Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Demi Lovato's new album Here We Go Again hits stores today, and it's a more rocking effort than her debut disc. Lovato talked a lot about the album with MTV News' Jocelyn Vena, but one of the things that she cited was her professional relationship with John Mayer. She had been a big fan for a long time, so it was something of a wish fulfilled when they collaborated on the new record's "World of Chances." She enjoyed the process but joked about how many tangents his hits in the studio.



Mayer wasn't the only special guest to provide an assist on Lovato's latest. She also worked with singer-songwriter Jon McLaughlin ("Falling Over Me"), the Academy Is... frontman William Beckett ("For the Love of a Daughter," which didn't make the album) and some dude named Nick Jonas ("Stop the World").

One question: Did Mayer really send Lovato "a letter" when he heard about her fandom? Wouldn't he be more likely to Tweet?

You know Miley has to be wishing she were Demi right now. While Miley's spending half of her time in real life still playing a Disney character, simultaneously proclaiming wisdom beyond her years to justify trying to trap men about 15 years her senior, Demi looks to be growing up as normal as a girl her age could in the spotlight. Of all the teen stars right now (Taylor Swift, Miley, the Jonas Brothers), she (and her music) seems the most bearable by far.

She seems real, genuine, and determined to be accepted as an artist--not just a cute kid made famous by the magic of television. And so her collaboration with John definitely makes sense, since he was in that same boat 10 years ago.

AND I just read that she's from Dallas! Represent!

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