• Demi Lovato took the stage at the Grammys on Sunday for the first time since her accidental overdose in July 2018.
  • She sang an emotional new song called “Anyone,” which was written shortly before her overdose.
  • “I tried to talk to my piano / I tried to talk to my guitar / Talked to my imagination / Confided into alcohol,” she sang. “I feel stupid when I sing / Nobody’s listening to me.”
  • Fans are praising the singer’s strength and resilience, especially after she cried and had to restart the song.
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Demi Lovato delivered a powerful performance at the Grammys on Sunday, which fans praised online as an inspiring display of her strength and resilience.

The 27-year-old “Confident” singer performed an emotional new song called “Anyone,” which was written shortly before her accidental overdose in July 2018. After she struggled to sing the first line, she began to cry and had to restart the song.

“I tried to talk to my piano / I tried to talk to my guitar / Talked to my imagination / Confided into alcohol,” begins the first verse.

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"I feel stupid when I sing / Nobody's listening to me," she sings later. "I feel stupid when I pray / So why am I praying anyway? / If nobody's listening / Anyone, please, send me anyone."

A lyric video was uploaded and the song was made available to stream during her performance.

Lovato previously told Beats 1's Zane Lowe that she originally recorded the vocals for "Anyone" just four days before paramedics found her unconscious at her home. She revealed that, in retrospect, she sees the song's lyrics as "a cry for help."

"I even think that I was recording it in a state of mind where I felt like I was OK. But clearly I wasn't," she told Lowe. "I even listen back to it and I'm like, 'Gosh, I wish I could go back in time and help that version of myself.'"

Lovato's unexpected overdose came shortly after she released a song called "Sober," in which she admitted to relapsing. On July 24, 2018, she was discovered unconscious in her home and spent multiple days in the hospital, followed by three months at a live-in rehab facility.

Fans have flooded social media with praise for Lovato, using the lyrics to emphasize how far she's come and express their hope that she knows now how beloved she is.

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Many used the words "comeback" and "redemption."

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Fans also pointed out how much Lovato has done to break down the taboo that surrounds conversations about addiction and mental illness.

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Watch her full performance below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glo6mbDWLd4

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