Demi Lovato performed her new song Commander in Chief at the Billboard Awards Wednesday night.
The song is aimed directly at the President. An edited version of the performance aired Wednesday night.
Demi’s vision for how the performance was to air was the word VOTE was to be displayed on stage in big letters.
NBC edited it out because they said the track is heavily critical of the President and felt the display called for people to vote against him.
Demi Lovato’s message for fans to “vote” was muzzled by NBC during airing of #BBMAs, TMZ reports. 🔗: https://t.co/aRB9DORmkW pic.twitter.com/JZSB3PR5LK — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 15, 2020
Demi Lovato’s message for fans to “vote” was muzzled by NBC during airing of #BBMAs, TMZ reports.
🔗: https://t.co/aRB9DORmkW pic.twitter.com/JZSB3PR5LK
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 15, 2020
Seated behind a piano, Lovato sang the power ballad that directly criticized Donald Trump’s leadership over the last 4 years, specifically singing about children in camps, racial tensions, and climate change.
Following her performance, Lovato officially dropped the music video on YouTube. Her visuals featured people from all walks of life singing her lyrics, including a Muslim man, a young Black child, a LBGTQ person and a woman using a wheelchair.
Demi Lovato addresses critics who say she should keep silent on politics: “I literally don’t care if this ruins my career. This isn’t about that. I made a piece of art that stands for something I believe in. And I’m putting it out even at the risk of losing fans.” pic.twitter.com/gOsvahOj1O — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 14, 2020
Demi Lovato addresses critics who say she should keep silent on politics:
“I literally don’t care if this ruins my career. This isn’t about that. I made a piece of art that stands for something I believe in. And I’m putting it out even at the risk of losing fans.” pic.twitter.com/gOsvahOj1O
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 14, 2020