DEMI LOVATO (with Molly Mary O'Brien)

Published: Jan. 11, 2024, 8:01 a.m.

Host of the And Introducing podcast Molly Mary O'Brien returns to Pop Pantheon to discuss the often harrowing and sometimes triumphant life and career of Demi Lovato.

Molly and Louie unpack Demi\u2019s squeaky clean debut on Barney at 10 and her induction into the Disney machine, from her starring role in Camp Rock to her Hollywood Records efforts, including 2008\u2019s well-made but anodyne Don\u2019t Forget and 2009\u2019s Kidz-Bop-Kelly-Clarkson Here We Go Again. Then they discuss Demi\u2019s very public personal struggles starting in the early 2010s and their impact on albums like 2011\u2019s dance-oriented Unbroken, 2013\u2019s synthpop-nodding Demi, and 2015\u2019s Confident, which includes the bi-curious slammer \u201cCool For the Summer.\u201d From there, they break down 2017\u2019s R&B-leaning Tell Me You Love Me, 2021\u2019s recovery-themed Dancing With The Devil: The Art of Starting Over, Demi\u2019s recent return to pop rock with 2022\u2019s Holy Fvck and 2023\u2019s Revamped and whether, in the context of her rocky personal narrative, Demi's music ever really rises to the fore of her celebrity. Finally, they rank Demi Lovato in the official Pop Pantheon.

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