Hilary Duff Takes Us Out and Laughs About Her ‘Spicy’ BFF Nights, Road Nerves & Finally Putting ‘The Math’

Hilary Duff has had a huge 2026. In addition to releasing her first new album in more than a decade, Luck… or Something, she hit the road for her first tour in more than two decades, the aptly named cozy Small Rooms, Big Nerves swing through London, Brooklyn, Toronto, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, followed […].

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Duff met Billboard‘s Delisa Shannon at Los Angeles’ Loose Cannon café for the latest edition of Takes Me Out, where the singer chatted up her Lucky Me Tour, talked about surprises in her setlist, what goes down her girls’ night out and revealed her secret pre-show rituals, including the all-important “pink bubble.” Watch the full interview above.

Shannon and Duff, 39, started off with a game of truth or drink, with the singer demurring on naming her bffs, but hinting that some are definitely a wilder time out than others.

After a nearly two-decade break from the road Duff also described getting back out there earlier this year on her four-show Small Rooms, Big Nerves outing, saying the title of the tour came about so “earnestly.

Foi exatamente essa sensação. Eu me senti tão realmente assustada, verdadeiramente aterrorizada," ela disse. "É essa sensação estranha de estar em uma bicicleta e saber o que fazer, mas você fica tipo, 'Talvez eu tenha uma perna quebrada, eu não sei.

On top of the nerves, Duff said she also had the stomach flu at the second date in Toronto on Jan. 24, but luckily she found a different gear and ended up having a great set.

That confidence came from the super fans who showed loud and proud, decked out in their best show wear and constantly boosting the singer’s confidence enough that she busted out the rarity “The Math” from her 2003 sophomore album, Metamorphosis.

But when Shannon asked what song Duff would never add to the set list, instead of an answer the mother of four took a long swig of white wine, smiled and changed the subject.

After some delicious-looking tuna melts arrived at the neighborhood restaurant owned by Duff’s pals, the singer dug into her pre-show rituals, which she deemed kind of boring.

Quando ela encontra um banheiro com boa acústica, Duff disse que faz seus aquecimentos vocais sozinha — “you sound like a dying cat” — além de agachamentos profundos, pisadas nos pés e rolagens de ombro antes de entrar em sua “pink bubble.”.

The former Lizzie McGuire star didn’t hesitate one bit in naming the show she’d love to reboot, though: Are You Afraid of the Dark?, the Nickelodeon horror anthology from the early 1990s.

Duff participará de uma conversa exclusiva no Billboard Live Music Summit de 2026, e, graças ao sucesso de sua turnê Lucky Me, ela também receberá o prêmio Outstanding Pop Tour of the Year da Billboard no evento em Nov.

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