Norwegian pop force Dagny today shares new single ‘Closet Disco Queen’ – the latest taste of an upcoming full-length project due this summer, arriving ahead of headline slots at Øya Festival and Bergenfest.

Produced by Matias Tellez (girl in red, AURORA) and co-written with Nick Hahn (ZAYN, Mimi Webb, aespa), ‘Closet Disco Queen’ is a bright, synth-driven pop track built on squirming, elastic synth lines and a driving pulse – pairing sleek production with Dagny’s unguarded vocal, before bursting into euphoric, chant-along hooks.

Lyrically, the track circles letting go of self-consciousness and allowing yourself to be seen, however that looks, captured in its repeated mantra – “be yourself / love yourself / express yourself”.

Speaking on the release, Dagny said: “’Closet Disco Queen’ was written after having been to a work party and seeing someone completely lose themselves, and all sense of space and time, on the dancefloor. I immediately felt that “I need more of that in my life”. Having become increasingly more self conscious over the last years and finding it harder and harder to open up and let people see all sides of myself, ‘Closet Disco Queen’ has become my reminder to not be afraid to open up, to dance and move and live loudly out in the open. It’s a refusal to be embarrassed or self conscious anymore. A celebration of expressing yourself.”