"Paper Dragon" is a song by Australian singer
Dami Im. The song was announced on 31 August 2020 and released on 18 September 2020. 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.
The track was originally intended to be Im's entry for ''
Eurovision – Australia Decides'', in an attempt to
represent Australia at
Eurovision 2021
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's win at the with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The Netherlands was set to host the ...
, but with the cancellation of the
2020 event due to the
COVID-19 pandemic and
Montaigne
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's internal selection for the 2021 event, Im "decided to release the song anyway".
The song did not enter the ARIA top 100, but debuted at number 1 on the Australian Independent chart.
A piano version was released on 9 October 2020.
In an album review of ''My Reality'' in November 2021, David from auspOp called "Paper Dragon" the album highlight.
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.
Track listings
*Digital download
#"Paper Dragon" – 3:04
*Digital download
#"Paper Dragon" (Piano version) – 2:50
Charts
References
{{Dami Im
2020 songs
2020 singles
Dami Im songs
Songs written by Dami Im
Song recordings produced by Konstantin Kersting