Dami Im has always impressed me as a vocalist, but with every new release she’s showing she’s a songwriter to be reckoned with. I’ve got chills listening to her latest single “Proud of Me,” a song that the presser calls her “most personal and vulnerable song yet.”
“It’s about that aching need for validation – not just from others, but from myself.,” Dam explained. “I grew up trying so hard to be perfect, to meet expectations and some kind of moving standard that I could never reach. This song came from a place of questioning: What would it take for me to feel truly seen? Truly enough? It’s about the pressure to perform, to fit a mould, and the quiet, painful truth that often the harshest critic is the voice inside my own head. At its heart, this song is a cry for self-acceptance – a longing to finally be proud of myself, just as I am.”
“Proud of Me” is the emotional heart of Dami’s latest EP, Stormy Weather. Dami will take this song to Europe when she reunites with Eurovision alum at the Het Grote Songfestivalfeest in Amsterdam on November 13.
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