EXCLUSIVE: Demi Lovato Talks New Soulful Music, Past Career Struggles: I Felt Like 'I Wasn't Going to Work Again'

Demi Lovato wasn't always so "confident."
ET's Katie Krause sat down with the 24-year-old vocalist at the junket for her new film, Smurfs: The Lost Village, in Los Angeles on Friday, where she opened up about a period when she thought she "wouldn't work once more" in Hollywood. "I sense that I experienced a considerable measure of stuff growing up, and I experienced a few difficulties and impediments," clarified Lovato, who handled her first TV part at only 10 years of age. "I felt like, at a timeframe, I wouldn't work once more."  The previous Disney star hasn't been timid about sharing her inconveniences in the spotlight in the wake of finishing recovery in 2011, and says that defeating her issues helped her discover her "motivation."  "I defeated those battles [and] it really gave me a greater amount of a...I discovered my motivation through it all," she said. "That was somewhat my story."  Nowadays, Lovato's vocation couldn't be more blazing

"I came out with a song today with Cheat Codes called 'No promises,'" she beamed, before spilling details about her upcoming album. 

"I actually want to go a totally different way with my album. I want to go more soulful, so we'll see what that ends up turning out like," she revealed. "I'm still in the process of writing and finding the inspiration behind it so we'll see." 

And as Lovato continues on her path, she says her goal in voicing Smurfette in Smurfs: The Lost Village is to help others "find their purpose." 

"I think there's a tiny bit of sarcasm that I bring to the character at times that is very Demi-fied. But I also wanted to bring empowerment to her character," she shared. "I wanted her to be brave and I wanted her to inspire other people to go out and find their purpose as well."

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