The Internet Is Furious at Demi Lovato for Wearing Dreadlocks, Sort Of, in New Video

Dreadlocks should just come with a cultural-appropriation warning label already, so we never have to have this conversation again. But, alas, here we are, and here is Demi Lovato wearing her hair in a long twisted style that is arguably not dreads but ostensibly is.

The video is not her own, but one she did with EDM group Cheat Codes for its new single “No Promises.” But you can’t distance yourself from dreadlocks — not even sort-of dreadlocks — and the internet immediately called the singer out on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn40gqhxoSY https://twitter.com/yeIIowforest/status/851935874036006912

More: You Have to Hear Demi Lovato’s Impressions of Divas Adele and Katy Perry

https://twitter.com/EmiMarieSK/status/864576400757366784

Some people did come to her defense, though, and note that they are not actually dreads.

https://twitter.com/DemiHoliness/status/864565809888231424

Or that the real issue is whether or not the similarity was intended.

https://twitter.com/thotfulstyles/status/864604707670507520

If nothing else, she could always blame the stylist?