Demi Lovato first rose to fame in way back in 2002 in Barney and Friends, before the Disney success of Camp Rock shot her further into the world of international stardom.

Still now at the tender age of 27 she has amassed an incredible amount of work and success as a singer and performer. ‘Anyone’ as a song really shows her talents well, but also lets us into a bit of the struggles that artists have to deal with alongside the glitz and glamour of a life in showbiz. 

The first notes, sailing up and down a piano scale introduce the song. There are different ways of recording a piano, different effects or adaptations that you can add to make it more varied, but in ‘Anyone’ it sounds like the piano is right next to you and that’s important. The reason why the piano is key to this song is that it is the only instrument. This song is really haunting, and I know that many reviews say that about certain aspects of a song, but ‘Anyone’ is genuinely haunting. From the piano accompaniment, to the incredible vocal that Demi Lovato puts across, the whole song leaves you really emotional. It is a cry for help, asking if anyone can hear; and that desperation comes across, to the extent there is the odd X Rated word, but when you’re putting across a message like this in a song, then it needs to have all the vocabulary to put your point across, repeating words and bringing in struggles with alcohol also emphasizes the depare and isolation of the lyrics. 

Demo Lovato recently said "nobody’s listening to me", I think they are! I think they will listen very carefully to this song because she has put her heart on her sleeve and delivered a song where the creation and execution has produced one incredible piece of music. There's nothing like this out there at the moment and there should be more artists portraying honesty like this in their music. 

 Singer-songwriter      Pop 

Author: Phil Arnold

Phil Arnold is a musician, producer and music reviewer from Devon, in the South West of England. Whilst not writing music reviews, Phil also writes and records under the name of Ugbrooke.