Olivia Rodrigo Cheers on Demi Lovato for Recreating Her Iconic ‘Disney Knees’

Demi Lovato wants to get back to the old days—at least, that’s what her latest TikTok post tells us. The multihyphenate reminisced about her teenage years during a recent trip to Disneyland in Anaheim, where she recreated her hilarious “Disney Knees” throughout the theme park.

“Couldn’t go to Disney without doing the dis-knees,” Demi, who uses both they/them and she/her pronouns, captioned their post.

In the clip, the “Cool for the Summer” hitmaker threw her head back, bent her knees inward, and put her all into a playful performance “This Is Me” from her 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie, Camp Rock. She even rocked a pair of Converse sneakers, which she constantly wore during the 2000s.

For those who didn’t study Demi’s signature move during their childhood, allow me to explain. Disney stars tend to sing passionately with their knees bent inward, whether it’s Miley Cyrus kicking and screaming around in her “7 Things” music video or Selena Gomez hitting the move in her early live performances.

In this case, Demi’s iconic performance from their breakout role played a huge part in the Disney Knees movement that took over our screens from the 2000s to the 2020s, and they paid homage to their character, Mitchie Torres, in different spots of Disneyland.

Of course, longtime fans lived for the moment and left love for the multihyphenate in her comments section. “She didn’t win the trend…SHE INVENTED IT,” one person wrote, while another added, “Demi ur actually the funniest person on this app.”

Olivia Rodrigo—another “dis-knee” star who brought angst to a new generation with her track “Good 4 U”— even entered the chat, writing, “forreal.”

During an interview with Teen Vogue in 2024, Demi opened up about their signature stage move, saying, “I bust out into these, like, these knees,” she said at the time. “That’s the only way I can describe it...I love that people still remember it.”

How could we forget?

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