LA LA
LAND
DEMI
LOVATO
SONGWRITERS:
LOVATO DEMITRIA; JONAS JOSEPH ADAMS; JONAS NICHOLAS JERRY & JONAS PAUL
KEVIN II
COUNTRY:
U. S. A.
ALBUM: DON’T FORGET
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 2008
Demetria Devonne Lovato(/ləˈvɑːtoʊ/ lə-VAH-toh; born
August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actresse. After
appearing on the children's television series Barney & Friends(2002–2004),
Lovato rose to prominence as Mitchie Torres in the musical television film Camp Rock(2008)
and its sequel Camp Rock 2:
The Final Jam(2010); the former film's soundtrack contained "This Is Me",
Lovato's debut single and duet with Joe Jonas,
which peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.
After signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato
released their pop rock debut
album, Don't Forget(2008),
which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200.
Its follow-up, Here
We Go Again(2009), debuted at number one in
the U.S., while its title track reached number 15 on the Hot 100. Lovato's third studio album, Unbroken(2011),
experimented with pop and R&B and spawned the
U.S. platinum-certified single "Skyscraper".
They released their eponymous fourth album in 2013, which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, and
contained the top-ten international hit "Heart Attack".
Lovato's fifth and sixth albums, Confident(2015)
and Tell Me You
Love Me(2017), infused soul and mature
themes; they earned a Grammy Award nomination for Confident,
while "Sorry Not
Sorry", the lead single from Tell Me You Love
Me, became their highest-charting single in the U.S., reaching number six. After
a hiatus, Lovato released their seventh album, Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over(2021),
which reached number two on the Billboard 200.
On television, Lovato has starred as the
titular character on the sitcom Sonny with a
Chance(2009–2011), served as a judge on the music
competition series The X Factor
USA for its second and third seasons, and appeared as a recurring character on the musical comedy
Glee(2013–2014)
and the sitcom Will & Grace(2020). They
also starred in the television drama film Princess
Protection Program(2009), the animated comedy film Smurfs: The
Lost Village(2017), and the musical comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020).
Lovato has sold over 24 million records in
the United States and has also received numerous accolades,
including an MTV Video
Music Award, 14 Teen Choice Awards,
five People's
Choice Awards, two Latin
American Music Awards, a Guinness
World Record, and was included on the Time 100 annual
list in 2017. An activist for several social causes, Lovato's struggles with an
eating disorder and substance abuse have been well-documented by the media, in response to which they
published a book, Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year(2013), and released the
documentaries Demi Lovato:
Simply Complicated(2017) and Demi Lovato:
Dancing with the Devil(2021).
"La La Land" is a song by American
singer Demi Lovato. It was
written by Lovato, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas and Kevin Jonas and
produced by the Jonas Brothers alongside John Fields,
for Lovato's debut studio album, Don't Forget(2008).
It was released as the album's second single on December 18, 2008, through Hollywood Records. "La La Land" is one of
six songs on the album co-written by the Jonas Brothers, who also contributed
backing vocals and guitars to the track. Lovato said that they wrote the song
about being yourself in Hollywood and not letting other people change who you
are. Musically, the song is a guitar-driven pop rock song and
the lyrics speak of Lovato feeling "out of place" in Hollywood.
The
song was met with positive reviews from critics. Commercially,
"La La Land" peaked at number fifty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number thirty-five on the UK Singles Chart. The
song achieved its highest peak in Ireland, where it reached number thirty on
the Irish Singles
Chart. It was less successful in Australia and Germany, where it
peaked in the lower half of the charts. The song
was used to promote Lovato's Disney Channel sitcom Sonny with a
Chance and its music video features
appearances from their co-stars.
I am confident, but
I still have my moments
Baby, that's just me
And I'm not a supermodelo
I still eat McDonalds
Baby, that's just me
Well, some may say I
need to be afraid
Of losing everything
Because of where I've
Had my start and where I made my name
Well everything's the same
In the La la land machine, machine
Who said I can't wear
my
Converse with my
dress?
Oh, Baby, That's just me!
And who said I can't
be single?
And have to go out and mingle?
Baby, that's not me
Noo, noo.
Some may say I need
to be afraid
Of losing everything
Because of where I've
Had my start and where I made my name
Well, everything's the same
In the La la land
Tell me do you feel
the way I feel?
'Cuz nothing else is real
In the la-la land machine
Well, some may say I
need to be afraid
Of losing everything
Because of where I've
Had my start and
Where I made my name
Well, everything's the same
In the La la land machine
Well, I'm not gonna change
In the La la land machine
I will stay the same
In the La la land...
Machine
Machine
Machine
I won't change anything in my life
(I won't change anything in my life)
I'm staying myself tonight
(I'm staying myself tonight).