Demi Lovato On Channelizing ‘Sexuality’ And ‘Anger’ Into Recent Album After ‘Rough Time’ Last Year

Demi Lovato Real About Her Recovery Journey

In an exclusive preview of their interview with Zane Lowe airing Wednesday on Apple Music 1, the singer opens up about how a tough period in 2021 during which she quietly completed a rehab program inspired their upcoming latest album HOLY FVCK.

Everything that she writes about comes from personal experiences. She had gone through a rough time last year, says Lovato, who has long been open about their struggle with addiction, including the lingering effects of an overdose in July 2018.

Demi Return To Treatment

And she went back to treatment, and when she came out, she had all of this unresolved trauma that she hadn't dealt with or started to deal with in treatment. And then when she came out, she was like, It's OK to be angry and feel those things.

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So, when she was making the album in the first week, she had a lot of anger, and she thinks it showed in many of the songs, Freak, Heaven, Eat Me, she continues.

At a point during the making of their album, Lovato says she relocated away from her anger and began writing songs empowered by her sexuality.

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Lovato Recovery Process Explanation!!

Towards the end, you have love songs, says Lovato, whom a source told earlier this month is dating a fellow musician. Elsewhere in the interview, Lovato explains the recovery process many times.

Demi has never come out of treatment; maybe the first time, she expects people to trust me right away. It was a learning experience that people will have to learn to trust you again. With time comes trust, they say.

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The only path they can do that is by proving themselves and not just talking but taking action toward their recovery.

Though they previously described themselves as ‘California sober,’ a term used by folks who choose to use marijuana but abstain from alcohol, Lovato said in December that she had cut out the drug. Throughout their journey, Lovato says her entire family has been incredible.

She had members of my family struggle with addiction, so they understand it and know what it's like, they say. Do they worry to this day? Absolutely. That's never going away with what I put them through. And put me through. And as a consequence of that, they wind up suffering.

Lovato previously said that with HOLY FVCK, her eighth studio album featuring the singles Skin of My Teeth and Substance, she's never been more sure of herself and her music.

This record speaks for itself, they said. To my Lovatics who have been rocking out with me since the beginning and those who are simply coming along for the ride, thank you. This record is for you.

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Lovato Tour With Special Guests

After the release of HOLY FVCK on Friday, Lovato will set out on tour in the fall with precious guests DEAD SARA and Royal & The Serpent.

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Lovato said in a statement, and I'm so excited to get back on the road after four years without touring, and even longer since I've toured in South America. We are working so hard to deliver an incredible show for all my fans, and she can't wait to see them in person to celebrate this new music.

The ‘Stone Cold singer previously offered fans a glimpse of what was to come on their Instagram Story, writing that they were so proud of the upcoming album.

She wrote that she was getting emotional listening to my new album because I'm so proud of it. It is my absolute best yet and so representative of me, where she started, and who I am today.