Demi Lovato Chats Her New Album, Sobriety, & More With The New York Times

Demi Lovato sat down with the New York Times earlier this month. The young singer sat down with the outlet to promote her upcoming documentary, Dancing With the Devil. Highlights from her chat are below.

On the last year: This last year provided me so much self-growth and was so beneficial to my spiritual evolution.

On her past struggles: “In hindsight, I don’t blame my 17-year-old self for being so miserable. When I’m angry, it means that I’m actually hurting. Young women in the industry who get labeled with ‘difficult to work with’ — it’s like, hey, maybe just for a second, consider that it’s not that I’m a bad person. It’s just that nobody’s listening to me and I’m hungry, and I’m tired and overworked and doing the best I can for an unmedicated 17-year-old.”

On her sobriety: “I haven’t been by-the-book sober since the summer of 2019. I realized if I don’t allow myself some wiggle room, I go to the hard [expletive]. And that will be the death of me.”

You can check out even more from her interview here. Dancing With the Devil premieres on YouTube on March 23 while her new album, Dancing With the Devil … The Art of Starting Over is out on April 2.