How to watch Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil in the UK

23 March 2021, 13:18 | Updated: 23 March 2021, 21:11

Demi Lovato has released the trailer for her Dancing with the Devil docuseries — How can I watch Demi Lovato's Dancing with the Devil documentary? Picture: YouTube/Demi Lovato

By Jenny Mensah

The US singer-songwriter will explore her near fatal heroin overdose in 2018 in which she suffered three strokes and a heart attack.

Demi Lovato released the trailer for her upcoming documentary, Dancing with the Devil, in February this year.

The docuseries is set to explore the singer's heroin overdose in 2018, which almost caused her to lose her life.

In the compelling teaser, which features her song of the same name, the singer tells the camera: "I had three strokes, I had a heart attack, my doctors said that I had five-to-ten more minutes".

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The docuseries has since premiered at SXSW festival and more shocking and harrowing revelations have come to light.

Lovato, who previously released her Simply Complicated documentary in 2017, is now set to delve even deeper than before, with the new four part series seeing those closest to her asked to candidly discuss her issues with drug addiction and even her sexual assault.

The program will also follow her short lived engagement to actor Mark Ehrich, sees Lovato shave her head and features contributions from the likes of Elton John and Christina Aguilera, who both talk about the toll of fame.

Demi Lovato- Dancing with the Devil | Official Trailer

When is Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil released in the UK?

Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil premieres on Tuesday 23 March 2021. Episodes 1 and 2 will air on the same date, with each of the following episodes to air on the following two Tuesdays.

Watch the premiere of episode 1 here.

How can I watch Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil?

Dancing with the Devil will be available on YouTube Originals from 23 March 2021. The four-part documentary will be released exclusively on the streaming platform and free to access.

Watch the premiere of episode 1 here.

What will Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil explore?

The trailer’s description reveals: "Demi Lovato holds nothing back in this powerful four part documentary series exploring every aspect that led to her nearly fatal overdose in 2018, and her awakenings in the aftermath.”

It adds: "Director Michael D. Ratner is granted unprecedented access to the superstar’s personal and musical journey during the most trying time of her life as she unearths her prior traumas and discovers the importance of her physical, emotional, and mental health. Far deeper than an inside look beyond the celebrity surface, this is an intimate portrait of addiction, and the process of healing and empowerment."

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New reports from the SXSW premiere of the documentary have brought to light shocking claims that Lovato was raped at just 15 years old while working for the Disney Channel and despite telling others about her ordeal, the abuser in question "never got in trouble for it".

“I lost my virginity in a rape,” Lovato said.

"I called that person back a month later and tried to make it right by being in control and all it did was make me feel worse."

Watch the premiere of episode 1 here.