A ly and AJ Michalka, better known by their alliterative stage name Aly & AJ, wanted to avoid a sophomore slump. It was 2007, and the sisters had already cultivated a groundswell ...

Aly & AJ were writing “What It Feels Like” — a song about learning to admire “the beauty” of their physical changes — when Aly went into labor with her son Jack. On Friday, the sister ...

But after reading the “Hannah Montana” pilot, she didn’t think it aligned with her and sister AJ Michalka’s musical goals. “[I was like], ‘Wait, but I’m doing music as Aly ...