Demi Lovato back, and ready for life in the fast lane.
The Child Star director dropped her latest single “Fast” on Thursday night, the first from her upcoming ninth studio album.
Lovato teased the track on social media earlier this month before officially announcing its arrival. In one mid-July Instagram video, the singer-actress lip-synced to the lyrics of the track, singing, “‘Cause baby honestly / I just wanna feel your hands all over me / Over and over / Right where they wanna be / Even if it’s only for tonight.”
Lovato released an accompanying music video with the track, where she could be seen strutting amongst a slate of burning cars while signing the chorus: “I wanna go fast / I wanna go hard / I wanna go anywhere, anywhere you are.”
Entitled “Fast,” the single marks Lovato’s return to the pop music genre after she’d previously tapped into rock in her previous record Holy Fvck. Her ninth album will be executive produced by music producer Zhone, who has notably collaborated with Kesha, Troye Sivan and Charli xcx.
“It’s been so inspiring working with Demi and experiencing her journey of continued leveling up,” Zhone told Rolling Stone. “She is such a master in the studio. This album is about letting inhibitions go, and we had so much fun making this music! It really comes across throughout.”
The Camp Rock star’s most recent release was Revamped, which literally revamped and remixed tracks from her sprawling discography.
“Fast’s” arrival comes almost a year after Lovato made her directorial debut with her documentary Child Star, which shed light on “the highs and lows of growing up in the spotlight through the lens of some of the world’s most well-known former child stars.” The doc featured interview with Drew Barrymore, JoJo Siwa, Christina Ricci, Kenan Thompson, Raven-Symoné and Alyson Stoner, among others.
Lovato, too, recently tied the knot with Jordan “Jutes” Luts earlier this year.