Watch Demi Lovato Mash Up 2 of Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Tracks in Rocked-Out Cover
Much has been made about Demi Lovato‘s return to her pop sound after making a turn toward rock music in the last few years. But the singer is prepared to show fans that both sides of her sound can coexist, with a little help from Lady Gaga.
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Lovato appeared on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge on Wednesday (Oct. 22) and delivered a mashed-up cover of two tracks off Lady Gaga’s critically acclaimed album Mayhem. Starting out with the album’s lead single, “Disease,” Lovato — joined by a trio of backup dancers and a band backing them — gave the grinding industrial track a slight rock edge as they wailed along to its chorus: “Lay you down like one, two, three/ Eyes roll back in ecstasy,” they sang. “I can smell your sickness, I can cure your/ Cure your disease.”
But when she reached the song’s bridge, Lovato tactfully switched songs, transitioning into Mayhem‘s electro-grunge ode to infamy, “Perfect Celebrity,” before blending the two tracks together for the final chorus of her performance.
This isn’t the first time Lovato has shared their admiration for Gaga’s latest album. Earlier this year, the singer shared a TikTok of herself lip-synching along to the Mayhem track “How Bad Do U Want Me,” writing in the caption that she had “Mayhem on repeat.” In an interview last month with New York’s Z100 radio station, Lovato revealed Gaga as her “dream collaborator,” saying that she’s always wanted to work with the pop icon.
“I feel like we’ve never, like, sat down and had a conversation, and I would just die to have a conversation with her,” they said, before referring to Gaga’s Mayhem Ball as “one of the best shows I have ever seen.”
Elsewhere during her appearance at the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, Lovato gave a live rendition of her single “Here All Night” off of her forthcoming pop album, It’s Not That Deep, which is due out on Friday (Oct. 24). Last week, Lovato gave fans an opportunity to see her perform her new album live when she announced a one-night-only performance at The Palladium in Los Angeles.
“i haven’t announced a headline show since 2023 and i have missed seeing your faces so much,” Lovato wrote at the time. “i cannot wait to get back in a room with you all and sing, dance, scream, and shake our asses TOGETHER!!”
Watch Demi Lovato’s cover of Lady Gaga’s “Disease” and “Perfect Celebrity” above.
