Influential Musician

Essay
For me the most influencing musician is Demi Lovato. I personally am a great fan of her music and songs. But it is not only the song she sings that influences me, it’s the kind of person she is that is influencing. Not just mine but she has influenced many lives from the battle that she fought with herself and her disease.
Demi Lovato, a teen sensation who was courageous enough to admit that she needs help at the peak point of her career. According to her, “To me, I don’t think it does anybody any good to just hide something or cover it up or lie or whatever. I think … that’s what being a role model is all about. It’s not about being perfect. It’s about speaking about your issues and inspiring others to get help.” Lovato got into treatment on October 30, 2010 while she was on a world tour with the Jonas Brothers.

She was born on August 20, 1992. She states that she never had a healthy relation with food since she was 8 due to bullying and from the age of 11 she had started mutilating herself to take out her emotions and depression.

She not just admitted that she needed help but she did not bother going into the skinny figure like most of the actors and singers do. She weighs 65 kgs now. She speaks for all of the teenagers going through this problem when she said, “I wish I could tell every young girl with an eating disorder, or who has harmed herself in any way, that she’s worthy of life and that her life has meaning. You can overcome and get through anything.”

She is the ambassador the anti bullying organization PACER. On March 2012 she released her MTV documentary special called “stay strong” showing her fans about her time in rehab and how she went back touring.

After her recovery in an interview to the ABC which aired on Good Morning America, she admitted she had bulimia and had to be treated for self harming and self medicating. She honestly told that she used to drink and do drugs like most of the teenager to numb her pain. She then bravely tells that she takes full 100% responsibility for her actions then. She is now discussing her issues as a larger campaign called “love is louder than the pressure to be perfect” which is directed to teen girls.
This action of her has influenced me a lot. Personally I am a great fan of her songs which are intense and have a great meaning behind to it. Her song skyscraper is one of my favorites.

“You can take everything I have, You can break everything I am, Like I am made of glass, Like I am made of paper, Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground Like a skyscraper, like a skyscraper.”
This verse particularly touched me a lot and motivates me and gives me courage. Her other songs like for the love of a daughter, me myself and time, gift of the friend are some of that have managed to touch me.

It was said that Demi Lovato sang the for the love of the father for her estranged father. This song tells a story about a young girl asking her dad bot to drink and ruin his loved ones’ lives. Her songs have a meaning. I have always listened to her songs for encouragement and motivation.

Personally Demi Lovato is one such musician who inspired me not just with the music she makes but with her nature. She is the role model to many teenagers. And for me she is a artist, a singer, a musician who has unknowingly influenced my life in a better way.
(bibliography: www.wikipedia.com/demilovato and www.teenpost.com )