{"id":247617,"date":"2025-10-29T01:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/247617\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T01:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:55:15","slug":"i-just-want-to-impress-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/247617\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Just Want to Impress Them\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a longtime ally for the LGBTQ+ community, Hilary Duff<\/a> knows how important her new music is for her queer fan base.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Variety<\/a> 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: \u201cYou know it\u2019s all for them. It\u2019s just to impress them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Duff has long been a vocal supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. In a 2022 interview<\/a> for her starring role on the Hulu<\/a> sitcom How I Met Your Father, Duff said she felt that \u201cI owe the community everything,\u201d particularly because \u201cthat particular community is just so vocal for my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Duff\u2019s oldest \u2014 and most iconic<\/a> \u2014 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 \u201cthat\u2019s so gay\u201d as an insult. In the famous ad<\/a>, Duff interrupts a girl in a boutique store who calls her friend\u2019s blouse \u201cgay,\u201d informing her that it\u2019s an insulting phrase. She then points to her outfit and quips: \u201cWhat if every time something was bad, everybody said, \u2018Ugh, that is so girl wearing a skirt as a top?\u2019 Those are cute jeans, though.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in her interview with Variety, Duff also shared that her new music may be coming even sooner than fans might think. \u201cWe\u2019re getting something really soon. I have been hard at work in the studio with my husband and a few other amazingly talented people,\u201d she said. \u201c[My fans] are going to hear something so soon, like in the blink of an eye.\u201d<\/p>\n

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