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Fast (Demi Lovato song)

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"Fast"
Lovato leaning on the a car hood and glancing sideways
Single by Demi Lovato
ReleasedAugust 1, 2025 (2025-08-01)
Genre
Length3:01
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Zhone
Demi Lovato singles chronology
"Chula"
(2024) 		"Fast"
(2025)
Music video
"Fast" on YouTube

"Fast" is a song by the American singer Demi Lovato. It was released through Island Records on August 1, 2025, as the lead single from her upcoming ninth studio album. She wrote the track with Jake Torrey, Chloe Angelides, and its producer, Kevin "Zhone" Hickey. The diva house song was marketed as Lovato's return to pop music, with reviews noting it contains elements of electronic dance music, electropop and dance-pop.

Daniel Sachon directed the accompanying music video for "Fast", which premiered alongside the single. The video follows Lovato walking through city streets while chaotic situations occur around her, and includes references to internet memes featuring the singer. As part of the song's promotion, Lovato hosted a fan event at The Bigg Chill, a frozen yogurt shop Lovato had criticized years prior as part of a public controversy.

Background

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I tend to write from the place I'm in at the moment. Lately, it's been amazing — I've been writing nothing but love songs and sexy songs because I'm in a really good place. It feels good to be able to create from that space.

— Demi Lovato, People[1]

"Fast" marks a return to pop after Lovato's 2022 punk-rock album Holy Fvck. The song was first teased through video snippets on social media, highlighting its EDM-influenced sound. Its release suggests a musical shift back toward the style of her earlier pop songs such as "Cool for the Summer" and "Sorry Not Sorry". Prior to the release of Holy Fvck, Lovato symbolically declared the end of her pop era by posting a photo on Instagram dressed in black with their team, captioned "A funeral for my pop music". The promotion of "Fast" signaled a reemergence of that earlier sound.[2]

Promotion and release

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Lovato started teasing new music in 2025 with several videos to social media. That July, she wiped her Instagram account and shared promotional pictures captioned with new lyrics.[3][4] An snippet of an unreleased track was published to social media with the title "Fast".[5][6] On July 30, 2025, Lovato hosted a fan event in The Bigg Chill, a frozen yogurt shop she had criticized as part of a public controversy in 2021. She also shared videos filmed at the store using a previous viral audio from her apology years prior.[7][8][9]

"Fast" was released on August 1, 2025, through Island Records, as the first single from Lovato's upcoming ninth studio album.[10][11][12] The single was sent to Italian radio airplay by Universal Music Group on the same date,[13] and is set to be issued in a 7-inch single format on October 31, 2025, with a "Gravagerz remix" as its B-side.[14] Its initial release was accompanied by a music video that Daniel Sachon directed, which features Lovato walking through city streets while she sings the lyrics and different chaotic situations occur around her, including car explosions and people running around in their underwear.[10][12][15] The singer later passes by a display of television screens projecting several internet memes that had featured her, including a clip from the show Unidentified with Demi Lovato (2021) and the fictional character Poot Lovato.[15][16] At the end of the video, she arrives on a nightclub dance floor.[17]

Composition

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"Fast" is three minutes and one second long.[18] Sonically, it is a diva house[10] song with dance-pop,[17] EDM,[19] and electropop elements.[15] On "Fast", Lovato sings, "Cuz baby honestly / I just wanna feel your hands all over me (over and over) / Right where they wanna be / Even if it's only for tonight".[20] Writing for USA Today, Anna Kaufman likened "Fast" with the synth-pop sound of Lovato's 2015 single "Cool for the Summer".[17]

Critical reception

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Rolling Stone writer Tomás Mier described it as a stellar album rollout.[11] In a mixed review, Tim Strong of Showbiz by PS rated the song 4.5 out of 10 and called it an "awkward" song that "feels like a different track chopped up and reassembled over the pulsing 4-on-the-floor beat."[21] Joseph Ine from Melodic praised the track as an "exciting return", and felt that the accompanying music video "perfectly captures this new chapter in Demi's career".[22]

Track listing

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  • Streaming/digital download[18]
  1. "Fast" – 3:01
  • 7-inch vinyl single[14]
  1. "Fast" – 3:01
  2. "Fast" (Gravagerz remix)

Personnel

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Credits were adapted from Apple Music.[18]

  • Demi Lovato – vocals, songwriting
  • Kevin "Zhone" Hickey – songwriting, programming, keyboards, percussion, recording engineer, production
  • Jake Torrey – keyboards, songwriting
  • Chloe Angelides – songwriting
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing engineer
  • Ramiro Fernandez-Seoane – assistant mixing engineer
  • Francesco Di Giovanni – assistant mixing engineer
  • Nathan Dantzler – mastering engineer
  • Joe Grasso – immersive mixing
  • Augusto Sanchez – immersive mixing

Charts

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Chart performance for "Fast"
Chart (2025) Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[23] 12
UK Dance (OCC)[24] 30
UK Singles Sales (OCC)[25] 49

Release history

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"Fast" release history
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various August 1, 2025
Island [18]
Italy Radio airplay Universal [13]
Various October 31, 2025 7-inch vinyl Island [14]

References

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  1. ^ Saunders, Angel (July 10, 2025). "Demi Lovato Clears Her Instagram and Posts New Music Clip, Teasing 'Feels So Right'". People. Archived from the original on July 26, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  2. ^ Dailey, Hannah (July 28, 2025). "Demi Lovato's Pop-Music Comeback Is 'Fast' Approaching With New Single Announcement". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 29, 2025. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  3. ^ Dubois, Sienna (July 10, 2025). "Demi Lovato Teases New Music, Wipes Instagram". Complex. Archived from the original on July 10, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  4. ^ Tate, Sarah (July 18, 2025). "Demi Lovato Has 'Been Cooking' In The Studio As She Teases New Music". iHeartRadio. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  5. ^ Saunders, Angel (July 10, 2025). "Demi Lovato Clears Her Instagram and Posts New Music Clip, Teasing 'Feels So Right'". People. Archived from the original on July 26, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  6. ^ Kaufman, Gil (July 16, 2025). "Demi Lovato Is Ready to Heat Up Summer With Sizzling Preview of Dance Floor-Ready 'Fast' Single". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 22, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  7. ^ Dailey, Hannah (July 30, 2025). "Demi Lovato Revisits The Bigg Chill Four Years After Slamming Yogurt Shop for 'Triggering' Calorie Displays". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  8. ^ Flam, Charna (July 30, 2025). "Demi Lovato Returns to the Frozen Yogurt Shop Where She Sparked Viral Controversy in 2021". People. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  9. ^ Skinner, Paige (July 31, 2025). "Demi Lovato Makes Amends With Frozen Yogurt Shop 4 Years After Controversy". HuffPost. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  10. ^ a b c Breihan, Tom (August 1, 2025). "Demi Lovato Shares New Single "Fast," Revisits Her Greatest Memes". Stereogum. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  11. ^ a b Mier, Tomás (August 1, 2025). "Demi Lovato Speeds Into Her Electro-Pop Era With 'Fast'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  12. ^ a b Franklin, McKinley (August 1, 2025). "Demi Lovato Drops New Single 'Fast,' First From Upcoming Album". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  13. ^ a b Mompellio, Gabriel. "Demi Lovato "Fast" | (Radio Date: 01/08/2025)" (in Italian). Airplay Control. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  14. ^ a b c "Fast 7in Single". Demi Lovato Official Store. October 31, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  15. ^ a b c Kaplan, Ilana (August 1, 2025). "Demi Lovato Resurrects Pop Career and Revisits Her Most Iconic Memes in 'Fast' Video — Watch!". People. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  16. ^ Rowley, Glenn (August 1, 2025). "New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato, Twice & More". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  17. ^ a b c Kaufman, Anna (August 1, 2025). "Demi Lovato gets sultry with new song 'Fast': Lyrics, music video". USA Today. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  18. ^ a b c d Lovato, Demi (August 1, 2025). "Fast - Single". Retrieved August 2, 2025 – via Apple Music (US).
  19. ^ Dailey, Hannah (August 1, 2025). "Demi Lovato Makes 'Fast' Return to Pop Music With New Single: Stream It Now". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  20. ^ Kaufman, Gil (July 16, 2025). "Demi Lovato Is Ready to Heat Up Summer With Sizzling Preview of Dance Floor-Ready 'Fast' Single". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 20, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  21. ^ Strong, Tim (August 1, 2025). "Single Review: Demi Lovato - Fast". Showbiz by PS. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  22. ^ Ine, Joseph (August 1, 2025). "Demi Lovato makes exciting return with 'Fast'". Melodic. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  23. ^ "Official Hot 40 Singles". Recorded Music NZ. August 8, 2025. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  24. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  25. ^ "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
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