Hilary Duff Ft. Haylie Duff - Our Lips Are Sealed

AUG 30 2004 · 12:00

Hilary Duff Ft. Haylie Duff - Our Lips Are Sealed (2004) Director: Chris Applebaum Era: Mid-2000s Teen Pop Boom (2004) - Peak of Disney-adjacent pop crossover driven by tween-targeted Hollywood soundtrack tie-ins and sibling branding High curatorial value as a documented intersection of peak MTV tween pop, Hollywood soundtrack commerce, and nostalgia-coded legacy cover culture. The video is a clean primary artifact for the 2004 teen pop moment, with confirmed director, verified production location and date, and direct ties to a major theatrical release, making it an unusually well-documented specimen for cross-media pop culture research. Context: Released June 2004 as a soundtrack tie-in to the Warner Bros. teen romantic comedy A Cinderella Story, 'Our Lips Are Sealed' represents the apex of early-2000s Disney-adjacent pop crossover strategy: leveraging a recognizable cover of a 1981 Go-Go's hit to simultaneously promote a theatrical film, introduce a sibling duo dynamic, and capture the tween demographic. The video's Toronto-shot carefree aesthetic, sunlit convertibles, spontaneous urban adventures, fountain splashing, visually codifies the era's aspirational teen freedom narrative, extending the film's Cinderella wish-fulfillment fantasy into a standalone pop artifact. Director notes: Directed and filmed in Toronto, Canada in May 2004. The video depicts the Duff sisters driving around town in a convertible, with additional tableau scenes. An official version interspersed with footage from the 2004 film A Cinderella Story exists, as does a second version without the film footage. The video was produced as a promotional tie-in for the A Cinderella Story original soundtrack, in which Hilary Duff starred. The single was released June 4, 2004 in the United States.