Ashley Tisdale was spotted arriving at Los Angeles International Airport with current boyfriend Scott Speer late last night (June 23). Not feeling very camera-ready, the singer and actress suddenly got shy upon arrival and stayed close to Speer, using her music video director beau and her cell phone as her shield from the cameras.

Ashley is currently preparing for the July 28 launch of her second solo album, called Guilty Pleasure, and it appears that she’s eager to ditch her Disney playpen persona and strike out as a grown-up pop star. “I think this album has a sense of very strong survival in every song, and that’s something I’m attracted to,” she says. “I’m a strong person. I’m also very sassy and a little bit angsty sometimes. I try to show a different side of me that people haven’t seen. I think people really see me as Sharpay, from High School Musical, which is great — but there is a different side of Ashley, and that’s really coming across on the album. I am growing up. That’s what I feel the album is really about. I’m not young anymore. I’m 23 turning 24, and it’s a reflection of where I am in my life right now.”

But it’s not all about music from this multi-faceted Disney creation. Ashley is also prepping for the July 31 release of the supernatural family action flick, Aliens in the Attic.