Hilary Duff is back in the pop conversation — but this time the music carries more than a catchy hook. On CBS Mornings she opened up about a song on her new album luck…or something called “We Don’t Talk,” telling the host the track was born from a painful estrangement with her sister, Haylie. The admission frames the record as both a musical comeback and a personal reckoning.
What she said, in brief
– The album luck…or something arrived Feb. 20 and includes “We Don’t Talk,” a song Duff says was shaped by real distance between her and Haylie. – Duff told CBS Mornings she agonized over whether to air that chapter of her life publicly. She feared hurting family members but ultimately felt naming her experience brought relief and preserved the album’s honesty. – She emphasized the song is her testimony — an emotional account, not an accusation — and said she wasn’t trying to attack anyone but to invite empathy.
Context and details
Duff explained that growing up in the public eye complicated how private pain gets processed. Decades of scrutiny and online speculation, she said, made silence feel less like protection and more like letting others write the story for her. The track’s lyrics, which reference coming “from the same home, the same blood,” were previewed during her Small Rooms, Big Nerves shows and struck listeners as intimately tied to the sisters’ reported rift. Duff has described the feeling as an “emotional eviction,” a gradual pushing-out from someone who once felt close.
She also addressed whether the song would reach Haylie or mend the relationship. Duff said she can’t control other people’s reactions and doesn’t expect a single song to fix everything. Still, hearing fans tell her “me too” convinced her that speaking her truth could help others feeling similarly isolated.
Public reaction and consequences
The CBS Mornings interview — the primary on-record source for Duff’s remarks — sharpened media focus on the album’s confessional threads. Fans and critics have homed in on the candid tone, and social media conversations quickly followed, debating the ethics of airing family disputes through art. Industry observers note that such frank material can reshape a public figure’s image and steer streaming attention; listeners, meanwhile, have embraced the record’s vulnerability.
A few other notes
– Hilary and Haylie haven’t been photographed together since 2019. – No legal claims related to the dispute have been reported; Duff framed the song as emotional truth rather than a legal or public accusation. – Further comments from either sister or their representatives could shift the conversation, but for now the CBS Mornings interview remains the touchstone for coverage. Whether “We Don’t Talk” heals, provokes, or simply holds space for listeners who recognize themselves, it has already made the album feel less like a comeback and more like a candid chapter offered in public.