Haters (Hilary Duff song)
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| “Haters” | ||
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| Single by Hilary Duff from the album Hilary Duff |
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| Format | Radio single | |
| Genre | Pop rock | |
| Length | 2:56 | |
| Label | Hollywood | |
| Writer(s) | Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Charlie Midnight, Marc Swersky | |
| Producer | Charlie Midnight, Marc Swersky | |
"Haters" is a pop rock song written by Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Charlie Midnight and Marc Swersky, and produced by Midnight and Swersky for Hilary Duff's second album, Hilary Duff (2004). It is meant to discourage people from harboring ill feelings toward others, with Duff saying hate is "negative energy and stuff that's just not necessary."[1] She has characterised the song as "tongue-in-cheek" and said people would know what it is about when they heard it.[2] The Village Voice said the song contains a "bitter powerpop groove" over which "Duff seethes sweetly".[3]
[edit] Rumors over subject matter
"Haters" is one of three tracks on the album co-written by Duff. According to her, at the time she came up with the idea for the song and wrote it, she was feeling she had to openly discuss her personal life because, as she puts it, "people make accusations and there are lies and rumors constantly. I think that song really just came to me because I was feeling like people are so negative. They love to read what's coming out next on Page Six [of the New York Post] and I just felt like it was appropriate." In spite of this, she said she felt "normal girls" could relate to the song because of the "petty stuff" that occurs in schools, "and how people backstab each other and talk bad about each other".[4]
The song became the center of substantial publicity when rumors circulated that it was about actress Lindsay Lohan, with whom Duff was alleged to have been feuding.[1][3][4][5] The feud supposedly began in 2003 when singer Aaron Carter began dating Duff shortly after breaking up with Lohan. After that, the two began "trading barbs" in the press, and Lohan was rumored to have left offensive messages on Duff's answering machine.[6][4] The Scoop, a gossip section of the website MSNBC, quoted an insider who had said, "Hilary thinks that Lindsay has been directing negativity at her for too long."[6] Lines in the song such as "You're the queen of superficiality/Keep your lies out of my reality" and "You say your boyfriend's sweet and kind/But you've still got your eyes on mine" are believed to be aimed in Lohan's direction;[3][6] MTV News wrote "it's hard not to connect the dots."[4] A Stylus magazine album review called the song "perhaps the most exciting inclusion on the album ... One can only hope that it can reignite the feud that smoldered throughout much of the summer between the two".[7] Duff denied that the rumors were true, saying she did not know Lohan and would not write a song about her, and that "This whole thing is like so blown out of proportion".[8]
Before Hilary Duff was released, Duff said she was considering "Haters" for release as the second single from the album (after "Fly"),[2] but "The Getaway" and "Someone's Watching over Me" were later released instead (the former in North America, the latter in Australia). "Haters" was not given mainstream promotion as a single, but it was one of several tracks on the album made available to request on Radio Disney in the U.S.[9]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Williams, Rob. "Hilary wows young Winnipeg fans". Winnipeg Sun. January 10, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
- ^ a b Moss, Corey and Cornell, Jeff. "Hilary Duff Got 'Ghetto' When Necessary For New LP". MTV News. September 23, 2004. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
- ^ a b c Wood, Mikael. "The Jig Is Up". The Village Voice. November 12, 2004. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
- ^ a b c d Goodman, Abbey. "Hilary Duff: The Nicest Brat". MTV News. November 12, 2004. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
- ^ "Duff Blasts Lohan on New Album". WENN. October 8, 2004. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
- ^ a b c Walls, Jeannette. "Duff-Lohan feud hits sour note". MSNBC. October 6, 2004. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
- ^ Burns, Todd. "Hilary Duff". Stylus. September 24, 2004. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
- ^ "Inside Interview - Hilary Duff, the talented US teenager singer". New Weekly. Retrieved October 27, 2006.
- ^ "Speak - Request A Song". Radio Disney. Retrieved March 23, 2007.
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