Demi Lovato is slowly making her way back to music after spending much of the past year focused on her sobriety and mental health. Gregory Pace/REX/Shutterstock And while she has yet to announce specific plans for a new music release, Demi announced on Instagram on Saturday, May 11, that a new member of her team has her back as she embarks on what she called her "next chapter. "GUYS!!!!!!! Dreams came true today for me," Demi posted over the weekend, sharing a photo of herself with Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande's manager, Scooter Braun. "I officially have a NEW MANAGER!!!" she continued. "And not just any new manager but the one and only @scooterbraun!!!! Couldn't be happier, inspired and excited to begin this next chapter with you Scooter!!! Thank you for believing in me and for being apart of this new journey. Let's DO THIS!!!!!!" Last year, not long before she nearly died from a drug overdose involving fentanyl-laced oxycodone, the singer released her last single, "Sober." She later admitted she had not, in fact, stayed sober leading up to the track's release. The seventh LP she was said to have been working on at the time was seemingly shelved while the 26-year-old sought treatment. Scooter, meanwhile, hinted he had Demi-related news coming up last week, sharing a series of tweets that read, "Demi," "big week" and "great stuff happening today," on May 6. Demi 😁 — Scooter Braun (@scooterbraun) May 6, 2019 (Scooter later revealed he'd also added Idina Menzel to his roster.) As for Demi, when she's ready to get back to the studio, she'll likely be in good hands. Last fall, amid news Scooter's longtime star client, Justin Bieber, had quietly married Hailey Baldwin and was planning to take time away from music to deal with some lingering mental and emotional health issues, Scooter revealed on Van Lathan's "Red Pill" podcast that Justin went through a period of substance abuse during which Scooter was terrified he might "go to sleep one night … and have so much crap in his system that he would not wake up." In response, Scooter tried to protect Justin by reigning in his workload. "He used to yell and scream at me, and he wanted to put music out, he wanted to tour," Scooter recalled at the time. "… But I thought if he did that, he would die. So, I just refused." Getty Images for One Love Manchester He added that eventually, Justin "made a conscious choice for himself to change." Judging from Demi's social media posts since last July, he's done the same. After announcing her new partnership with Scooter, E! News reports the singer hopped on her Instagram Story to gush a little bit more about the news. Marc Piasecki/GC Images "I'm just so f—ing grateful, excited and ready. Couldn't be happier," she posted. "God is good. Gonna take my time to release new music and then it's game on!!!"<doc-sep>View this post on Instagram GUYS!!!!!!! Dreams came true today for me. I officially have a NEW MANAGER!!! And not just any new manager but the one and only @scooterbraun!!!! Couldn’t be happier, inspired and excited to begin this next chapter with you Scooter!!! Thank you for believing in me and for being apart of this new journey. Let’s DO THIS!!!!!! 🖊📄🎉<doc-sep>Lovato gave fans the career update a few hours after sharing a series of sunkissed swimsuit shots from a vacation in Bora Bora, commenting: "Just left what’s possibly my favorite place on Earth with my best friends. Bora Bora is literal heaven on Earth.. I may be posting a lot of pics in the next few days.. I’m sorry in advance." Braun represents a number of other successful pop artists, including Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande. See Lovato's latest Instagram posts below.<doc-sep>Demi Lovato's team just got a huge addition. After days of speculation, the 26-year-old singer confirmed that she has hired Scooter Braun as her manager. Lovato shared the big news via Instagram on Saturday, with a quick message for the super-rep: "Couldn’t be happier, inspired and excited to begin this next chapter with you Scooter!!! Thank you for believing in me and for being apart of this new journey. Let’s DO THIS!" Lovato wrote. Rumors of a Lovato-Braun partnership began circulating last week, when the latter posted a cryptic tweet that simply read, "Demi." Demi 😁 — Scooter Braun (@scooterbraun) May 6, 2019 Some fans were convinced that Braun was teasing a collaboration between Lovato and one of his big-name clients. The 37-year-old manager has worked with everyone from Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande to Kanye West and Carly Rae Jepsen. As far as music goes, Lovato has kept a pretty low profile over the last year. Her last single was 2018's "Sober," in which she addressed her years-long struggle with sobriety. Months after the single dropped, Lovato returned to rehab after suffering a near-fatal overdose. "I love my fans, and hate tabloids. Don’t believe what you read," she tweeted following her release. "[...] If I feel like the world needs to know something, I will tell them MYSELF. Otherwise people stop writing about my recovery, because it’s no one’s business but mine. I am sober and grateful to be alive and taking care of ME."<doc-sep>
Demi Lovato has signed with Scooter Braun for management. The singer posted a photo of the two on Insragram, writing, “Dreams came true for me. I officially have a NEW MANAGER. And not just any manager but the one and only” Scooter Braun. “Couldn’t be happier, inspired and excited to begin this next chapter,” she continues. “Thank you for believing in me and for being a part of this new journey.” In welcoming the singer “to the family,” Braun posted that Lovato “is a special person and a special talent. I’m… we.. are honored.” Braun’s SB Projects is home to a roster of more than two dozen music acts including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Dan + Shay, Zac Brown Band and Tori Kelly, among others. He launched the company in 2007. Lovato split from her longtime manager Phil McIntyre of PhilyMack last year. She has released six studio albums since 2008’s “Don’t Forget.” In 2017, her single “Sorry Not Sorry” was a Top 10 hit. It followed the 2015 smash “Cool for the Summer.” Lovato has been open about having received treatment for bipolar disorder, bulimia, and substance abuse. She chronicled her daily struggles with recovery in the 2017 YouTube original documentary “Simply Complicated.” In the movie, Lovato opened up about using cocaine while filming her 2012 doc, “Stay Strong.” Lovato was hospitalized in July 2018 after an overdose caused by a relapse. She had been sober for six years. She spent several weeks in Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles recovering. In a lengthy Instagram post, she wrote of her struggle with addiction, “It is something I must continue to overcome and have not done yet.”