About Dancing With The Devil

Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil is a 2021 documentary series about the life and career of American singer, songwriter, and actor Demi Lovato. Released in four parts on YouTube from March 23 to April 6, 2021, the series covers a range of topics including Lovato's near-fatal overdose in 2018. It serves as a companion piece to Lovato's seventh studio album Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over. The documentary is titled after Lovato's song "Dancing with the Devil", which serves as the album's third single.

The series was announced by YouTube in June 2020, saying that it would "showcase the singer's personal and professional journey over the last three years". Michael D. Ratner was announced as director the same day. The series, which is made up of four parts, is a follow-up to Lovato's 2017 YouTube Originals documentary, Demi Lovato: Simply Complicated. In January 2021, Lovato shared the title of the series in a social media post, exclaiming that "there has been so much that I've wanted to say" and they felt that this was the right way of doing so. Lovato stated that they wanted to "set the record straight" with the series and shed light on the overdose and what led to it. They also shared a desire to help others who are dealing with similar struggles and keep themself accountable moving forward, something they found to be is helpful during the 6 years of sobriety which they maintained prior to 2018. Lovato also said they experienced tremendous "growth" during their experiences, and was fundamentally eager to share that with others. Prior to the series' release, Lovato confirmed that not every topic will revolve around their substance abuse, and that the documentary goes beyond just their relapse and recovery, into previously unspoken traumas of their past as well as the music industry.