Demi Lovato.Photo: Rich Polk/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
Demi Lovatowas not thinking about her future album as chaos erupted at the Capitol building on Wednesday.
“My heart is broken. It makes me to [sic] sad to believe how naïve I was to think this couldn’t possibly happen, and yet it did,“she tweeted, along with a screenshot from Black Lives Matter’s Twitter, expressing how protestors were treated differently following the police killing of George Floyd. “Here we are.”
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The singer then revealed she’s working on music addressing the violence.
“I’m in the studio working on something special after today’s assault on democracy,” she wrote.
Some users supported the singer’s response, with one writing, “You are absolutely right to use your voice. Keep doing it, it’s more important than ever❤️👊🏻,” on Instagram.
However, others were not as pleased with her approach.
“girl this is not camp rock. you are not gonna save the day w a song,“tweeted one user, referring to Lovato’s 2008 Disney film.
“Demi please no. This isn’t the way to raise awareness,“added another. “Creating another song won’t help. You can bring awareness but don’t use this as the opportunity to prompt your own music. Donate. Spread awareness. There’s other ways you can help.”
Throughout the day on Wednesday, the singer reposted images from other artists speaking up about the violence. “Horrible day for our country. I have no words right now while watching the news,” she wrote on Instagram as everything unfolded.
Lovato has been open in her opposition of the Trump administration, even releasing the track “Commander in Chief” in October. She also performed the track at the Billboard Music Awards. The singer has also used her social media to raise awareness for the Georgia runoff elections for U.S. Senate.
source: people.com
