Demi Lovato trapped on rooftop in Roku screensaver

Since its municipal incorporation in 2018, Roku City has been a city intermittently besieged by mythical creatures including the Kraken, a large robot, and a Godzilla-like figure. Kaiju. A new mythical being soars above the famous purple horizon: Demi Lovato. on the surface! “Great for Summer” singer and The Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) Star JumanjiShe was featured in the screensaver as the first ever artist to be titled “Live from Rocco City”. Tapping the icon on the Roku home menu or on the screen saver takes viewers to a pre-recorded “rooftop” concert, which begins with a hot air balloon animation, suggesting that Lovato snuck into the city via unclaimed airspace. She appears silhouetted against the beautiful Rocco City skyline, and a wind machine blows her hair to add to the illusion of the roof…

…And then she seems to abandon the concept entirely, as the giant digital screen wallpaper behind her fades into a solid purple. Throughout the six-minute concert, she seems to be performing in a vacuum. There’s no cartoon background and no cutaway shots of Roku’s lively, loving audience. She looks great singing her new single “Here All Night” and a cover of “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” but there’s not a single Lovatic from Roku City to be found in the pink void. This is very disturbing. Did she arrive by balloon, Wizard of Oz style, because she hadn’t actually been invited to perform there? Was this surface supposed to be something underground, like Charlie at Radio Lot, only it was also Underground and unable to spread the word? As a matter of fact, has anyone ever seen one? person Along with Demi (and her backup dancers) in Rocco City? Its lively main street looks eerily empty.

In a Behind the scenes feature Available for viewing after the concert, director Hannah Lux-Davis says she worked to “set the stage for being on the roof of Rocco City.” “You want to make Rocco City come alive,” she says. “Seeing him big, with a human in front of him, and his human size, was so special. And then Demi!” At least we got a “then Demi!”

“I’m so excited to partner with Roku again to give the first taste of a live performance of my new era of music,” Lovato said in an official statement, saying the performance represented the “electric energy” of her upcoming album. It’s not that deep. “I can’t wait to share this with everyone right from Roku City.” Is “everyone” on the roof with us now?