Released 20 years ago today, we're looking back on how Hilary Duff's breakthrough album Metamorphosis changed Y2K teenage fandom forever.
Hilary Duff helped an entire generation through the odyssey of growing up. Many of us found a friend in Lizzie McGuire, and Duff’s music added new dimensions to our devotion. August 26 marks the 20th anniversary of her breakout album. Released just over a month before her 16th birthday,represented much of Duff’s lived experience.
From its hypnotic synth pattern to its angsty chorus, “Come Clean”—written by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks—was perhaps one of the most serious songs Hilary Duff’s fanbase would encounter in 2003. Though it was, “Come Clean” was adapted for Duff and fit the singer’s goal of sharing who she really was. “I’m shedding / Shedding every color / Trying to find a pigment of truth / Beneath my skin,” she sings.
Even if the youngest of Hilary Duff’s fans hadn’t branched out much beyond the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon television blocks, they could still rock out and have fun with the lyrics she sang. On “The Math,” she intones: “If you can’t do the math, then get out of the equation!” The idea is to lead with the heart instead of calculating everything.
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