Demi Lovato Gets New Tattoo After Breaking Her Six-Year Sobriety Streak

By James Dinh

June 26, 2018

Demi Lovato is feeling liberated nowadays as she revealed a brand-new tattoo just four days after she admitted that she relapsed on her six-year sobriety streak on her new song, "Sober."

On Monday (June 25), the former Disney star took to Instagram Story to unveil the new ink on her pinky finger with the text: "Free." On the bottom of the photo, she added the text date (June 22, 2018). Elsewhere on her account, she shared another shot of some of her teammates' fingers with the matching tattoo. "The team that tats together stays together," Lovato captioned the group shot on her Instagram Story.

On her recently released ballad, Lovato sings about not being sober anymore and it's a candid reflection on her recent misstep with the help of producers M-Phazes, Tushar Apte, and RĂ˜MANS. "Momma, I'm so sorry, I'm not sober anymore/ And daddy, please forgive me for the drinks spilled on the floor/ To the ones who never left me/ We've been down this road before/ I'm so sorry, I'm not sober anymore," she sings with conviction, before an echo of coos fill the track during the chorus. As Genius pointed out, her early lyrics in the cut ("I got no excuses/ For all of these goodbyes") could be in reference to her reported unfollowing spree, which included childhood friend, Nick Jonas, business collaborator, Phil Mcintyre, and Island Records.

Word of Lovato's sobriety has been buzzing for a bit, particularly after the pop star was criticized for apparently drinking when out on the town with some old Disney Channel friends and fellow starlet Hayley Kiyoko in April. Once Lovato caught wind of the comment, she was quick to respond. "I don't have to defend anything but it was Red Bull," she fired back. 

Photo: Rachel Kaplan for iHeartRadio/ Demi Lovato/Instagram

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