Ever Wonder About What Happened To Aly & AJ? This Is What The Hit Child Stars Are Up To Now

Disney Channel sister stars Aly and AJ Michalka from Torrance, California, got their start in the modeling world before moving into acting.

Then, they stole the hearts of children everywhere after debuting in Phil of the Future and Now You See It.

Their musical talents also earned the pair a record deal with Hollywood Records in 2004.

Their debut album, Into The Rush, was an immediate hit– selling over eight hundred thousand copies in the U.S., one million copies nationwide, and earning a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

And, for a while, the Michalka sisters appeared to be dominating the teen scene. Hit songs “Like Whoa” and “Chemicals React” wowed the music community due to their edgy yet graceful sound, and the pair sold out countless concerts.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, the sisters vanished from the spotlight–leaving fans wondering what they had been up to.

Well, in an iHeart radio interview a few years ago, both Aly and AJ admitted to feeling controlled – much like many child actors have shared in recent years.

They wanted to create a new name for themselves and rebranded their duo from “Aly & AJ” to “78Violet.”

Instagram; pictured above are Aly and AJ

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Then, the girls took a years-long break from publicly releasing music– partly because fans only knew them as Aly & AJ and would not recognize 78Violet.

It was not until 2015 that the sisters reunited as a public music duo and took back their original name.

Since then, they released the Ten Years EP in 2017, the Sanctuary EP in 2019, and the studio album A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into The Sun in 2021.

In fact, Aly & AJ are embarking on a tour with musical theatre actor and singer Ben Platt beginning in Washington state this September.

Afterward, the sisters will be performing throughout the country until late October, when the duo will hit Europe.

So, while Aly & AJ may not have a large presence on mainstream social media over the years, they are still working on their music dream. Plus, according to Aly, that was the sisters’ whole goal in the first place.

“Our goal as artists is not just to sell records and gain notoriety. It’s a much deeper experience.

When people come to an Aly & AJ show, they should come out feeling revived– like they matter. It should feel like a sanctuary,” Aly said in a Vanity Fair interview.

To learn more about what Aly & AJ have been up to or purchase a ticket to their upcoming tour, you can visit their website linked here.

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