Demi Lovato

A promotional poster for Demi Lovato's latest album 'HOLY FVCK' has reportedly been banned due to blasphemy.

The Art Of Starting Over’](https://www.nme.com/reviews/demi-lovato-dancing-with-the-devil-the-art-of-starting-over-review-2912455). “It’s been fifteen years since anti-blasphemy laws in England and Wales were repealed, yet since then the ASA has continued to enforce a de facto ban on blasphemy by banning adverts for this reason. “Especially last year, my energy was balanced in my masculine and feminine energy. [Lovato said that she had started using both she/her and they/them pronouns](https://www.nme.com/news/music/demi-lovato-explains-using-both-she-her-and-they-them-pronouns-3282389) after [coming out as non-binary in 2021](https://www.nme.com/news/music/demi-lovato-explains-using-both-she-her-and-they-them-pronouns-3282389) and initially going by the latter terms. The album artwork shows Lovato posing in a bondage-style outfit, looking at the camera while atop a cushioned crucifix. [Clash](https://www.clashmusic.com/news/demi-lovato-poster-banned-due-to-blasphemy/)).

Posters promoting Demi Lovato's album 'Holy Fvck' have been banned in the United Kingdom with the visual being potentially offensive to Christians.

[recalled](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/demi-lovato-holy-fvck-album-title-tease-1235115434/) in a July interview with SiriusXM. 7 on the “And it’s just like, look, it’s f–king [rock](https://www.billboard.com/t/rock/) n’ roll. “I remember being the one asking questions, like, ‘Am I gonna be able to say this? “We considered that the image of Ms. 11) after starting an investigation into the promo material that started popping up all over London.

According to CNN, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received complaints about the poster — which shows the singer laying across a cushioned crucifix in ...

“We considered that the image of Ms Lovato bound up in a bondage-style outfit whilst lying on a mattress shaped like a crucifix, in a position with her legs bound to one side which was reminiscent of Christ on the cross, together with the reference to ‘holy fvck’, which in that context was likely to be viewed as linking sexuality to the sacred symbol of the crucifix and the crucifixion, was likely to cause serious offense to Christians.” According to the report published by the ASA on Wednesday, the complainants “challenged whether the ad was likely to cause serious or widespread offense.” Others suggested the poster was “irresponsibly placed” at six different locations around London where children could see it. [Holy Fvck](https://www.stereogum.com/2189651/demi-lovato-goes-pop-punk-on-new-single-skin-of-my-teeth/music/) may have come out in August, but a promotional poster bearing the album art has now been banned in the UK for being “likely to cause serious offense to Christians.” According to [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/entertainment/demi-lovato-poster-banned-gbr-scli-intl/index.html), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received complaints about the poster — which shows the singer laying across a cushioned crucifix in a leather outfit — from four people, which apparently prompted an investigation.

A regulator in the United Kingdom has banned a poster for Demi Lovato's new album after several complaints on grounds that the banner's display could be ...

ASA "told Universal Music Operations Ltd to ensure their ads did not cause serious or widespread offense in the future." Before publication, Polydor Records reportedly checked with the agency that the poster was appropriate for the proposed sites. Polydor Records "did not believe the poster would cause serious or widespread offense." She claimed to have hidden this identity for many years because of her Christian upbringing. was reminiscent of Christ on the cross, together with the reference to 'Holy Fv**,'" wrote the ASA, which also monitors ads online. Having those words put together with the image of Lovato in a bondage-style outfit could be seen as trying to combine sexuality with a holy symbol. Lovato, most currently recognized for her work as a musician, began her public career as a young actress on the children's television series "Barney & Friends." "I'm blown away and so beyond grateful. I love you all so much." Some complainants questioned whether the posters had been placed irresponsibly at the London sites where children could see the ads. 1 on Billboard's top rock and alternative albums. After four days, the banner displays were banned and removed on Aug.

Promotion for Demi Lovato's "Holy Fvck" album, which included her cover art, had the U.K's Advertising Standards Authority getting involved and banning her ...

According to the ASA's ruling, the ad is not to appear again "in the form complained of unless it was suitably targeted." was warned to not promote offensive ads in the future. Polydor also said they conferred with the agency that it was "acceptable to run on the proposed sites." [CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER](https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl) [holy fvck](https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/music)’ which in that context was likely to be viewed as linking sexuality to the sacred symbol of the crucifix and the crucifixion," it was found to cause serious offense. [Demi Lovato's](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/demi-lovato) eighth album "Holy Fvck" has been deemed " [offensive to Christians](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/religion/christianity)," and has now been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the U.K.

Posters promoting Demi Lovato's latest album were banned in the U.K. after advertising regulators ruled the image “was likely to cause serious offense to ...

ASA also told Universal Music Operations “to ensure their ads did not cause serious or widespread offense in future.” It found the ad was indeed likely to cause offense. The pop singer’s eighth studio album — the title of which is a play on the expression “Holy F–k” in which the letter “v” replaces the letter “u” — was released to critical acclaim in August.

Demi Lovato, armed with the talents of Nita Strauss at her live shows, went straight up rock with her latest record Holy Fvck. Though you'd assume she went ...

Still, the posters have been removed and one watchdog that voiced a complaint said the posters "must not appear again in the form complained of unless it was suitably targeted." Which seem like two silly complaints – if the ad was "likely to cause serious or widespread offense" then you would've heard about it from more than four people, and have these people been paying attention to any popular TV or advertisements lately? [Nita Strauss](/tag/nita-strauss) at her live shows, went straight up rock with her latest record Holy Fvck.

Singer Demi Lovato's album imagery was banned in Britain after their advertising standards agency deemed it potentially blasphemous.

"The dichotomy was really important to me, and I had to take my anger out of the shadows in order to heal. The posters did register four complaints and were removed after four days. I am owning my dark side, and it doesn't have to take me down." agency working with them to make sure the imagery would stand and got their approval beforehand. "We considered that the image of Ms. Lovato's album, released in August, is entitled Holy Fvck, and therein lies the issue.

The U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the original poster for Lovato's album, "Holy Fvck," could cause "serious offense" to Christians.

While promoting her album over the summer, Lovato revealed that the track "Heaven" from the project was inspired by a verse from the Bible. newspaper The Independent that read: "Church of England forgave [pedophiles] and allowed them to continue working with children, inquiry finds." "We considered that the image of Ms. There's a limit to disrespect you know," another tweeted. In artwork for the original poster, Texas-raised Lovato, 30, was portrayed wearing a bondage-inspired ensemble while posing atop a large crucifix. A decision in the U.K.

A UK poster for Demi Lovato's album, HOLY FVCK, was banned for causing "serious and widespread" offense. See the artwork and ruling here.

[“Skin of My Teeth,”](https://consequence.net/2022/06/demi-lovato-skin-of-my-teeth-stream/) [“29,”](https://consequence.net/2022/08/demi-lovato-29-wilmer-valderrama/) and [“DEAD FRIENDS.”](https://consequence.net/2022/08/demi-lovato-mac-miller-dead-friends-stream/) Her subsequent “HOLY FVCK” tour wrapped at the end of 2022, but in the meantime, [read our recap](https://consequence.net/2022/09/demi-lovato-concert-review-2022-tour-setlist/) of her Sacramento show and check our ranking of her [Top 10 songs](https://consequence.net/2022/08/demi-lovato-in-10-songs/2/). In the report’s final assessment, the ASA points to “Ms Lovato bound up in a bondage-style outfit whilst lying on a mattress shaped like a crucifix, in a position with her legs bound to one side which was reminiscent of Christ on the cross, together with the reference to ‘holy fvck,’ which in that context was likely to be viewed as linking sexuality to the sacred symbol of the crucifix and the crucifixion, was likely to cause serious offence to Christians.” [Demi Lovato](https://consequence.net/artist/demi-lovato/)’s most recent album, [HOLY FVCK](https://consequence.net/2022/06/demi-lovato-holy-fvck-album-tour/), was banned in the UK due to complaints that it “was likely to cause serious offence to Christians.”

The pop star and former Dallas resident is shown in bondage lying on a crucifix-shaped mattress to promote her latest album, Holy Fvck.

Her legs are laid to one side, another reference to the typical visual of Jesus Christ on a cross, while the words HOLY FVCK, [the name of her August 2022 album](https://www.chron.com/entertainment/music/), are displayed above. The pop star, who grew up in Dallas, was photographed lying on a white bed in the shape of a crucifix while wearing a red leather bondage-like outfit bound with black straps.