was important to be open about that theme. It genuinely came from the heart."
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Duff's candid comments come after she opened up toGlamourabout her family dynamics.
"That's my family. Those are the people that affect you the most, take up the most space naturally as a human who's born into something," she told the outlet. "Just because you're born into a family doesn't mean that it always stays together. You can only control your side and your street."
"I've had a very complicated life, and my parents had a very complicated thing," she added. "I know it's not rare, and I think it goes back to the theme of, Why share now? I guess I just felt ready."
Duff previously opened up about her relationship with her father, Robert, on several songs on her 2007 albumDignity. At the time, she suggested her dad had an extramarital affair — and he confirmed it in a 2008 interview withInside Edition.
Duff's new albumluck... or something— her first in over 10 years — comes out on Friday, Feb. 20. Hilary will embark on the Lucky Me Tour later this year in support of the album.
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