I don't really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing is that, yes, I do sing and write all my own music. That is something that I hold really dear. And yeah, I made a fool of myself in front of the world, but it was also great to pick myself back up and go on tour.

After her departure from Melrose Place Simpson reprised her role in the Broadway musical production of Chicago. Geffen Records chairman Ron Fair said in December 2006 that working on Simpson's next album would be "very tricky" because of press scrutiny and "prejudices" but that Geffen would work with her to overcome that "because Ashlee Simpson deserves to be heard and Ashlee Simpson deserves a shot. In a September 2007 interview her father Joe Simpson said of the surgery: "There was a real problem with her breathing and that was cured".

The album was released after the show's first season and went to the top of the album chart. Ashlee Nicole Simpson (born October 3 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.