- In an emotional interview with CBS Mornings, Hilary Duff confirmed that “We Don’t Talk” was partly inspired by her fractured relationship with sister Haylie Duff.
- Hilary said she chose to include the deeply personal track to share her truth and connect with others experiencing similar family struggles.
- The sisters haven’t been photographed together since 2019, and Hilary acknowledged the difficulty of public speculation about her personal life.
Hilary Duff has officially made her way back to pop music with the release of her new album, luck…or something. This marks the “Mature” hitmaker’s first full-length album since Breathe In. Breathe Out. in 2015, and this time, she’s speaking her truth across tracks like “Roommates” and “The Optimist.”
Fans specifically raised eyebrows at the album’s third track, “We Don’t Talk,” which they speculated might be about her estranged sister, Haylie Duff, when Hilary initially premiered during her slew of Small Rooms, Big Nerves shows earlier this year. “’Cause we come from the same home, the same blood / A different combination, but the same lock / People ask me how you’re doing, I wanna say amazing / But the truth is that I don’t know,” she muses in its lyrics.
During a conversation with Anthony Mason for CBS Mornings, Hilary confirmed the song was partly inspired by her fractured relationship with her sister, with whom she shared the screen in 2006’s Material Girls.
“It’s definitely about my sister. And, just, absolutely the most lonely part of my existence is not having not having my my sister in my life at the moment. And I really struggled with thinking about including that on the record,” Hilary said as tears welled up.
The Disney alum also revealed that while the decision was difficult, she decided to share her truth to help others who might be experiencing a similar dynamic in their lives.
“It’s funny as a person that exists in the world without my other half, so many people are having that experience. And a lot of conversations I have with people are like, ‘Me too, me too, me too,’” Hilary explained, later adding, “It’s hard because I am me, and people know everything about my life since I was a child, you know? I didn’t necessarily choose that part, but it's my reality.”
She then seemingly alluded to the reported mom group drama that blew up after Ashley Tisdale penned a scathing personal essay for The Cut last month, which quietly received support from Haylie on Instagram.
“It was honestly healing to say it’s hard to watch your life unfold on the internet sometimes, with talking heads on TikTok speculating this, that, and the other, and sometimes they’re wrong and sometimes they’re right,” Hilary shared. “I just try to, less and less, let that noise seep in. But obviously it’s there…It would be impossible to not say it doesn’t piss me off or hurt me sometimes.”
When asked whether she hopes Haylie hears the song, Hilary responded, “I don’t think that would help. I think I have to just exist as a person on my own and do what I want to do.”
She later added, “I don’t know if she'll hear it. I don’t know how she’ll react to it. But, you know, it is a really personal part of my life that doesn’t get to stay personal. So I might as well say how it is for me as an experience, and that’s all I’m trying to do. I’m not trying to say anything bad. It’s literally just my experience, and that’s really all I feel like sharing.”
Hilary and Haylie Duff haven’t been photographed together since 2019, and the singer-songwriter’s latest album dropped the day right after her estranged sister’s birthday, per Page Six.
