Demi Lovato did a comeback performance at the Grammys and it was incredible

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The Grammys are typically too full of sad songs and too light on entertaining performances, especially considering how long it is and that we have to listen to Alicia Keys drone on. An incredible exception last night was Demi Lovato’s emotional and moving performance of her new song, “Anyone.” Greta Gerwig introduced Demi’s performance for some reason, prefacing it with the fact that Demi almost died in 2018. Demi had a rough start and signaled to her piano player that she wanted to start over. She had a tear rolling down her cheek as she debuted Anyone and holy sh-t it was incredible. I had goosebumps. Demi has serious pipes, she put her heart and soul into this song and you could tell. Here’s just a clip. Demi wrote this days before her overdose. This was her first performance since.

Demi got a standing ovation after this, and rightfully so. She is back and she’s bringing us new music. I love her pop hits, Sorry Not Sorry is one of my favorites, and I hope she has an album out soon. Here’s the lyric video for Anyone, it came out right after her performance. I’m listening to it now and getting teary again.

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  1. Lex says:

    It’s a nice song but the bellowing on “anyone” and “someone” is dreadful… it hurts my ears

  2. Nev says:

    Word.
    Now that was singing.

  3. Lee says:

    Amazing voice, really.

    • BellaBella says:

      I loved the lyrics but her voice sounds shot to me. She was screaming those high notes. It hurt my throat to listen. Last night when she sang it, the moment was moving and you could feel the support in the room, but I was imagining someone with better pipes doing that song.

  4. Arizona says:

    this made me get teary, I won’t lie.

  5. bucketbot says:

    She is now with Scooter Braun’s management, right?

    • Erinn says:

      Apparently. I worry for her with that one. I think she’s a strong person… but at the same time I know how fragile sobriety can be for some people, and Scooter just is a shit person. He treats people like garbage. And it makes me a little nervous for how this is going to pan out for Demi, because we know she’s a lot more reactive than Swift or Grande.

      • bucketbot says:

        I’m also bothered by that. I’ll never forget the time when Ariana tried to get out and Scooter started publishing shitty things about her in the tabloids trying to bully and threaten her to stay or else he would tell everyone all her secrets. I will never forget that. He’s so gross and disgusting. Demi’s been so happy about this association, but she’s also never been a follower, she can’t sit down and do what shes told, smile and take shit. Last time she had to do that, she was at Disney and she got into bad company and doing drugs in order to cope with it. She’s still dealing with the after effects of that. So I really hope this works out for her. Scooter is not above using anyone. Which reminds, I’ve always been curious about his and Justin Bieber’s relationship… have they ever had bad blood? He must surely be holding Justin the same way he is Ariana. But then, Justin did publicly support him to bash Taylor… so idk. Always been curious. I just don’t think its all good there, that’s all.

      • Ainsley7 says:

        Grande tried to leave Scooter until he threatened to kill her career and he had a big hand in Beiber’s breakdown. I don’t see this going well for Demi. She needs stable people around her.

      • Erinn says:

        bucket & ainsley – I don’t understand it, either. I think Demi has a habit of being a bit of a contrarian, but I have a hard time believing that NOBODY around her warned her about this? I mean, maybe it could be okay if she finds a great buffer/go-between/advocate, but I have yet to see anyone really in this poor girls corner. Partially because she pushes people away, partially because she seems to really attract yes-men type people.

        I go back and forth on Demi. I think she does some incredibly dumb things, I think she can be a bit jealous and controlling when it comes to her friends. I can objectively say she’s done or said crappy things… but I still root for her. I think there’s just something about her that I feel like needs protecting? Like she needs to find some really rock solid kick ass friends that will look out for her interests in the industry. And I don’t see that happening with Scooter.

        And I fully believe Scooter had a hand in the Bieber mess. He’s happy to go to bat for him, but I wonder how much of it is perceived loyalty from Braun on Biebs part (he doesn’t seem super bright, bless him) or if it’s a case of having mutual enemies or whatever. I think he’s at the very LEAST a bad enabler with Bieber, but he’s got a real spiteful streak, too. I really hope this all works out okay for her.

      • bucketbot says:

        Demi isn’t very bright either. But even I root for her, for the most part. Sometimes, she tires me with her shit, her neediness, and attention seeking behaviour (that time she was upset with Nick Jonas about not being invited/ not being told about his wedding,lol. I don’t think they were ever as close she/they led their fans on). But she’s a very good singer, and performer, just very troubled. Being the bread-winner of the family at such a young age was never going to be easy. Sigh..

        I have heard many people say Scooter was in some way responsible for Biebers bad years. His relationship with his mum is also not very good, they say Scoote has a hand in that too. I just want a clear picture. I can’t wait for the time someone comes out and spills everything about Justin’s life.

      • Valiantly Varnished says:

        This entire thread is a giant yikes.

  6. Gutterflower says:

    I may be alone in my opinion, but I didn’t like the song at all.

  7. S808 says:

    I really glad Demi is still with us. She’s been thru a LOT. I hope she continues to stay off social media because the abuse she receives is ridiculous. Praying for her under Scooters management. I truly pray she has an outside circle of people to hold her down.

  8. Rachel says:

    She is such an attention seeker…tired of her whining.

  9. sassbr says:

    Hello, did you know that she nearly died of an OD in 2018 before doing this song? Did you know? She will now do this song, which she recorded right before her OD, now, after she OD’d. Did I mention to you that she OD’d and almost died? She did, you know.

    • fleur says:

      Woe. Your vitriole is unbelievable. She almost died, addiction is an illnesses, she deserves her chance to talk about it. It was a beautiful and raw performance. Even if you don’t like the song…to the people calling her whiney, where is your humanity? What is this hatred doing to your own heart and to the hearts of others? teenagers hurt themselves because of attitudes like that. No one admits to being a bully, but it’s attitudes like that which make one. It is one thing to rag on someone’s dress or makeup, but disdaining someone’s life struggle and vulnerability is very different. I don’t understand how people can enjoy being so cruel and nasty about someone’s pain.

  10. Mabs A'Mabbin says:

    Imma just be honest. For me, that’s the worst song I think I’ve ever heard. Maybe not THE worst, but sitting here trying to think of something worse off the top of my head…. I’ll have to get back to you.

  11. Lali says:

    She likes to scream too much
    Less is more, Demi. Less is more….

    • lisa says:

      Agreed. She is not using her voice in a healthy way – she’ll have surgery for vocal nodes within two years – guarantee it.

    • janice says:

      I felt that way about Kesha’s performance last year (two years ago?) Sure it was full of emotion, and justifiably so, but it was so overwrought I wanted to turn it off. Waaay overdone.

  12. Michelle says:

    I feel for this child. I remember my daughter watching her on Disney and when things first started coming out about her I just thought to myself, this child is gonna need to good guidance. Obviously she did not get any. This was a decent song and you can tell that she REALLY needed someone in her life at that point and time. I just wish she had a solid person to shake her and tell her she needed help. Maybe she did have someone and she just would not listen to them. I hope she continues her sobriety and healing and that she can put that whole life behind her and be the person she wants to be whether it is continuing to make music or away from the spotlight.

    • Christina says:

      @Michelle, same.

      She rebelled from her Disney life in a big way. Disney grinds kids down. Performing kids don’t make it out of there semi-normal without strong parents (The Jonas Brothers, Zendaya). Her personality grated on me until it was disclosed that she has been managing bipolar. That’s hard when you aren’t a successful performer. She makes a lot of people a lot of money, and you have to be tough to be in that business. Managing mental illness with that kind of talent while you have scores of people dependent on you for a paycheck can’t be easy. I adore her for that alone. Would I want to work for her? No, because the drama would kill me, but that’s why I work in an office, lol. Do I root for her? Absolutely.

      As for people disliking her singing, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I think of the Grammy controversies recently written about. A blogger wrote about it on Dlisted (yes, I go there. Hate the commenters, love the blog. It’s how I found out about some of my favorite kitty and puppy Instagrams), saying that the year that Mariah Carey’s Emancipation of Mimi came out, U2 won beat album and Song of the Year, but that no one hums that U2 song while plenty of people hum Mariah Carey. Demi brings emotional accessibility to her music. Call it screaming, but a lot of people feel things when they hear her sing.

  13. Oliviajoy1995 says:

    Not a fan. Always heard she was nasty to fans that won meet and greets with her over the years.

  14. Naddie says:

    i really dislike Demi Lovato but I root for her. I want her to be happy, with her music and specially with herself.

  15. Sass says:

    I have not listened yet. Her last comeback in 2011 with Skyscraper (which I loved) is still too fresh in my mind for her to be having another one. I feel like Demi needs a long long longggggg break from public life and work to get herself centered before she attempts another comeback. She tends to time her comebacks with very recent successes in rehab instead of waiting a while to be sober and sane. I really like her and I wish only good things for her…which is why I don’t think this is good for her right now.

  16. Valiantly Varnished says:

    Demis has always been an amazing singer. People have been sleeping on her talent for years.

  17. Jan says:

    Her pain is evident. I feel for her addiction is a void.

    I think she was intoxicated during this performance. The eyes don’t lie.

  18. Dorothy says:

    She can wear a beautiful white dress without that skank Wilbur Whatteveryomama

  19. sammiches says:

    Yeah, no, the screaming she did was brutal and not at all good or nice to listen to.