| Lonely Cactus | |
| Cover: | Lonely Cactus by Dami Im.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dami Im |
| Album: | My Reality |
| Length: | 3:11 |
| Label: | Dami Army, ABC |
| Producer: | One Above |
| Prev Title: | Paper Dragon |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
"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.
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."[2] [3] 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."[4]
A piano version was released on 30 April 2021.[5]
The music video premiered on 19 February 2021.[6]
| Peak position | ||
| Australia Independent (AIR)[7] | 5 |
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