Hilary Duff has released her new single 'Roommates,' the second track from her upcoming album Luck … or Something. The song explores the challenges of balancing motherhood and personal life, accompanied by a music video directed by Matty Peacock. It arrives amid rumors of drama involving Duff and other celebrity moms.
Hilary Duff dropped 'Roommates' on January 15, 2026, alongside a music video, marking her return to music after more than a decade. The track serves as the second single from her forthcoming album Luck … or Something, set for release on February 20 via Atlantic Records. Co-written by Duff, her husband Matthew Koma, and Brian Phillips, the song delves into the longing for a freer time before the demands of family life took over.
In a statement, Duff described it as “a song about when life is life-ing, babe.” She elaborated: “It’s that ache for a wilder, freer time — before the days were swallowed by carpools, budget talks, grocery runs and letting old or new insecurities slip in. It’s the restless hum of wanting to find your way back — to your rhythm, to your person, to yourself.” Lyrics highlight this nostalgia, with lines like “I only want the beginning, I don’t want the end / I want the part where you say goddamn / Back of a dive bar / Giving you head / Then sneak home late / Wake up your roommates.” The production features bright, synth-heavy sounds reminiscent of Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer.”
The music video, directed by Matty Peacock, shows Duff drifting apart from a partner, culminating in a rainy escape that echoes her earlier work like “Come Clean.” This release follows November's single “Mature” and comes ahead of Duff's Small Rooms, Big Nerves tour, which sold out quickly, plus mini residencies in Las Vegas in February and May.
Duff, known for Lizzie McGuire and How I Met Your Father, shares three children with Koma and a 13-year-old son from her previous marriage to Mike Comrie. The timing coincides with gossip over Ashley Tisdale’s essay on “toxic” mom groups, where fans speculated Duff's involvement, and Koma's satirical response online.
Her last album, Breathe In. Breathe Out., debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 in 2015.
