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Dami Im describes her time at Sony Australia as “a toxic environment” and says she locked herself in bathrooms to cry because working for the record label was “mentally upsetting”.
Dami Im has shared a scathing review of her time at Sony Australia.
The X Factor winner retired from the label in 2020 after a six-year battle to create original music.
Instead, Dami says she was forced to do a series of covers — 2016’s Classic Carpenters and 2018’s I Hear A Song — and eventually left the label when she declined to make a third album in 2019.
Dami Im (pictured) has shared a scathing review of her time at Sony Australia. The X Factor winner said goodbye to the label in 2020 after a six-year battle
Appearing on The Sunday Project, the 34-year-old revealed it took courage to discuss her issues with the label in her memoir Dreamer.
“This was really hard to talk about, but I really had to write about it in my book,” she said.
“It was a toxic environment to be with Sony, and I’ve had days where I’ve been locked in the toilet, just crying because it was so upsetting mentally.”
The 34-year-old appeared on The Sunday Project and revealed it took courage to discuss her issues with the label in her memoir Dreamer
“This was really hard to talk about, but I really had to write about it in my book,” she said. “It was a toxic environment at Sony, and I’ve had days where I was locked in the toilet, just crying because it was so upsetting mentally.”
Dami went on to explain that she made albums and music videos that were “destroyed” and never released – some that she has never seen or heard of herself.
“It takes a lot of time and team effort to get that done, then destroy it and cancel it, throw it in the trash, and I never get to see it,” she said.
“I still have some music videos that I haven’t even seen, even though I paid for them too.”
Dami went on to explain that she made albums and music videos that were “destroyed” and never released – some that she has never seen or heard of herself.
The Eurovision star says she felt the label was trying to ‘intimidate’ her by calling her to board meetings where she was outnumbered by ‘men in suits’.
She describes the day she finally left the label as “a breaking point” and was willing to give up her career to get rid of her contract.
“I’m not a confrontational person, but to stand up and say, ‘Look, I’m done. I’m done with you and I’m leaving’, that’s a good and bittersweet moment of my time there,” she shared. The project.
The Eurovision star says she felt the label was trying to ‘intimidate’ her by calling her to board meetings where she was outnumbered by ‘men in suits’
Dami won the fifth season of The X Factor Australia in 2013 and landed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia.
She released her self-titled studio album Dami Im in 2013, followed by Heart Beats in 2014.
This was followed by the covers albums Classic Carpenters in 2016 and I Hear a Song in 2018. Dami then released the Live Sessions EP in 2019 – her last release with Sony.
The singer of Crying Underwater signed with ABC Music in 2020 and released her sixth studio album My Reality with the label in 2021.
The Crying Underwater singer signed to ABC Music in 2020 and released her sixth studio album My Reality in 2021 with the label