For the record, Demi Lovato is not dating Niall Horan. In fact, the singer and X Factor judge is not dating anyone! “I need to not be in a relationship for a while because I need to be okay with being alone first,” Lovato tells Teen Vogue. “I’m really happy right now. I never thought it was possible to be happy because of how depressed I was my entire life. But I feel so incredible. It’s like I’m living in a dream.”

In this new interview with the teen magazine, Demi opens up about friendships, her music career and working alongside Britney Spears.  Here are some highlights from Demi’s November 2012 Teen Vogue interview:

On serving as a music mentor on The X Factor:

“There’s so much more to it than just being a talented singer. I’m going to help them mentally prepare for everything that’s coming… The second I became more centered and aware of who I am, my performances got better, and I was better able to relate to people.

On her changes:

“For a long time, I was pretending to be someone that I wasn’t, and I was miserable. When I came out and said, ‘I’m human, I’ve got problems, but I’m willing to share them,’ that’s when I started to really connect. I’ve just begun working on my fourth album, and I want to do that in my music too. I’m tired of songs that don’t have much emotion in them.”

On her friends and family:

“I’m consistently busy, but I make sure I spend a lot of time with my friends and family. I did kind of a friend cleanse right after rehab, where I weeded out people who didn’t have my best interests at heart. Now I have friends who love me for who I am and don’t care about what I’m doing. Most of them aren’t in the industry. Some of them don’t even know my songs!”