Demi Lovato Gives Update on Facial Injury That Left Them Needing Stitches, Debuts Nostalgic 'Substance' Video

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Demi Lovato is on the mend and rocking out. Just after sharing the aftermath of a gruesome facial injury, requiring three stitches just above their eye, the 29-year-old singer appeared on  to give an update on the incident and perform their new single, «Substance.» «I was picking something up off the floor that I dropped,» Lovato explained to guest host Mark Rober on Thursday.«I'm a huge fan of crystals, I have an amethyst that is literally about this tall,» they continued, gesturing to the height of the table where they were seated. «It's just really heavy and the pieces are sharp.

Anyways, I went to bend down and pick something up and I didn't see the amethyst, and I hit my head. I had to get three stitches in my face.» Lovato's next move was to call their doctor — and then hit social media. «I did what any sane person would do and I made a TikTok before I even told my husband,» they joked.

Lovato covered the injury with a banged wig and seemed to be in good spirits for the interview. They showed off their jaw-dropping pipes with a brief rendition of «Confident» using a toy train music machine, followed by a full performance of their new single, «Substance.» Demi Lovato is seen arriving at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on July 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.After the show, Lovato dropped the official «Substance» music video — a retro nod to the late '90s and early '00s world of pop-punk. «I'm so excited,» Lovato told Rober. «When I started out making music in this industry, it was pop rock and I was a huge fan of the Warped tour days, the emo days, and all that stuff.

So I'm just going back to that.» In the video, directed by Cody Critcheloe, Lovato teams up with a motley posse to tear their way through a series of.