00:00 I'm not a supermodel, I still eat McDonald's.
00:03 Baby, that's just me.
00:04 Now those are some 15 year old lyrics.
00:07 Hey everyone, I'm Demi Lovato
00:09 and this is my life in lyrics with Elle.
00:11 Song lyrics mean everything to me.
00:16 They're so therapeutic, it's where I get things out.
00:19 It's how I describe what I'm going through in my life
00:22 at any given time and they stick with me.
00:25 When I perform them live, I still feel the emotion
00:27 that I put into the lyrics.
00:29 (upbeat music)
00:31 (laughs)
00:33 Got a taste for the cherry, I just need to take a bite.
00:37 Go tell your mother, kiss one another,
00:39 die for each other, we're cool for the summer.
00:41 That is "Cool for the Summer", the rock version.
00:43 I changed the lyrics to "Go tell your mother"
00:46 because it's just more positive and it's like, I'm proud.
00:50 You know, I want everyone to be proud of their sexuality.
00:53 Yeah, it's a sexy song.
00:54 I actually wrote it before I came out
00:57 as bisexual at the time, now I'm pansexual.
01:00 I came out with that song first
01:02 and it was kind of an easy way to tell my parents
01:05 that I wasn't straight and my dad was like,
01:09 "Yeah, I've heard 'Cool for the Summer'."
01:11 I'm not talking about a real cherry,
01:13 so you can use your imagination there, so.
01:16 But somewhere we went wrong, we were one so strong.
01:20 Our love is like a song, you can't forget it.
01:22 That song was one of the first songs
01:24 that I ever wrote in my career
01:26 and I wrote it with the Jonas Brothers.
01:28 I actually went on tour with them to write my album,
01:32 so it was really cool.
01:33 I would watch their show every night
01:36 and then after their show, they were such troopers,
01:38 they would get on the bus and we'd write music
01:40 and that's how I wrote my first album.
01:42 Everything I need is standing right in front of me.
01:46 I know that we will be all right.
01:47 Through the ups and downs, baby, I'm gonna stick around.
01:50 I promise we will be all right.
01:51 That song was really important to me.
01:54 I actually didn't write on it,
01:55 but I really resonated with the song.
01:57 I just loved it so much, it was so soulful.
02:00 I love singing this on stage.
02:02 I haven't performed it in a while,
02:03 but I did do the rock version of it
02:05 and it sounds really sick.
02:07 I added a lot of drums, we added guitar.
02:10 It has a rock undertone, it's still really soulful.
02:13 It was hard to change that song to a rock song,
02:16 but I think we accomplished it.
02:18 I wanted to re-record all of my favorite songs
02:20 from my catalogs for the revamped album.
02:24 We only got 10, so make the best of it.
02:27 Now payback is a bad bitch and baby, I'm the baddest.
02:32 You fuckin' with a savage, can't have this, can't have this.
02:36 That was "Sorry Not Sorry."
02:38 I remember being in the studio,
02:39 it was the first day that I ever worked with
02:41 my producer, Oak.
02:42 I just was blown away by him.
02:44 We just have such great chemistry working together.
02:46 I think it also was the first day I worked with
02:48 Sean Douglas, who was a writer on the song.
02:50 We hit it off and we're all still working together
02:54 to this day.
02:54 I used to hold my freak back, now I'm letting go.
02:59 I make my own choice, bitch, I run this show.
03:02 That song is "Confident."
03:04 That was a really fun song to do, sexy lyrics,
03:08 but now it kind of takes on a new meaning for me
03:11 when I think of people calling me a freak
03:13 for being my true self.
03:14 I am just doing that unapologetically.
03:17 I actually have a song called "Freak" that talks about that.
03:20 I'm also really proud of that song
03:22 because it's in Max Martin's musical, "Anne Juliet."
03:25 I can't believe one of my songs is on Broadway.
03:27 [upbeat music]
03:30 You make me glow, but I cover up, won't let it show,
03:32 so I'm putting my defenses up
03:34 'cause I don't wanna fall in love.
03:35 If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack.
03:38 That song was from my album, "Demi."
03:42 I'm really proud of that song,
03:44 and when I perform it live, we go really hard.
03:47 The new version on the revamped album
03:49 goes really hard as well.
03:50 I think people are really happy with it,
03:51 so that makes me happy.
03:53 Baby, when they look up at the sky,
03:56 we'll be shooting stars just passing by.
03:58 You'll be coming home with me tonight,
04:00 and we'll be burning up like neon lights.
04:02 That song is "Neon Lights."
04:04 I think it's my favorite song
04:05 that I've redone on the revamped album.
04:08 Those lyrics, they're simple, they're fun,
04:10 and I had a great time writing them,
04:12 and that was with Ryan Tedder.
04:13 I'm not a supermodel.
04:17 I still eat McDonald's.
04:18 Baby, that's just me.
04:20 Now, those are some 15-year-old lyrics,
04:24 and they're simple, they're fun, but they say a lot.
04:27 That's another song that I wrote on the road
04:29 with the Jonas Brothers for my first album, "Don't Forget."
04:31 I think my fans really resonate with those lyrics
04:34 because I've never fit the mold of your typical pop star,
04:37 and I never will, and I'm proud of that.
04:41 I still eat McDonald's, not often,
04:43 'cause I'm trying to be healthier,
04:44 but once in a while, it's great.
04:47 - What's your McDonald's order?
04:49 - I like Big Macs.
04:51 They're really good,
04:52 but I also really miss their snack wraps.
04:54 Their snack wraps were so bomb,
04:56 and I really wish they would come back.
04:58 If Taco Bell can bring back the Mexican pizza,
05:00 McDonald's can bring back the snack wraps.
05:03 When your lips are on my lips and our hearts beat as one,
05:09 but you slip out of my fingertips every time you run.
05:12 Give your heart a break.
05:14 That was a song that did really well in my career
05:17 that I'm really proud of.
05:18 It's definitely one of my more pop songs.
05:20 No rock influence at all,
05:23 so I don't perform it live anymore,
05:24 but I did redo it for my revamped album,
05:27 and it sounds fire, so really excited about that.
05:31 I just remember that song really taking off for me,
05:33 and I was really, really happy that I recorded that.
05:37 That song is not hard to sing live,
05:40 but the revamped version is gonna be hard to sing live.
05:43 My strategy behind recording songs is,
05:46 when I'm in the studio, hit the highest notes
05:49 that you possibly can,
05:50 because that's what's gonna last forever.
05:52 Now, when you go on tour, you might have to adjust them,
05:54 because singing them live every single night
05:56 is really difficult.
05:57 So sometimes I change the notes when I sing them live,
06:00 and I kind of like bang my head against a wall
06:02 and say like, "Why did I do that in the studio?"
06:05 But it sounds great, and I'm really proud of the recordings,
06:07 and I'm really happy with what it sounds like
06:10 on the revamped album.
06:11 Go on and try to tear me down.
06:14 I will be rising from the ground like a skyscraper.
06:17 "Skyscraper" is a really meaningful song to me,
06:20 because I recorded it before I went to treatment
06:23 for the first time, and when I was in treatment,
06:25 I had an iPod that had "Skyscraper" on it,
06:28 and I would listen to that song over and over,
06:30 and even though it was myself singing,
06:32 I still felt really inspired,
06:33 and I would dream about what it would be like
06:36 to release this song,
06:37 and that song got me through
06:38 a really difficult time in my life.
06:40 So that song means a lot to me,
06:41 and sometimes I still get emotional when I sing it live.
06:44 And I'm really, really proud of it.
06:46 Even re-recording the vocals, I was like,
06:47 "Damn, do I wanna touch this, because it sounds so good."
06:50 I don't say that with a lot of my songs,
06:52 'cause I'm such a perfectionist,
06:54 but that one I'm really, really proud of.
06:57 Last one.
06:58 "Even though you're far from suffocating me,
07:02 I can't set my hopes too high,
07:03 'cause every hello ends with a goodbye.
07:06 Catch me."
07:07 I wrote this song by myself in my room when I was 16.
07:10 I was falling in love, or so I thought,
07:13 and I wrote this song basically about falling in love.
07:17 My fans love it when I perform it live.
07:19 I am so happy that they resonate with it so deeply.
07:23 And it's definitely one of my favorite songs
07:25 from my past albums.
07:27 A fun fact about that song is,
07:29 I used to say the word "hypnotize" with an M.
07:34 I used to say "hypnotize"
07:36 because nobody taught me differently.
07:37 I just grew up saying "hypnotize."
07:40 So in that song, when you listen to the recording,
07:43 I say, "You're so hypnotizing."
07:46 And I regret it to this day.
07:48 - I've never noticed that.
07:50 - Well, thank God no one noticed it.
07:52 Thank you so much for watching.
07:53 That was "My Life in Lyrics."
07:55 Don't forget to check out my album "Revamp,"
07:57 and the rock version of "Sorry Not Sorry" is out now.
08:00 (explosion)
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