"Since its municipal establishment in 2018, Roku City has been a metropolis intermittently besieged by mythical creatures including a kraken, a big robot, and a Godzilla-like kaiju. A new legendary being towers over the famous purple skyline: Demi Lovato. On a roof! The "Cool for the Summer" singer and Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) star Jumanji 'd herself into the screensaver as the first-ever artist to headline "Live from Roku City.""
"And then she seems to give up on the concept entirely, as the giant digital-screen backdrop behind her fades into a solid magenta. For the whole six-minute concert, it looks like she's performing in a void. There is no cartoon background and no cutaway shots of a lively and adoring Roku audience. She sounds great singing her new single, "Here All Night," and a cover of "I Wanna Dance with Somebody," but there is not a single Roku City-based Lovatic to be found in the pink void. This is highly concerning. Did she arrive by balloon, Wizard of Oz style, because she wasn't actually invited to perform there? Was this rooftop supposed to be an underground thing, like Charli at the Lot Radio, only it was too underground and she couldn't get the word out? As a matter of fact, has anyone ever seen a person besides Demi (and her two backup dancers) in Roku City? Its vibrant main street looks eerily empty."
Roku City, established in 2018, has been intermittently besieged by mythical creatures such as a kraken, a big robot, and a Godzilla-like kaiju. Demi Lovato appears towering over the purple skyline as the first artist to headline Live from Roku City, accessible via the Roku main menu or screensaver. The prerecorded concert opens with a hot-air balloon animation suggesting arrival through unclaimed airspace. Lovato is silhouetted against the skyline with a wind machine effect, but the digital backdrop quickly fades to solid magenta, leaving a six-minute performance in a pink void. She sings "Here All Night" and covers "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" with two backup dancers and no visible Roku City audience.
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