Demi Lovato’s 2017 AMAs Performance Proves She’s Over Her Haters

Former Disney teen star turned outspoken women's and LGBT advocate Demi Lovato was one of the first major artists to be announced as performing this year at the American Music Awards 2017. She arrived to sing her lead off single "Sorry Not Sorry," from her latest album Tell Me You Love Me. This is her sixth career album, and "Sorry Not Sorry" is her highest charting single so far in her career. So how did Demi Lovato's 2017 AMAs performance come off?

This isn't Lovato's first time taking the AMAs stage of course. She's performed before both her own singles, like "Confident" (which was from the 2015 Grammy-nominated album of the same name). She's also done duets with such music powerhouses like Alanis Morissette, doing the seminal feminist anthem "You Oughta Know" at the 2015 American Music Awards.

Unlike some years though, Lovato is not performing a single that's also nominated. Her Tell Me You Love Me album only came out at the end of September and was not be eligible for nominations, as it came out on Sept. 29, and the eligibility period for the 2017 AMAs closes on Sept. 14, 2017. Let's hope she scores a few next year based on this performance, no?

Check it out:

Did you OMG at that power move opening in the audience? Total stunner of an opening and a great way to be the first number once the show started. Her outfit is also a stunner too, with the rhinestone studded corset top and the high end cargo pants.

Her opening quote was what really got everyone's attention:

Twitter was loving it.

So, apparently, was the audience.

For most though, it was the message of the song. Lovato had already made a massive statement by bringing the first Transgender candidate to win a seat in state government, Danica Roem, who will be seated in the Virginia House of Delegates next year, to the show this evening.

Now she was standing up to everyone who had ever stepped on her as well. The message was obvious: we will rise.

Some fans (those who are attuned to music) noted that Demi did not hit every note square on, but only took that as more proof of the star's humanity and grace under pressure.

Others wanted to remind their fellow Twitter users what Demi had gone through over the years, and how she had overcome serious difficulties throughout her time in the spotlight.

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