Demi Lovato may be busy sparing with Simon Cowell on the X Factor, but the former Disney Channel star took the time to stop by Conan to discuss annoying her costar, what not to do when you go rock climbing, and the twerking phenomenon.

The 19-year-old singer has recently taken Throwback Thursday to a whole new level, unearthing old embarrassing pictures of the notorious cantankerous Cowell and posting them on her Twitter account. Whether or not it makes the judge angry, Lovato isn't sure.

"I don't really know for sure and I kind off don't really care because I would keep doing it anyway," Lovato told Conan, laughing. "That's what he gets for hiring...a nineteen year old to be along side him at the judges table."

However, if the accident-prone teen isn't a little more careful, she may have some trouble making it to her judges' seat. Lovato recently had a bit of a mishap while taking on an indoor rock-climbing course. Namely, she forgot to buckle the harness.

"I get to the middle of one of the walls kind of high up...and I pushed off [to descend] and I started falling really fast and I realized I had never actually harnessed my self in I was just kind of spiderman-ing it," Lovato admitted, jokingly blaming her friend Natalie for not checking her harness.

When she's not free falling from rock walls or searching out the perfect 80s hair picture of Cowell, Lovato is working on her own music. The singer will embark on her Neon Lights Tour starting Feb. 9. But don't expect to see any twerking.

"Some people look so good doing, I don't really know what it is," Lovato said of the move Miley Cyrus recently received so much attention for. "I don't understand, is it twitching and working?"

While Lovato attempts to decipher the appeal and purpose of the interesting dance move, she can be seen judging X Factor on Fox Wednesdays and Thursday's at 8 p.m. ET.

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