Lonely Cactus

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"Lonely Cactus"
Lonely Cactus by Dami Im.png
Single by Dami Im
from the album My Reality
Released19 February 2021 (2021-02-19)
Length3:11
Label Dami Army, ABC
Songwriters
  • Dami Im
  • Andrew Burford
  • Bri Clarke
Producer One Above
Dami Im singles chronology
"Paper Dragon"
(2020)		"Lonely Cactus"
(2021)
Music video
"Lonely Cactus" on YouTube

"Lonely Cactus" is a song by Australian singer Dami Im and released on 19 February 2021 [1] as the fifth single from Im's sixth studio album, My Reality (2021). The song did not enter the ARIA top 100, but debuted at number 5 on the Australian Independent chart. [2]

Contents

Im wrote the song in 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia admitting "There were days when I felt lonely. I needed to make friends or see my friends. Other days I just wanted to be alone." [3] [4] In an interview with Hope Breakfast, Im said "Initially I wrote it as I'm a lonely cactus. I was in lockdown with [husband] Noah, and I wanted to socialise again and find connection, but when things opened up and I was going to catch up with friends, I couldn't be bothered. I wanted to be by myself. I love being by myself, and I had gotten so used to that and eventually we changed the lyrics to 'you’re a lonely cactus' because it was just easier to write about someone else." [5]

A piano version was released on 30 April 2021. [6]

Music video

The music video premiered on 19 February 2021. [7]

Track listings

  1. "Lonely Cactus" – 3:11
  1. "Lonely Cactus" (Piano version) – 3:27

Charts

Chart performance for "Lonely Cactus"
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Australia Independent (AIR) [2] 5

References

  1. ↑ "Lonely Cactus – Single by Dami Im". Apple Music. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 "The week beginning 1 March 2021". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Eurovision star Dami Im releases new single "Lonely Cactus"". Aussie Vision. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Dami Im releases "Lonely Cactus"". ESC Extra. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Dami Im Returns With New Single "Lonely Cactus"". Hope 1032. February 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Lonely Cactus (piano version) - single". Apple Music. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Dami Im - Lonely Cactus (Official Video)". 19 February 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021– via YouTube.
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