--- title: Demi Lovato Is "Taking a Break" from the Spotlight in 2017 description: The resilient pop star tweeted that she's stepping away from music and the spotlight next year, and that she'd rather do charity work. canonical: https://time.com/4518600/demi-lovato-break/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-04T20:36:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:19.043Z og:title: Demi Lovato Is "Taking a Break" from the Spotlight in 2017 og:description: The resilient pop star tweeted that she's stepping away from music next year. og:url: https://time.com/4518600/demi-lovato-break/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89352efe43d44a43/6988a5650b72e3be026eaf02/demi-lovato-mental-illness-rehab.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4361 og:image:height: 2453 og:image:alt: Demi Lovato - Nick Jonas In Concert - Nashville, TN og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Demi Lovato Is "Taking a Break" from the Spotlight in 2017 twitter:description: The resilient pop star tweeted that she's stepping away from music next year. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89352efe43d44a43/6988a5650b72e3be026eaf02/demi-lovato-mental-illness-rehab.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Demi Lovato Says She's Excited to Be 'Taking a Break from Music and the Spotlight' > Sponsored content. 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Instead, she said she’s expecting to take some time off from her life in the public eye, noting that she doesn’t see herself as “meant” for the music business (and ensuing media scrutiny) going forward. > [](https://twitter.com/ddlovato/status/783375748103081984) And in response to one fan, [who called it “heartbreaking”](https://twitter.com/jblover12223/status/783385542465552384) to see her stepping away, Lovato said it just “doesn’t feel worth it” and charity work might be in her future instead. > [](https://twitter.com/ddlovato/status/783376057349054464) Lovato has previously [spoken openly](http://motto.time.com/4485338/demi-lovato-rehab-mental-health/) about battles with bulimia, depression, and substance abuse. She recently concluded her performances for [the this summer’s “Future Now” tour with Nick Jonas](http://time.com/4392638/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-orlando-nightclub-shooting-victims/?iid=sr-link5), during which she [quit social media briefly in June](http://time.com/4376599/demi-lovato-quits-twitter-instagram-after-blasting-mariah-carey/?iid=sr-link7) after facing backlash after some of her comments about fellow celebrities. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4518600/demi-lovato-break/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4518600/demi-lovato-break/"},"headline":"Demi Lovato Says She's Excited to Be 'Taking a Break from Music and the Spotlight'","datePublished":"2016-10-04T20:36:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:19.043Z","description":"\"It doesn't feel worth it anymore.\"","url":"https://time.com/4518600/demi-lovato-break/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89352efe43d44a43/6988a5650b72e3be026eaf02/demi-lovato-mental-illness-rehab.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89352efe43d44a43/6988a5650b72e3be026eaf02/demi-lovato-mental-illness-rehab.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Demi Lovato - Nick Jonas In Concert - Nashville, TN","caption":"Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas In Concert - Nashville, TN","creditText":"Terry Wyatt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4518600/demi-lovato-break/","name":"Demi Lovato Says She's Excited to Be 'Taking a Break from Music and the Spotlight'"}}]}] ```