Teen actress and musician Hilary Duff celebrated her 17-th birthday last Tuesday with the launch of her new album, entitled Hilary Duff. The signer has told Launch Radio Networks that her new album dwells upon more personal things than her past recordings.

“What it talks about is stuff that I’ve gone through, like, in the past year, which is, you know, a lot, and some of it’s good, and some of it’s bad, and a lot of it’s, like, a big learning experience, ” says Duff.

“And I got to write a lot about that with people that I’ve worked with before, so I felt completely comfortable. ”

Duff’s presents for her seventeenth birthday included a brand new sports car from her Mom and Dad, and, what’s most important – a new publicist. Duff’s parents hired Ken Sunshine, who happens to work with stars like Ben Affleck and DiCaprio, to handle her interests. Sunshine, who is a father of a young daughter himself, has already shared his plans for the star:

“Whatever Hilary wants, ” he said.

Duff’s newly released movie, Raise Your Voice is due to hit the stores on October 8.