The singer first came out as non-binary in May 2021, sharing on Instagram, “I am proud to let you know that I identify as non-binary and will officially be changing my pronouns to they/them moving forward.”
Then, earlier this month, Demi revealed that she was using she/her alongside they/them pronouns, saying in an interview on the Spout podcast, “Recently, I’ve been feeling more feminine.”
When asked about the “Twitter overreaction” to Demi using she/her again in a recent NPR interview, she replied, “I don’t care. I didn’t even think that it was going to be a headline.”
“It doesn’t surprise me, because there’s a lot of people out there who have an opinion on everything I say and do. But I just don’t read it. It’s not important to me and there’s so many ignorant people on the internet — you can’t pay attention to them all.”
Demi was then asked about their song “Freak,” which Demi said was inspired by coming out as non-binary and using they/them pronouns. “That was one that I couldn’t really escape from,” they continued.
“I started seeing in my Instagram comments, people just being really hateful. I stopped paying attention to it, but it did affect me — and I wrote this song ‘Freak’ about it.”
“I was like, ‘You already have this conception of me that I’m different and that I’m weird because I’m coming out as non-binary, because I’m speaking my truth. This is who I am, and I’m going to own this — and I’m taking the power back from what you have to say about this,'” they added.
Demi’s new album, Holy FVCK, is out now.
