Demi Lovato says Paramore’s Hayley Williams is her “dream collaborator”

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Demi Lovato has named Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams as her “dream” collaborator in a new interview.Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Lovato revealed that the sound of her eighth album ‘Holy Fvck’ – out tomorrow (August 19) – had been inspired by ’00s female artists such as Kelly Clarkson and Ashlee Simpson.She cited the former’s 2004 hit ‘Since U Been Gone’ as “one influence that really changed where I wanted to go directionally”, hailing the single as “a monster record”.“And I saw the transformation of [Clarkson] as an artist go from R&B soul pop to pop rock,” Lovato continued. “And I was like, wait, that’s what I want to do.” The star would later go on to discover bands like Paramore and Flyleaf.“I’ve known Hayley [Williams] since… I think I met her when I was 15,” Lovato told Lowe.“I had a lot of people pulling for me that I didn’t necessarily talk to.

She seems like the type of person that would be pulling for me during those times. But yeah, I didn’t get to know her that well but…she’s one of my biggest influences.”She added: “Vocally – oh my God.

I mean, she’s still my dream collaboration. It’s never happened, but she’s still my dream collaboration. To be honest, I gave up on that dream collaboration.

So I didn’t say it for years, but that’s always been my dream collaboration.”Discussing her vision for ‘Holy Fvck’, Lovato explained: “I wanted two things with this album: I wanted the sound to be emotive – I wanted people to feel from the sound – but I also wanted people to feel from the lyrics.”The singer recently previewed the project with the single ’29’, on which she appears to reflect on the 12-year age gap in her former relationship with That ’70s Show actor Wilder Valderrama.Demi Lovato has also.