Demi Lovato thanks fans who ‘never left’ her during struggle with sobriety

Demi Lovato is thanking the fans – her “Lovatics” – who stayed with her through her ups and downs, just days after releasing a new song called “Sober.”

“To my fans, my family, and my supporters, the ones who never left me, you are my light. I am forever grateful,” the 25-year-old singer said Wednesday morning on social media with a video of her during a recent concert in Lisbon where she performed new music.

A poster saying “We’ll always support you” was featured.

“By the way, you guys are beautiful,” she said in the video, acknowledging that their raised phones looked like stars in the night.

Last week, Lovato tweeted video from the same concert, where she performed “Sober” for the first time.

“Tonight I took the stage, a new person with a new life. Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this journey,” she wrote. “It will never be forgotten.”

Released last Thursday, “Sober” acknowledges Lovato’s relapse with revealing lyrics such as “I’m so sorry I’m not sober anymore / And I’m sorry for the fans I lost who watched me fall again / I wanna be a role model, but I’m only human.”

Lovato hit six years of sobriety in March. She had hinted on social media back in May that she was dealing with something and would address it in a song.

“There’s nothing like the truth,” she wrote. “The honest to God, uncomfortable and shocking truth. Sometimes you have to share your story in the most honest way possible . for me that’s through music.”