--- title: Demi Lovato Undercover Lyft Driver Gets Fans to Diss Her description: Demi Lovato is currently on tour, but during a recent stop in Denver, she also had time to drive around fans as an undercover Lyft driver. canonical: https://time.com/4474426/demi-lovato-undercover-lyft-driver-video/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-31T17:57:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:04.677Z og:title: Watch Undercoveer Demi Lovato Try to Get Fans to Diss Her og:description: "Selena is so much more talented" og:url: https://time.com/4474426/demi-lovato-undercover-lyft-driver-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Undercoveer Demi Lovato Try to Get Fans to Diss Her twitter:description: "Selena is so much more talented" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Demi Lovato Try to Get Fans to Diss Her as an Undercover Lyft Driver > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 31, 2016 5:57 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 31, 2016 5:57 PM UTC [Demi Lovato](http://time.com/4417452/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-disney-billboard-interview/) is currently in the middle of her [“Future Now” tour](http://time.com/4392638/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-orlando-nightclub-shooting-victims/) with [Nick Jonas](http://time.com/4397164/nick-jonas-goat-trailer/), but during a recent stop in Denver, she also had time to disguise her appearance and drive unsuspecting fans around as an undercover Lyft driver. In the clip, the 24-year-old pop star poses as an aspiring singer named Sam who is currently traveling the country with her ex-boyfriend’s brother — a reference to her past relationship with Joe Jonas. After persuading one fan to sing along to “This Is Me” from her Disney Channel show _Camp Rock_ and having others name their favorite song of hers, she starts trying to trick passengers into insulting her. “I like that one,” she says of her song “Confident.” “But it sounds like she’s screaming. Selena \[Gomez\] is so much more talented. She’s got like such a better voice.” Watch the full video below. \[h/t [People](http://www.people.com/article/demi-lovato-undercover-lyft-video)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4474426/demi-lovato-undercover-lyft-driver-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4474426/demi-lovato-undercover-lyft-driver-video/"},"headline":"Watch Demi Lovato Try to Get Fans to Diss Her as an Undercover Lyft Driver","datePublished":"2016-08-31T17:57:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:04.677Z","description":"\"Selena is so much more talented\"","url":"https://time.com/4474426/demi-lovato-undercover-lyft-driver-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","Demi Lovato"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4474426/demi-lovato-undercover-lyft-driver-video/","name":"Watch Demi Lovato Try to Get Fans to Diss Her as an Undercover Lyft Driver"}}]}] ```