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Demi Lovato's latest single, "29," sparked viral excitement before its release on Wednesday.
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Lovato shared a snippet of the song on TikTok earlier this month. Lovato's supporters turned the song into an anthem for older guys "grooming" teenage girls.
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Fans think the song is about Lovato's ex-boyfriend Wilmer Valderrama, whom she dated from 2010 until 2016. Lovato was 17 when she met Valderrama, but they didn't date until she was 18.
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In "Simply Complicated," Lovato says, "I was in hair and makeup when I met [Valderrama] and I was like, 'I adore his man and I have to have him.'"
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He responded, "But you're only 17," "Escape! When I became 18, we started dating." Lovato says Valderrama helped her 2015 rehabilitation after three years sober.
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"He still never takes credit after sharing my ups, bearing with my downs, and supporting my rehabilitation," Lovato wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post.
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Lovato hasn't said whether "29" is about Valderrama. In 2020, Lovato said she'd lost touch with her ex, who was engaged to model Amanda Pacheco.
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I'm really happy for him, and I wish him nothing but the best," Lovato said to Harper's Bazaar at the time, "but we're not in each other's lives, and we haven't spoken in a long time."
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TikTok users are sharing stories about being groomed by older males and how they escaped unsafe circumstances.
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