In her upcoming music video for “Dancing with the Devil,” Demi Lovato is recreating her 2018 near fatal overdose on screen.
Entertainment Weekly has exclusive behind-the-scenes pics from the shoot, which show Demi being wheeled into the hospital on a gurney and laying in a hospital bed.
Not only did Demi decide to portray those harrowing moments in the video, she also kept it accurate to that fateful night — down to her hair and makeup and even the clothes she wore.
Demi co-directed the video with Michael D. Ratner, who also directed her current YouTube docu-series. According to EW, they came up with the idea to have art imitate life as a way of achieving the “ultimate catharsis.” They see the video as a companion piece to the documentary.
The video will debut on YouTube’s Released Thursday night. Demi’s new album, Dancing with the Devil… The Art of Starting Over, comes out Friday.
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