# Fast (Demi Lovato song)
"Fast" is a dance-pop song by the American singer [Demi Lovato](https://www.edgepedia.org/demi-lovato), released on August 1, 2025 as the lead single from her ninth studio album, *It's Not That Deep*.[1](https://www.universalmusic.ca/2025/08/01/demi-lovato-releases-new-dance-pop-single-and-video-fast/) • [2](https://www.shazam.com/song/1839489368/fast) Produced by Zhone, it marked Lovato's return to dance-pop after the rock-oriented album *Holy Fvck* (2022).[1](https://www.universalmusic.ca/2025/08/01/demi-lovato-releases-new-dance-pop-single-and-video-fast/) • [3](https://neonmusic.co.uk/demi-lovato-fast-lyrics-meaning-everything-feels-rushed-for-a-reason)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | August 1, 2025, as the lead single from the ninth studio album *It's Not That Deep*[1](https://www.universalmusic.ca/2025/08/01/demi-lovato-releases-new-dance-pop-single-and-video-fast/) |
| Length and label | 3:01; ℗ 2025 DLG Recordings, LLC, under exclusive license to Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.[4](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fast-single/1828755651) |
| Writers | Demi Lovato, Zhone, Jake Torrey, and Chloe Angelides[5](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1839489368) |
| Producer | Zhone (known for work with Kylie Minogue, Troye Sivan, and Kesha), also the album's executive producer[1](https://www.universalmusic.ca/2025/08/01/demi-lovato-releases-new-dance-pop-single-and-video-fast/) |
| Chart peak | No. 8 debut on Billboard's Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart, Lovato's first appearance on that ranking[6](https://tollbit.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/08/15/demi-lovato-scores-her-debut-top-10-hit-on-a-billboard-chart/) |
| Music video | Directed by Daniel Sachon; released with the single on August 1, 2025[1](https://www.universalmusic.ca/2025/08/01/demi-lovato-releases-new-dance-pop-single-and-video-fast/) |
| Album placement | Included on *It's Not That Deep*, released October 24, 2025[2](https://www.shazam.com/song/1839489368/fast) |
## Background and release
Lovato announced the single in late July 2025 and released it on August 1 through DLG Recordings under exclusive license to [Island Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/island-records).[4](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fast-single/1828755651) • [7](https://www.justjared.com/2025/08/01/fast-lyrics-demi-lovato-drops-first-single-from-upcoming-9th-studio-album-listen-now/) Universal Music's announcement framed the track as the first taste of her forthcoming ninth studio album, described by *Rolling Stone* as "celebratory dance-pop."[1](https://www.universalmusic.ca/2025/08/01/demi-lovato-releases-new-dance-pop-single-and-video-fast/) It was Lovato's first music release of 2025 and her first pop single since the rock-heavy *Holy Fvck* in 2022.[7](https://www.justjared.com/2025/08/01/fast-lyrics-demi-lovato-drops-first-single-from-upcoming-9th-studio-album-listen-now/) • [3](https://neonmusic.co.uk/demi-lovato-fast-lyrics-meaning-everything-feels-rushed-for-a-reason)
**Production and credits.** Zhone produced the track and served as recording engineer, with Jake Torrey on keyboards; Manny Marroquin mixed the song at Larrabee Studios in North Hollywood, assisted by Ramiro Fernandez-Seoane and Francesco Di Giovanni, and Nathan Dantzler mastered it.[5](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1839489368) • [8](https://musicbrainz.org/release/58cf026e-a91b-4d19-957e-2e529ae03d89) The recording took place at Westlake Studios in [West Hollywood, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/west-hollywood-california).[8](https://musicbrainz.org/release/58cf026e-a91b-4d19-957e-2e529ae03d89) Beyond the standard digital single, the release group includes a hi-res version, a [Dolby Atmos](https://www.edgepedia.org/dolby-atmos) mix, and a two-track 7-inch vinyl issued in the United States on October 31, 2025.[9](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/d13cefc9-b972-4f2e-a946-8062cb103e70)
## Composition and lyrics
The song runs 3:01 and is tagged on [MusicBrainz](https://www.edgepedia.org/musicbrainz) with the genres dance-pop, electropop, europop, hyperpop, and latin house.[4](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fast-single/1828755651) • [9](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/d13cefc9-b972-4f2e-a946-8062cb103e70) Its chorus repeats the hook "I wanna go fast / I wanna go hard / I wanna go anywhere, anywhere you are," and the verses carry a sensual, urgent tone.[2](https://www.shazam.com/song/1839489368/fast) Lovato has described the song as being about being on autopilot, moving quickly and not pausing long enough to feel what is actually happening.[3](https://neonmusic.co.uk/demi-lovato-fast-lyrics-meaning-everything-feels-rushed-for-a-reason)
## Music video
The Daniel Sachon-directed video was released alongside the single. It follows a "brand new Demi, free of the scars of her past and unphased by the chaos," walking as the calm center of a storm through a nighttime city scene; her final glance at the camera is her only acknowledgment of the outside world.[1](https://www.universalmusic.ca/2025/08/01/demi-lovato-releases-new-dance-pop-single-and-video-fast/) • [10](https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2025/08/08/demi-lovato-fast-daniel-sachon/92150) The promo was shot on a studio backlot with a large cast of extras, and its editing earned a shortlist placement in the music videos craft category at the Berlin Commercial awards.[10](https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2025/08/08/demi-lovato-fast-daniel-sachon/92150) • [11](https://berlincommercial.awardsengine.com/?action=ows%3Aentries.details&e=194452&project_year=2025) Reviewers noted its self-aware nods to Lovato's internet meme history, including the "[Poot Lovato](https://www.edgepedia.org/poot-lovato)" legend.[12](https://www.davidreviews.com/Reviews/2025/Demi_Lovato_Fast/)
## Commercial performance and reception
On Billboard's recently introduced Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart, "Fast" debuted at No. 8, Lovato's first appearance on that ranking and her fourth trip to the top tier of the Dance Digital Song Sales chart.[6](https://tollbit.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/08/15/demi-lovato-scores-her-debut-top-10-hit-on-a-billboard-chart/)
Critical response was divided. PAPER Magazine reported that commenters drew comparisons between Lovato's new aesthetic and Charli xcx's *Brat* era, describing the track as "an Ibiza-esque EDM dance number that feels like a club classic."[13](https://www.papermag.com/charli-xcx-demi-lovato-fast) David Reviews called it a Balearic EDM track that "sounds too much like other songs that like it fast and hard," while praising Sachon's video.[12](https://www.davidreviews.com/Reviews/2025/Demi_Lovato_Fast/) An Album of the Year user review similarly judged the production to resemble the radio-friendly electronic pop of 2016 and 2017, which by 2025 sounded dated.[14](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/classic/album/1393491-fast/) Spanish-language coverage at LOS40 noted the 180-degree turn in sound from her recent rock releases and the fan celebration of the song's lyrics about desire and seizing the moment.[15](https://los40.com/2025/08/01/demi-lovato-esta-de-vuelta-con-fast-el-motivo-por-el-que-sus-fans-estan-celebrando-la-letra-de-esta-cancion/)
## Album era
"Fast" opens *It's Not That Deep*, which arrived on October 24, 2025 with eleven tracks.[2](https://www.shazam.com/song/1839489368/fast) • [16](https://apnews.com/article/409ba712c1e789134de50b2a536956e6) Lovato performed it as the opening song when she debuted the album's material live at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, a show *Who What Wear* described as biker-coded, hyperpop romance that "revved up the crowd early."
[17](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/cover-features/demi-lovato-its-not-that-deep) In a Vogue interview, Lovato said that when she walked into the studio to work on the album, she found that instead of continuing down the pop-punk path of *Holy Fvck*, what she wanted to do was dance.[18](https://www.vogue.com/article/demi-lovato-its-not-that-deep-interview)
## References
1. [Demi Lovato Releases New Dance-Pop Single and Video "Fast", Universal Music Canada (August 1, 2025)](https://www.universalmusic.ca/2025/08/01/demi-lovato-releases-new-dance-pop-single-and-video-fast/)
2. [Fast – Demi Lovato: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts, Shazam](https://www.shazam.com/song/1839489368/fast)
3. [Demi Lovato Fast Lyrics Meaning: Everything Feels Rushed for a Reason, Neon Music](https://neonmusic.co.uk/demi-lovato-fast-lyrics-meaning-everything-feels-rushed-for-a-reason)
4. [Fast - Single, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/fast-single/1828755651)
5. [Fast - Song with Lyrics by Demi Lovato, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/song/1839489368)
6. [Demi Lovato Scores Her Debut Top 10 Hit On A Billboard Chart, Forbes (August 15, 2025)](https://tollbit.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/08/15/demi-lovato-scores-her-debut-top-10-hit-on-a-billboard-chart/)
7. ['Fast' Lyrics: Demi Lovato Drops First Single From Upcoming 9th Studio Album, Just Jared (August 1, 2025)](https://www.justjared.com/2025/08/01/fast-lyrics-demi-lovato-drops-first-single-from-upcoming-9th-studio-album-listen-now/)
8. [Release "Fast" by Demi Lovato, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release/58cf026e-a91b-4d19-957e-2e529ae03d89)
9. [Release group "Fast" by Demi Lovato, MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/d13cefc9-b972-4f2e-a946-8062cb103e70)
10. [Demi Lovato 'Fast' by Daniel Sachon, Promonews (August 8, 2025)](https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2025/08/08/demi-lovato-fast-daniel-sachon/92150)
11. [Fast, Berlin Commercial awards entry](https://berlincommercial.awardsengine.com/?action=ows%3Aentries.details&e=194452&project_year=2025)
12. [Demi Lovato 'Fast', David Reviews (August 7, 2025)](https://www.davidreviews.com/Reviews/2025/Demi_Lovato_Fast/)
13. [Is Everyone Charli xcx Now?, PAPER Magazine (August 5, 2025)](https://www.papermag.com/charli-xcx-demi-lovato-fast)
14. [Fast review by classic, Album of The Year](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/classic/album/1393491-fast/)
15. [Demi Lovato está de vuelta con 'Fast', LOS40 (August 1, 2025)](https://los40.com/2025/08/01/demi-lovato-esta-de-vuelta-con-fast-el-motivo-por-el-que-sus-fans-estan-celebrando-la-letra-de-esta-cancion/)
16. [For Demi Lovato, 'It's Not That Deep', Associated Press (October 27, 2025)](https://apnews.com/article/409ba712c1e789134de50b2a536956e6)
17. [Demi Lovato: It's Not That Deep, Really, Who What Wear (November 2025)](https://www.whowhatwear.com/fashion/cover-features/demi-lovato-its-not-that-deep)
18. [Demi Lovato Returns to Her Pop Roots, Vogue (October 22, 2025)](https://www.vogue.com/article/demi-lovato-its-not-that-deep-interview)
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