"Come Clean" is a song by American singer Hilary Duff for her second studio album, Metamorphosis (2003).
The song contains influences of electronica and techno, with the lyrics chronicling the protagonist wanting to "come clean" with her love interest, from a strained relationship.
The song was accompanied by a music video, directed Dave Meyers, which showed Duff inside a house on a rainy day, waiting for her love interest.
It was used as the theme song for the MTV reality television shows Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, and it is included on the soundtrack album for Laguna Beach.
In a 2005 interview with News Times, Hilary Duff said that the song is "obviously about a boy and a girl's relationship and it's just talking about how somebody thinks they're in the dark.
[2] Duff cited the song as her favorite on Metamorphosis, saying it is "a little more mellow" than her previous single, "So Yesterday", "but it's not really pop.
"[3] Musically, "Come Clean" is a moderately fast song in a tempo of 120 beats per minute.
[1] The single's music video was directed by Dave Meyers and filmed in Los Angeles on November 23, 2003.
The rainstorm intensifies over the course of the day, and the interior scenes are intercut with shots of Duff's boyfriend (played by Gavin Beasley) driving to her house in a car.