Hilary Duff fans can finally exhale with relief now that she’s performed “Breathe In. Breathe Out.” for the first time ever, more than a decade after its release.
The deep cut from her 2015 album of the same name made it onto the setlist of the singer/actress’ Thursday night (May 14) performance at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles for SiriusXM’s Small Stage Series. In a video captured by Billboard, Duff effortlessly belted out the fan-favorite track in a pair of jeans and ethereal pink top with a long train, her voice sounding buoyant and crystal clear.
“I made a top 10 list of all the things I missed/ Your lyin’ eyes and lips, they didn’t make it,” she croons as the fans in the crowd sing along to every word. “And when I’m cold at night, I know that I’ll survive/ Until I feel all right, I’m gonna fake it.”
Breathe In. Breathe Out. reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200, marking her last album until Luck … or Something arrived in February and ended her decadelong musical drought. In June, she’ll embark on her Lucky Me Tour.
In an interview with SiriusXM prior to her Thursday show, Duff opened up about how intimidating it was to launch her musical comeback after spending such a long time away. “I don’t even think I had processed how scary it was, you know?” she said. “To just be on stage again and singing my old songs actually felt more comfortable than singing some of the new ones.
“There’s, like, muscle memory with those,” she continued. “But these [new songs] feel so a part of who I am now that it’s just this really cool like combination.”
Watch Duff sing “Breathe In. Breathe Out.” live for the first time below.
