Hilary Duff has performed her hit song, What Dreams Are Made Of, live for the first time ever.
After a decade away from the music industry, the actress-singer returned to the stage at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London on Monday night as part of her Small Rooms, Big Nerves mini-tour.
According to Rolling Stone, Hilary played fan favourites Wake Up and Come Clean amid the 17-song set, as well as a series of tracks from her upcoming sixth studio album, Luck… or Something.
But the pop star wowed the crowd by closing the gig with a rendition of What Dreams Are Made Of, which she originally recorded for the soundtrack of the 2003 feature, The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
Hilary has not yet commented on the decision to sing the popular tune, though reporters at Rolling Stone described the moment as “triumphant”.
In November, the mother-of-four explained during an appearance on the Therapuss podcast that she never performed What Dreams Are Made Of at her own concerts because it “wasn’t technically my song”.
“It was a Lizzie McGuire song,” she told host Jake Shane, noting that she was around 14 at the time of making the project. “Some of the like, being in Italy for Lizzie McGuire (I remember) but then the rest of it filmed in Vancouver. I could barely remember any of that stuff.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, Hilary insisted she would be happy to sing What Dreams Are Made Of in the future if she was granted permission from Disney bosses.
“Actually, when I sing it now, I feel a lot of joy. I just think that there was such a separation back then of me and my music and Lizzie McGuire,” the 38-year-old added. “But if I would ever tour again, I think, maybe, I would be allowed to manage to sing that song somehow, someway. Maybe, you know, just maybe like hypothetically.”
Hilary played Lizzie McGuire in the Disney Channel series of the same name between 2001 and 2004.
Luck… or Something, which the Younger actress produced with husband Matthew Koma, is set to drop on 20 February.
