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Demi Lovato Just Released a Song About Relapsing: 'I'm Not Sober Anymore'


In March, Demi Lovato celebrated six years of sobriety, a journey she’s been very transparent about with her fans. “So grateful for another year of joy, health and happiness,” she wrote at the time. “It is possible.”

And now, Lovato’s talking about substance abuse—relapsing, specifically—again in a new song called “Sober.” “I got no excuses for all of these goodbyes. Call me when it’s over ’cause I’m dying inside,” Lovato sings in the song. “Wake me when the shakes are gone and the cold sweats disappear. Call me when it’s over and myself has reappeared. I don’t know why, I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know why. I do it every, every, every time. It’s only when I’m lonely. Sometimes I just want to cave and I don’t want to fight.”

She continues, “I’m sorry for the fans I lost, who watched me fall again. I want to be a role model, but I’m only human.”

Listen to it for yourself, below:

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The song pretty much speaks for itself. “Momma, I’m so sorry. I’m not sober anymore. Daddy, please forgive me, for the drinks spilled on the floor,” she sings at one point. Lovato further drove home the message by posting a link to the song on Twitter and captioning it, “My truth.”

Lovato candidly discussed her past experiences with sobriety in her 2017 YouTube documentary, Simply Complicated. In the film, she explained how she hoped being open about her struggles would help de-stigmatize them, especially for young women. “There weren’t a lot of young pop stars…talking about their issues, and I wanted [to be] someone that my little sister could look up to,” she said. “I wanted to be the role model that I needed growing up.”

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2018 Billboard Music Awards: Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato Perform Together


In a meeting of pop-diva royalty, Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato together debuted their new song, “Fall in Line,” with a performance at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 20).

While the women belted out powerful lyrics—and, of course, their signature runs—they were surrounded by soldiers wearing helmets and marching around the stage. (The singers themselves wore matching black patent leather jackets.) After Aguilera finished singing the introduction, the soldiers walked her down the stage and carried her body around, perhaps alluding to some of the lyrics about control. For the big finale, a large screen in the background showed videos of little girls playing in fields while Aguilera and Lovato knelt together and embraced, touching their heads together in an emotional moment.

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The fiery duet, a soulful anthem that shows off both of their respective vocal powers, features lyrics like “Little girls, listen closely / No one told me, but you deserve to know / That in this world you are not beholden / You do not owe them your body and your soul,” and “I wasn’t made to fall in line.”

Watch their performance, below:

Not only were celebrities like Halsey and Tyra Banks—who mouthed “that was powerful” when the performance was over—living for the collaboration, fans collectively lost their minds for the song’s debut. “Xtina and Demi giving you VOCALS,” one Twitter user wrote. “I can’t believe we all just watched Demi Lovato’s dream come true,” another wrote.

The collaboration, which is featured on Aguilera’s forthcoming album, has been heavily anticipated by fans who know that Lovato has been a huge admirer of Aguilera for years. The song is part of Aguilera’s new album, Liberation, which is due out on June 15. The 37-year-old singer released her first song in six years, “Accelerate,” earlier this month as the first single from the album.

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Demi Lovato Took Danica Roem as Her Date to the AMAs for an Important Reason


Demi Lovato’s date to the American Music Awards tonight is a major trailblazer—Danica Roem, the first out and seated transgender state legislator in U.S. history. Danica was elected on November 7 to Virginia’s House of Delegates, unseating Bob Marshall, the Republican lawmaker who penned the state’s anti-transgender bathroom bill. “I hope that my victory inspires people,” Danica told Teen Vogue at the time. “Whatever your life calling is, you can succeed because of who you are and not despite it.”

Her message resonated with Demi so much that the singer decided to extend an invite to the AMAs. “We connected because I heard her story,” said Demi on the red carpet Sunday night. “She’s actually the first out and seated transgender state legislator in American history. When I heard that, I was just completely inspired by it. My story with ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ is about bullying. I wanted to have her in the audience with me tonight, because I feel like we’ve been through some of the same things. Now we get to share this experience together.”

The feeling was mutual. “I’m also grateful that Demi has spent her career advocating for people who need a voice when they feel voiceless, and that she really understands that no matter what you look like, where you come from, who you worship, or who you love, you should be welcomed and celebrated because of who you are, not despite it,” Danica said.

Both women will be touching on the issue of bullying tonight. Demi has always spoken out about her mental health, opening up about topics such as her bipolar disorder, surviving self-harm, and her past eating disorder. As a longtime advocate of bullying survivors, she will be performing her song “Sorry Not Sorry,” an “unapologetic song” she wrote for “shutting down” haters who bully her on a daily basis.

“Some fans are saying that I’ve inspired them to either get over certain struggles in their lives, whether it’s bullying, a mental illness they now live and thrive with a mental illness and they’re happy and healthy,” she said. “And some people are actually said that I’ve saved their life, which is unfathomable and I can’t comprehend it fully, but it means the world to me.”

Meanwhile, Danica will be speaking tonight about inclusion and bullying prevention. According to the incoming state legislator’s Twitter, her AMAs invitation was super last-minute, and she’ll be back in her home state tomorrow morning just in time for a 7:30 a.m. school board meeting.

On the red carpet, Demi found out from an interviewer that she’d made People magazine’s list of 25 women changing the world. “It’s amazing and it feels incredible, and I think Danica should be on that list as well,” she said. When asked if she agreed, Danica reacted with humility and a focus on what she can do in the future.

“I just want to be a good delegate,” she said.





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'SNL': Aidy Bryant's Sarah Huckabee Sanders Hilariously Channels Demi Lovato


There was a slew of transformations last night on SNL as cast member Aidy Bryant transformed into White House press secretary Sarah Huckabees Sanders, who then transformed into Demi Lovato for a hilarious digital short.

The three-minute, pre-recorded sketch centered around Bryant-as-Sanders’ constant fielding of journalists’ questions regarding the Trump presidency and alleged Russian interference. (Given the ongoing investigation, there are indeed a lot of questions.) When one reporter begins their question with, “Sarah, you’ve continually denied any connection between the Trump campaign and the interference by the Russian government—” the short cuts in and out of an alternate epic reality, in which we learn how “Sanders” comes across so confidently in her answers (even when the answers are still incredibly vague).

In a disco-y take of a press room, “Sanders,” a.k.a. “The Huck,” as her pink jacket reads, parodies Lovato’s pop hit “Confident” as she dances, struts, and sings, “What’s wrong with being confident?” Truth.

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She sticks with Lovato’s original lyrics for most of the sequence, but toward the end she switches it up and adds in what she’s really thinking: “So you say that I’m a puppet/that I must be out of my mind/all your media can stuff it.” Sanders-as-Lovato then rips a New York Times newspaper in half.

This is Bryant’s first major skit as Sanders after brief appearances in previous episodes. And although we desperately miss Melissa McCarthy’s impersonations of former press secretary Sean Spicer, Bryant’s spot-on parody of Sanders is beginning to make us think she’s going to be giving Sanders the Spicey treatment more often.

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These New Photos of Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato Prove 'Delena' Is Alive and Well


Over the years, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato‘s friendship has had its ups and downs. Fans loved seeing “Delena” together, but they weren’t always close. In 2014, Lovato unfollowed Gomez on Twitter and hinted that they’d grown apart on Watch What Happens Live. It seems they’re back on track, though: The two were photographed hugging it out on the red carpet last night, and we’re shook.

Selena and Demi both attended the InStyle Awards in Los Angeles, where Gomez introduced Makeup Artist of the Year Award winner Hung Vanngo and Lovato accepted the Advocate Award. According to InStyle, before heading into the dinner, the two stopped each other to have a private moment to catch up and chat. Oh, and share a hug on the red carpet, pictured below:

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It’s been years since we’ve seen them together on a red carpet—since 2011 MTV VMAs, to be exact:

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These Barney & Friends turned Disney channel stars turned music moguls have a lot to be proud of, and they haven’t been shy to congratulate each other lately. Recently, Gomez left a string of comments on Lovato’s Instagram to commend her new YouTube documentary, Simply Complicated. “Demi. This was beautiful,” Gomez wrote on her friend’s page. “I’m so happy for you. You always continue to [be] bold and real. I wish more people were like you. Love you.”

This love-fest goes both ways, most recently in July when Lovato praised Gomez’s song “Fetish” on Twitter. “.@selenagomez Loving your new song ‘Fetish,’ we’ve come a long way since our Barney days,” she wrote. Gomez then Tweeted back, “Yes we have – just listening to ‘Sorry Not Sorry!’ You slay as always. So happy for you!” How cute are they?

But as much as we love the pair’s social media interactions, seeing them hug IRL is way, way better.

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Demi Lovato Posted a Side-by-Side That Shows How Far She's Come in Her Eating Disorder Recovery


In Demi Lovato‘s new YouTube documentary, Simply Complicated, she reveals that she relapsed from her eating disorder after breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, Wilmer Valderrama. “It’s an everyday battle,” Lovato told Glamour about recovering from the disorder, which she originally sought treatment for in 2011 (along with substance abuse and self-harm issues). “[But] the struggle is still very much there…What’s most important to me is that I just keep fighting, and I keep aiming for a goal of complete freedom. Even if that may not be possible, I’m going to aim for that goal.”

And a new photo Lovato posted to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday (October 18) shows just how far she’s come. The “Body Say” singer shared two snaps of herself side by side—one during what looks to be the height of her illness, where she’s noticeably frailer, and a second, more recent one from after her treatment—along with the message, “Recovery is possible.”

“I think [my eating disorder is] something that I’ll probably have to deal with for the rest of my life,” Lovato told Glamour while promoting the documentary. “Others in recovery for eating disorders say that too.” But Lovato’s side-by-side images are a powerful reminder of her strength and willingness to keep fighting. And the stunning visual will hopefully inspire other eating disorder survivors to stay on their own recovery paths.

Lovato’s documentary isn’t the first time she’s discussed her eating disorder and addiction issues. She opened up about being sober in in her November 2016 Glamour cover story issue.

“I feel healthy, I feel happy,” she said. “Back then I felt an emptiness inside of me, and I reached for so many things—a person, a substance, a behavior—to fill that void. And now there’s not a void anymore. The void is filled by me taking care of myself.… Getting sober was difficult. I went into rehab, I came out, and I didn’t stay sober. I still had issues occasionally. Now some days it’s difficult; some days it’s easy. “

Lovato’s proved she can stay the course, though: she celebrated five years of sobriety in March 2017. And this post proves she can access that same strength to fight her eating disorder, too.

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