This is what dreams are made of.
Hilary Duff, 37, has announced her “highly anticipated return to music” after a 10-year hiatus.
In a statement released Tuesday, Sept. 9, the former Disney Channel star revealed that she has signed with Atlantic Records to release her first album since June 2015’s “Breathe In. Breathe Out.”
However, that was not the only surprise that Duff had in store for her loyal and patient fans, because she also announced an upcoming docuseries that will chronicle the “So Yesterday” singer’s “long-awaited musical return and personal journey” by “offering an unfiltered vignette into Hilary’s world.”
“Embracing the ups, downs, and everything in between, fans will ride shotgun as she balances raising a family, recording new music, live show rehearsals and preparing to perform on stage for the first time in over a decade,” the press release read, per Variety.
Although the docuseries does not yet have a title or release date, it will reportedly be helmed by Sam Wrench, who previously directed Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” concert film and Sabrina Carpenter’s “A Nonsense Christmas” Netflix special.
Duff, meanwhile, took to Instagram on Tuesday to further tease her long-awaited return to music after more than a decade.
“New music … or something,” the “Younger” star wrote alongside three photos from inside a recording studio.
The “Cinderella Story” star’s fans rushed to social media following the news to celebrate Duff’s newly announced upcoming release.
“Today just got even brighter,” one person wrote.
“I am not ready friend!” added another. “Hilary Duff coming to save POP, the world needs this.”
“Excited so happy to hear you’re coming out with music again soon!” commented a third thrilled fan. “I feel like doing cartwheels.”
The Post has reached out to Duff’s reps for comment.
Duff previously discussed her music career and why she hadn’t yet released any new tunes during an interview with Access Hollywood back in December 2023.
At the time, the “Cheaper by the Dozen” star said that she had her hands full trying to juggle acting with being a mom. Duff shares son Luca, 13, with ex-husband Mike Comrie, as well as daughters Banks, 6, Mae, 4, and Townes, 16 months, with her current husband, Matthew Koma.
“I always am thinking about it,” Duff said two years ago. “I never wanna blame my kids for this, but I’m so immersed in motherhood right now, and it’s so much easier to book an acting job and be like, ‘Okay, I have to be at work at 6 a.m. and then I’m gonna be done by 9 tonight and then I’m gonna be home.’”
“I am in the middle of my real life, and that is very much a part of not my real life, like, from my past,” she continued. “So, I have to just figure out a way for those two things to meet.”
But the “How I Met Your Father” star knew she would return to music eventually.
“I really do believe that I’ll just one day be like, ‘I have to do it,’” Duff explained. “There’s going to be something that comes over me, and just like, I have to do it.”
“So, it’s gonna happen,” she concluded at the time. “I just don’t know when.”
