Hilary Duff Explains Why It’s Better to Focus on Being ‘Yourself’ Than Worry About ‘Becoming More Impressive’

Hilary Duff is saying cheers to self love.

Speaking to Billboard‘s Tetris Kelly backstage at her recent Las Vegas concert, the singer — who announced Wednesday (May 27) that Aperol Spritz will sponsor her upcoming Lucky Me Tour — opened up about her current philosophy as she gears up to embark on one of the biggest treks of her career.

“If I were to toast to one thing, it would be toasting to becoming like more of yourself instead of becoming more impressive,” she says poignantly. “We’re in our body, we’re fine with who we are, doing great, we’re proud of ourselves. We’re always reaching for more but not reaching too far where we’re like overextending and exhausted. We’re just happy!”

The Lizzie McGuire alum has a lot to be happy about these days. In addition to kicking off her arena tour in June, the star dropped her first album in a decade, Luck … or Something, in February and reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

As part of her team-up with Aperol, the beverage company will curate Aperol Spritz Day Club pre-show experiences at some of the venues Duff will play on tour, as well as local bars and restaurants nearby. The former child star says that her personal ideal setting for sipping on a spritz would be “in New York with a small group of friends, and we’re at a sidewalk cafe and people are just starting to flood the streets because everyone’s getting warm in their bones again … they’ve planted the flowers, everything’s blooming, you can feel the energy in the air.”

She also notes that the Luck … or Something track that most embodies “golden hour Aperol” is “Adult Size Medium,” on which she sings: “Was it a sip of wine or Aperol?/ I remember everything and nothing at all.”

“I think I’m most looking forward to seeing everyone show up for me,” Duff adds to Billboard of the Lucky Me Tour, which follows her run of mini-residency shows in Vegas. “When I think about this era, for me it took a lot of guts. I showed up for sure, but the only reason it’s working is because everyone’s showing up, and I don’t even exactly know why, but I’m really excited to see it and feel it and feel something that I’ve gotten a little taste of now. Obviously it’s in my body from before, but I’m such a different version of myself than I was back then, so it’s really magical to do this again.”