Demi Lovato lost her "joy" for music because of the "hustle of the music industry"

She said: "I want a career that has nothing to do with my body. I want it to be about my music and my lyrics and my message. And I want a long-lasting career that I don't have to change myself for. Music brought me so much joy when I was younger and I lost that joy throughout the hustle and bustle of the music industry. I got miserable. And I don't ever want it to be like that again. That's what I want."

And the 27-year-old singer has confessed her body image used to be so bad that she would make someone watch her and stop her from binging the night before a photoshoot so she didn't eat too much.

She added: "I used to have people watching me the night before a photo shoot to make sure that I didn't binge or eat and be swollen the next day. It's just a totally different world now. I don't prepare for photo shoots, even. I can eat Subway for breakfast."

And Demi admits lockdown - owing to the coronavirus pandemic - has allowed her to be more in tune with her emotions and be open to crying.

She told Bustle: "Before quarantine, it was very difficult for me to cry. I had programmed the thought into my head when I was 16 that I'm only going to cry if people pay me to. I started doing all this work, allowing myself to feel the pains of all the losses that I've had or the adversities or traumas that I've faced. I think my ability to be vulnerable and be more intimate with people has really heightened."