Paper Dragon

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"Paper Dragon"
Paper Dragon by Dami Im.png
Single by Dami Im
from the album My Reality
Released18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)
Length3:04
Label Dami Army, ABC
Songwriter(s)
  • Dami Im
  • Elanor Witt
Producer(s) Konstantin Kersting
Dami Im singles chronology
"Marching On"
(2020)
"Paper Dragon"
(2020)
"Lonely Cactus"
(2021)
Music video
"Paper Dragon" on YouTube

"Paper Dragon" is a song by Australian singer Dami Im. The song was announced on 31 August 2020 and released on 18 September 2020. [1] The song is the first by Im on the ABC Label, following a successful run with Sony and a number of self-released singles throughout 2019 and 2020. It was written by Im and Eleanor Witt, and produced by Konstantin Kersting. [2]

Contents

The track was originally intended to be Im's entry for Eurovision – Australia Decides , in an attempt to represent Australia at Eurovision 2021, but with the cancellation of the 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Montaigne's internal selection for the 2021 event, Im "decided to release the song anyway". [3] [4]

The song did not enter the ARIA top 100, but debuted at number 1 on the Australian Independent chart. [5]

A piano version was released on 9 October 2020. [6]

Music video

Im worked with an Italian stop-motion animator, who created the whole video using paper cutouts. The music video was directed by Stefano Bertelli at Seen Film Studio and premiered on 17 September 2020. [7] [4]

Track listings

  1. "Paper Dragon" – 3:04
  1. "Paper Dragon" (Piano version) – 2:50

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australia Independent (AIR) [5] 1

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