Demi Lovato Meets Queen of Soul!

Demi Lovato poses cheek-to-cheek with Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin outside the Trump International Hotel in NYC on Thursday morning (May 20).

The 17-year-old actress/singer, wearing Rock & Republic‘s “Pandora” nappa leather strappy platform sandal, is in the city to promote her upcoming DCOM Camp Rock 2 The Final Jam with costars the Jonas Brothers.

JJJ met up with Demi earlier in the week and we got to talking about the sign language in the film. She shared with us, “It wasn’t that difficult to learn since there’s not a lot; only about three major signs. I’m more interested in learning Spanish.”