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More new music from Hilary Duff!
The 38-year-old singer and actress released her risqué new single “Roommates,” along with a music video, on Friday, January 16, the latest from her upcoming album, Lucky…Or Something.
“Roommate” features lyrics about longing for the exciting, NSFW part of a romantic relationship, but it’s since become a bit routine. “All I want is the beginning, I don’t want the end/I want the part where you say ‘fuck’/Give you head in the back of the dive bar/And sneak home late and wake up your roommate,” she sings in the chorus.
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Reminiscing about a time when she and her partner weren’t “virtually roommates,” she sings later in the song, “I’m touching myself while watching porn/Because you don’t look at me anymore.”
In a statement about the single, Duff explained, “‘Roommates’ is about when life is full of life, baby.”
The performer, who is married to husband Matthew Koma, continued: “It’s that ache of wilder, freer times before you get swallowed up by carpools and budget negotiations and grocery shopping and lost in anxieties old and new. A restless hum of wanting to get back to your own rhythm, your own person, yourself.”
The song’s music video, directed by Matty Peacock, shows Duff sitting close to her romantic partner in her home, playing the song and musing about their relationship. Halfway through, it begins to rain indoors, and we return to the video for the 2003 hit “Come Clean.” There she sits by the window and watches the storm outside.
Towards the end, the walls of Duff’s house collapse, revealing a picturesque field behind her as she walks outside into the greenery.
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Duff spoke about the “Come Clean” reference in an interview with Entertainment Tonight on the video set. “‘Listen, we love nuggets, you know?’ We love Easter eggs,” she said. It’s hard to find threads or repeat some things. This song is quite different from “Come Clean,” but it’s nice to have a moment where it rains again. ”
Koma, who co-created “Roommates” with Duff and Brian Phillips, wrote on Instagram that his wife was “smashed so hard” by the song, and jokingly highlighted her “caboo” in a comment below a clip of his wife drenched in a rainy scene.
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Duff’s new album, “Lucky… Or Something,” will be released on February 20th and includes “Roommates” and her previous single “Mature.”
Prior to the album’s release, she will play shows in London, Toronto, New York City and Los Angeles on her Small Rooms Big Nerves Tour. She will also be on stage for residency shows at the Voltaire at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas in February and May.
