'90s Pop Star Unlikely to Make a Comeback: 'Not My Bag'

If you've been hoping that Mandy Moore would make a pop comeback and release a new album, it doesn't sound like that is going to happen anytime soon.

The This Is Us actress sat down with Andy Cohen on the Monday, May 18, episode of SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live. While chatting, Cohen brought up Hilary Duff's comeback and suggested that it's time for Moore to revive her music career.

"I feel like that would be fun, perhaps. I just feel like Hilary is so incredible. She's made to be a pop star. That is just not my bag. I'm 42," Moore, who has three children, replied.

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"I've made a couple of records, like the last one was four years ago, but my husband's a musician and I make music with him and it's just decidedly a smaller audience, like theaters and clubs," she explained.

Moore is married to Taylor Goldsmith, frontman for the folk-rock band Dawes. She says that she plans on making music again-with her husband-but she plans to let him "take over the world for all of us."

Moore had a budding singing career in the late '90s and early 2000s. Her single "Candy" may be the most memorable from her time in the pop star circle, though she had a few popular songs, including "Crush" and "I Wanna Be With You."

Moore also starred in A Walk to Remember and voiced Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled, and was featured on both soundtracks.

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This story was originally published May 18, 2026 at 12:49 PM.