init on createRecord

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  store: Ember.inject.service(),
  actions: {
    create() {
      this.get('store').createRecord('my-model');
    }
  }
});

models.my-model.js

import Model from "ember-data/model";
import attr from "ember-data/attr";
import { belongsTo, hasMany } from "ember-data/relationships";

export default Model.extend({
  init() {
    console.log('wheeee');
    this._super(...arguments);
  }
});

templates.application.hbs

<button {{action 'create'}}>
	Create
</button>

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.10.6",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.9.0",
    "ember-data": "2.9.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.9.0",
    "ember-testing": "2.9.0"
  },
  "addons": {}
}