Hilary Duff "just felt really ready to share" when she returned to the music business.

The 38-year-old star is preparing to release her long-awaited new album, Luck... or Something, and Hilary has now explained what prompted her to return to making music after a decade-long hiatus.

The blonde beauty - who has focused her attention on acting in recent years - told Glamour magazine: "I just felt really ready to share.

"One, I wanted to stretch creatively, and two, I wanted to make something that I could connect with people again on the level of who I am now. I felt like people have definitely gone through some of the similar large strokes that I have in the past 10 to 15 years."

Hilary first found fame playing the lead character in Lizzie McGuire, the hit Disney Channel comedy series. But the actress insists that, contrary to public perception, she was a "totally normal teenager".

She explained: "I'll say that I didn't ever feel 'good' or 'bad,' and it was funny that I was flagged as the good girl because of what people saw me doing on TV or that I wasn't overtly sexual. I was a totally normal teenager doing normal teenager things."

Meanwhile, Hilary hinted at making a musical comeback in August 2025.

Alongside some throwback photos from her press tour for Metamorphosis, her 2003 album, Hilary wrote on Instagram: "Clearly I had to go digging around the internet for pictures from this time as I'm not sure camera phones even existed. Sadly all my hairstyles ARE very documented.

"I do know this marker of time was a huge change in my being. I was embarking on something I had no idea would make such an impact on peoples lives, and mine. As much as I look back and think this album doesn't hold the emotional depth I look for today, I know my 14/15 year old self meant every word. It sure as hell also landed on people at the right moment in time and set me off on a pretty epic adventure.

"I remember some of my first shows being in a skate park in San Jose, and very shortly after, stepping out on stage in arenas. Yesterday marked the 22nd anniversary of Metamorphosis… Although these are distant memories for me, thank you for showing up the way that you did.

"[butterfly emojis]

"To be continued… (sic)"