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Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Jan 07, 2021
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Demi Lovato has been mocked on social media after posting she is recording new music about the riots at the US Capitol.
She was criticised for being “tone deaf” and potentially profiting off from the events if the song were to be released.
Rioters breached and occupied the Capitol building after Trump addressed a rally nearby in Washington DC.
Lawmakers were in the process of certifying the Electoral College votes, and president-elect Joe Biden’s victory, at the time and had to be locked down or evacuated.
Lovato shared a screengrab of a post by a Black Lives Matter account and said it made her sad to think about how naive she had been to believe such events would not be possible.
The singer then tweeted: “I’m in the studio working on something special after today’s assault on democracy.”
Lovato has previously written music about Trump, releasing a track called Commander In Chief in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.
THIS IS WHY I POST AS MUCH AS I DO. THIS IS WHY I CARE. THIS CANNOT HAPPEN ANY FUCKING MORE. I’m angry, embarrassed… https://t.co/WWAtVwVo83— Demi Lovato (@Demi Lovato) 1609989247
Some social media users mocked her by sharing memes.
Demi Lovato pulling up to the Capitol tomorrow to save the day https://t.co/2AWHdlhjv2— meño (@meño) 1610004679
demi lovato trying to end white supremacy https://t.co/A224oDgaYG— joe (@joe) 1610020010
demi lovato really only has one reaction after watching any type of political chaos: https://t.co/uFSNsdkBEf— kat✨ (@kat✨) 1610005901
demi lovato in the studio right now https://t.co/D2X3Cnz9PD— avery ❆ (@avery ❆) 1609993836
donald trump leaving office after finding out demi lovato is in the studio https://t.co/i3JPMIwoxn— the wicked wist of the wetch (@the wicked wist of the wetch) 1610005717
Others defended Lovato.
think twice when sending hate to demi lovato, i agree that another political song is NOT what we need, but remember… https://t.co/StYmIl1xuP— dana 🏹 (@dana 🏹) 1610007534
@d_lovatoroses @ddlovato Maybe she donated in private you shouldn’t judge so quickly. She doesn’t have to tell us… https://t.co/4qSwmUt0D2— NєνєrFσяgєт∂ємι♡♕ (@NєνєrFσяgєт∂ємι♡♕) 1609991909
ok maybe we don’t need a cic 2.0 but can yall understand that demi just wants to speak up about serious topics & to… https://t.co/SVD2qmJRjd— ĸ ʟᴏᴠᴇs ᴅᴇᴍɪ ☾ (@ĸ ʟᴏᴠᴇs ᴅᴇᴍɪ ☾) 1610016751
And some tried to encourage her to step away from the mic on the this one.
@ddlovato Girl they are dragging you.....the best thing to do is delete and pretend this never happened(we will pretend with you)— Elmira. (@Elmira.) 1609990297
@ddlovato Demi please no. This isn’t the way to raise awareness. Creating another song won’t help. You can bring aw… https://t.co/XHEpzXORQY— katy ✿ (@katy ✿) 1609992844
Lovato appears not to have responded to the backlash at the time of writing.