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MiamiDemi Lovato is neither the first nor the last artist to dive into the dark to create her art, but she is a pioneer in transforming social networks and YouTube into a confessional in the quest for connection and sanity.
The American artist of Mexican descent demonstrated this this week, when she revealed the saddest and most honest of her unsuccessful engagement to the actor Max Ehrich, with whom he has been in quarantine for months in 2020.
“I cheated myself because it was the safest and most anticipated. I clearly loved him very much, but there was something in me that said, ‘I need to show the world that I’m fine.the artist said in an interview that once again put her in the top trends of Twitter.
Feel much more “empowered” by “her truth”, Lovato said breaking her engagement to Ehrich allowed her to start the ‘royal’ path she is now walking. and in which he presented himself as a ‘pansexual’ and a survivor of a much-discussed drug overdose in 2018.
In her documentary “Dancing with the Devil,” which has been on YouTube since March 23 and is part of her new album, Lovato removed the mantle of silence with which her family and team overdosed on the whole subject.
“I was left with brain damage and I am still suffering the consequences. I cannot drive because my vision has blind spots. It took me two months to read a book because my vision was so blurry. It was a moment of triumph, ”he says in the video.
Although the 28-year-old artist grew up in the public eye after becoming famous as the companion of ‘Barney’, the children’s show featuring a purple dinosaur and later as a Disney star, her confessions included rape by her. boyfriend and that marked the beginning of her sexual life at the age of 15.
And the drug dealer who sold her the drugs for which she nearly died in 2018 “took advantage” of her status to get over her.
Still, Lovato says she’s learned to look on the bright side, saying the incident and everything it triggered led to a review of her bipolar disorder diagnosis. “I have ADHD,” he explained, referring to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
In addition to her publications on the networks, statements to the press and on YouTube, the artist famous for Disney movies like ‘Camp Rock’ and songs like ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ has her trauma, ‘shits’ and truth in her new album “Dancing with the devil: the art of starting over”.
The star’s audiovisual delivery is completed with the release of impressive music videos to accompany the songs. The first, with 11 million views in less than a week on YouTube, is the song that gave the project its name and shows a refined version of its early days in the hospital.
The rest are expected to be just as descriptive, as Lovato has made it clear that expressing her misery has given her strength.
This is indicated by saying, “When I look back, I see in my music that before I hesitated to be as open as I am now, I feel like in some of my new songs I just took my vulnerability away.”