Demi Lovato reveals she considered retiring from music before making ‘Child Star’ documentary

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Demi Lovato has shared that she was considering retiring from music prior to making her documentary Child Star.Lovato – who now uses she/her pronouns again along with they/them pronouns – co-directed Child Star, marking her directorial debut.The film explores the experience of being famous at a young age and having to grow up in public, and sees Lovato sit down with various former child stars like herself, including Drew Barrymore, Kenan Thompson, Christina Ricci, Raven-Symoné, JoJo Siwa, and Alyson Stoner.In a new interview with Penn Badgley for his podcast Podcrushed, the singer said she made the film to answer the question: “‘Why did we turn out the way that we did?

And how does it affect me today? Is it something that I still wanna do? Why did I feel like I needed so much outside validation?’”When Badgley asked if Lovato felt she succeeded in her search for answers, she responded: “I do.”“One of the questions is, like, ‘Do I wanna still do this today?’ You know, going into this film, I was considering retirement because I didn’t know if it fulfilled me anymore,” Lovato continued. “But for some reason, it was so therapeutic working on this project, realising that, like, I don’t need success.”Lovato, who made her onscreen debut at 10 years old, revealed that discussing the impact of fame with other child stars helped her to decide where to take her musical career next.“I don’t need success, I need to be happy,” she explained. “And at the end of the day, music does make me happy, and that’s why I wanna continue it.

I don’t wanna do it because I feel like I have to. I wanna do it because I love it. And working on this film has helped me kind of fall back in love with music.”Prior to the documentary’s release on September.