I'm an artist, and I go in the studio and make my music. And then I'll give it to my dad and he does what he does. And he does, you know, the press, and figuring out shows and whatnot. When it comes to my artistic freedom, he doesn't, like, step on my toes or anything.

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.