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It\u2019s a new era for Dami Im. Always evolving, there\u2019s a continuum in Dami\u2019s work that reaches back to her pop past while simultaneously demonstrating a creative growth that keeps an eye firmly on the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sitting around her home studio as she plays a smattering of new tracks, you quickly realise you are in the presence of an artist who is entering an exciting new period in an already formidable career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dami hits \u2018play\u2019 and her new single \u2018Lonely Cactus\u2019 bursts through the speakers. Written with Bri Clarke and Andrew Burford (aka One Above), the tune is one long hook. It\u2019s the kind of song you hear once, and then spend the rest of the day with it running through your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the song fades, Dami takes a minute to explain where the inspiration for \u2018Lonely Cactus\u2019 came from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile I was working on promoting my last single \u2018Paper Dragon\u2019, I became obsessed with cacti. I really wanted to write a song about a cactus and it started off as an idea about myself. On one hand I feel lonely and want to be around other people, and on the other hand I quickly get annoyed and prickly around people and just want to be left alone. I took the idea to our writing session and we tweaked it to mean it’s about a friend rather than myself because everyone knows someone who is that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dami\u2019s sure got that right. As we know, all great singers sound like they\u2019re telling the truth – and maybe that\u2019s why \u2018Lonely Cactus\u2019 hits so hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While 2020 saw the world enter lockdown, it also saw Dami Im release a handful of new singles which signaled where the artist is taking her career. Among them were \u2018Kiss You Anyway\u2019, \u2018Crying Underwater\u2019, \u2018Marching On\u2019 and the aforementioned \u2018Paper Dragon\u2019. It was around this time that Dami started working with producers that \u2018got’ where the modern pop muse was taking her music. Dami\u2019s latest collaborators include Andy Mak (Vera Blue) and Konstantin Kersting (Mallrat, Jungle Giants, Tones and I).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we press on, it\u2019s worth considering a few of Dami\u2019s impressive career highlights to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dami won X Factor, she is \u2018Eurovision Royalty\u2019 (coming second in 2016), her subsequent #1 global hit \u2018Sound Of Silence\u2019 charted in 38 countries, Dami\u2019s had four top ten albums on the ARIA chart and further hit singles with the likes of \u2018Alive\u2019, \u2018Super Love\u2019 and \u2018Gladiator\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a lot of gold and platinum discs in any language \u2026 and in 2019 she was the Women In Music Humanitarian Award winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still – like all great artists – Dami Im is about the here and now. \u2018Lonely Cactus\u2019 is a solid gold indicator of the direction she\u2019s currently taking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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