Hilary Duff Says She Fears Husband Matthew Koma Will Leave Her for an ‘Indie Songwriter’
hilary duff said she has a recurring dream that her husband, Matthew Koma, will leave her for an "indie songwriter, " a fear she turned into a song on her new album and raised again in an interview published on Feb. 19. "I always think Matt’s going to leave me for some coolio indie songwriter that he works with, " she said.
Hilary Duff opens up about a recurring dream
That recurring image — of Koma moving on with another musician — became the subject of the song "Holiday Party" on the album Luck … or Something, which was released on Feb. 20. Duff said the record was built around what keeps her up at night and the insecurities that have developed over the last decade, and she singled out that particular fear as one she processed through songwriting.
Matthew Koma says the song is 'just a song'
Matthew Koma, 38, who helped produce the record, pushed back on taking the lyric as a literal sign of trouble in their marriage. He described Duff’s recurring dream as "so insane but also very real, " adding, "Those are real things to get hung up on emotionally, " and called "Holiday Party" simply a song and nothing more.
Family life and the specifics she put on the record
Duff and Koma wed in 2019 and share three children: daughters Banks, 7, Mae, 4, and Townes, 21 months. Duff also has a son, Luca, 13, from her previous marriage. She said the record’s themes come from a ten-year perspective on what affects her emotionally as a person, not a play-by-play of daily parenting duties.
On the album, Duff also tackled strained family relationships. She described a rift with her older sister, Haylie Duff, 41, and acknowledged that contact with her father, Bob Duff, is on-and-off. The song "We Don’t Talk" was singled out as addressing that sibling tension; she said it was the result of a choice to be honest about a lonely time in her life.
hilary duff framed the album as a piece of personal work, saying she wanted to write about "what keeps me up at night" rather than the rhythms of motherhood. The record’s candid approach led her to include songs that explore insecurity, family strain, and the small horrors of private life made public.
What comes next: the album Luck … or Something was released on Feb. 20, and Duff has presented the collection as a healed, exact reflection of where she is now. In the weeks after the release, Duff and Koma have characterized the more dramatic lines as creative material — and said their family life continues amid the conversation sparked by the record.
