Little-known historical fact: When Marie Antoinette said “let them eat cake,†she was actually talking about Demi Lovato. For years, Lovato’s diet was hyper-restricted by their team; they told Ellen DeGeneres in 2020 that they could only eat fruit once a year, and it was in the form of a “watermelon cake where you cut your watermelon into the shape of a cake and you put fat-free whipped cream on top.†So for their 29th birthday on August 20, Lovato released the music video for “Melon Cake,†a catchy pop single from Dancing With the Devil… The Art of Starting Over that doubles as a break-up song with restrictive diet culture. The trippy, candy-colored video shows Lovato embracing joy, and apologizing to their past self for what they went through. It also shows them at a bakery called “Scooter’s Cakes,†as in manager Scooter Braun. Not to yuck your yum.
Demi Lovato’s New Single Is a Break-Up Song for Melons
