Listen: Hilary Duff - Dignity

When I saw the (terrible) Lizzie Maguire Movie starring Hilary Duff in 2001 on a looong flight from Frankfurt to New York, I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS would have thought that I would actually like anything she does. Well, today, she's a 19 year old blonde cutie turned classy brunette with a fresh album, entitled Dignity. It IS a POP album, but thankfully a more upbeat one, kind of unexpected I would say. But the real strength of this album are the surprisingly sassy and honest lyrics, all (co-)written by Hilary. I must say, for a few weeks, I had the album on HEAVY rotation. ^_^ Cherry on the cake: during interviews, she's really grown up, funny and SMART. For a young Hollywood-actress-and-singer, that's not bad. Not bad at all.