Demi Lovato has endured a lot during her journey from Disney star to pop phenom. The singer has publicly struggled with disordered eating, her mental health, and her drug addiction. In 2018, she was hospitalized after suffering a heroin overdose that caused her to have three strokes, a heart attack, and blind spots in her vision. She’s now revealing that surviving the harrowing ordeal isn’t as simple as living through it — she’s also had to navigate complexities like survivor’s guilt.
In an upcoming interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Billboard reports, Lovato discussed the hard emotions they had to deal with after her near-death experience. Just two months after their overdose, Mac Miller tragically died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol. Miller’s death rocked the music world with deep sadness, and Lovato felt the loss in a personal way. She sings about it on “Dead Friends,” a song from her record Holy Fvck, which drops on Friday, Aug. 19.
