Demi Lovato drops new single 'Dancing With The Devil'

The song precedes the release of Lovato's seventh studio album, Dancing With The Devil/The Art of Starting Over, due out April 2. In it, the multi-Platinum artist narrates her slide back into addiction, which led to a near-fatal overdose in late July 2018. 

Thursday, Entertainment Weekly published a digital cover interview with Lovato, and she admitted she felt nervous about how descriptive and honest the "Dancing With The Devil" lyrics get: "That could trigger somebody in their addiction. Sometimes being descriptive can be triggering, but that's the sad, sad truth of how dark it can get. That's important to give people, too." 

Specifically, she was referring to the second verse: "It's just a little white line, I'll be fine / But soon that little white line is a little glass pipe / Tin foil remedy, almost got the best of me / I keep prayin' I don't reach the end of my lifetime."

Lovato relapsed after six years of sobriety in April 2018. In the first episode of her documentary, "Losing Control," she describes the circumstances that led up to the night she drank red wine then ended up at a wild party. 

"I'm surprised I didn't OD that night," she says. "I just so happened to run into my old drug dealer from six years before, ... and he had a duffel bag. And I just went to town. I went on a shopping spree. That night I did drugs that I'd never done before. I'd never done meth before; I tried meth. I mixed it with molly, with coke, weed, alcohol, oxycontin. That alone should have killed me."

The second episode, "5 Minutes From Death," recounts in excruciating detail just how close Lovato came to dying on July 24, 2018. She had overdosed on heroin laced with fentanyl, which resulted in a heart attack, three strokes, multiple organ failure, pneumonia, and temporary blindness. Lovato still suffers from permanent blind spots and tinnitus. Her then-assistant Jordan Jackson's decision to call 911 and paramedics' subsequent use of Narcan saved Lovato's life, as her doctors later told her she was "five to 10 minutes away" from death.

Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil was directed by Michael D. Ratner and produced through his OBB Media. The third and fourth episodes will upload to YouTube on March 29 and April 6 respectively. 

As for the album, fans have already heard tracks "Anyone" and "What Other People Say" featuring Sam Fischer, but the Grammy nominee has also teased collaborations with Ariana Grande, Noah Cyrus and Saweetie will be featured on the full track list.