Demi Lovato "Doesn't Believe In Organized Religion Anymore" And Based Her New Song On A Bible Verse
She rose to fame at a young age and Demi Lovato has had her fair share of struggles when it comes to addiction. Her latest song, "Holy Fvck," was written as a response to her Baptist upbringing and her current views on organized religion.
Demi Lovato survived a near-fatal overdose in 2018 that was brought on by a mixture of oxycodone and fentanyl. She suffered a heart attack, multiple strokes, and brain damage that affected her vision. Demi has also struggled with self-harm and an eating disorder in the past, but she's back on the sober path now. Her latest single, "Holy Fvck," released on Friday and she discusses the past life experiences that led her to pen this song.
Demi Lovato "Doesn't Believe in Organized Religion Anymore" and Based Her New Song on a Bible Verse
Demi recently announced that she was changing her pronouns to they/them; not long after, she announced again that she was changing her pronouns back to she/her, although she now finds she/they acceptable. In the midst of the back and forth, Demi has been writing her new song, which has multiple Biblical references.
She told the LA Times that she grew up in a Baptist church, where she was allegedly kicked out of the choir because she dated and broke up with a pastor's son. “And he cheated on me!” she said. “But oh, now I’m blacklisted from performing because of something someone else did? It was the first time I felt betrayed by the church." She went on to say that she doesn't see any value in Christianity.
“I don’t believe in organized religion anymore,” she added. “My God is the universe. It’s so much bigger than me, or us.” However, Demi says her new song "Holy Fvck" is "actually based on a Bible verse."
“Matthew 5:30 says, ‘If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off; [for] it’s better to lose one part of your body than your entire body to hell.’ That was a Bible verse I heard since I was young — too young to know what masturbation was," she continued. "And now, I have my own [line of] sex toys. Masturbation can be a form of self-care, it’s not something to be ashamed of at all.”
Some of the lyrics are, "Crucified for the life I'm living / Oh my god hope I'm forgiven / Going to hell 'cause it feels like heaven."
The song is meant to represent Demi's battle between her sexual freedom and her Baptist upbringing.
“I did my exploring when I was a teenager, but I wasn’t clear on [sexuality] until I was about 24,” she said. “I think the reason was [that] the church instilled in me that it was wrong, and I hated that.”
Demi said she dated both men and women during the pandemic, but "dating women was harder for me, because many were just exploring or confused about their sexuality." She also expressed frustration at trying to explain her sobriety to the press.
“I’ve reached a point where I’m tired of spoon-feeding myself to the media about my journey with sobriety,” she said. “‘This is where I’m at.’ ‘This is where I went for a month.’ ‘These are my pronouns and this is who I am.’ F— it. I’m putting myself out there and that’s what people should appreciate. And the ones that don’t can f— off."
"I’m tired of explaining myself. I’m so tired. With all due respect, I’m not going to answer questions that I don’t want you to know. And I think that’s an empowering place to be, when I’ve shared everything with everyone my whole life.”