Lucky Iris release new single ‘i just want to dance’ via Launchpad+ and EMI North
Lucky Iris (Photo by Aran Llewelyn Harris)
Leeds-based synthpop duo Lucky Iris have dropped their latest single “i just want to dance” via Launchpad+ in partnership with EMI North. This marks the first track from their upcoming mixtape and follows the duo’s earlier 2025 EP “day to night”. You will notice that this new single has more commercial production, but the typical Lucky Iris sound is still there of course.
Vocalist Maeve comments this on the more clubby elements: “As soon as I was old enough to even try and get into a club, all I wanted to do was go out dancing. It was my first taste of freedom… the first time, the music that got me there, and the rush of going out has always stayed with me.”
“i just want to dance” was mixed by Richard Wilkinson (Adele, Kaiser Chiefs).
About Lucky Iris
Lucky Iris is a Leeds-based electropop duo from the UK, consisting of Maeve Florsheim (vocals and lyrics) and Jasper Exley (music and production). The duo formed during lockdown and started performing live in 2021.
The duo knew eachother after meeting in school and later reconnecting at university. They create a mix of crunchy electronic pop and catchy hooks. The debuted with the 2020 EP, “Turns Out We Should Have Stayed At Home”. Their 2023 EP, “maybe i’m too much” was when we really started seeing huge potential.
Below is the band’s complete discography:
EPs
- Turns Out We Should Have Stayed At Home (2020)
- maybe i’m too much (2023)
- something to believe in (2024)
- day to night (2025)
- Neon Crush (2025)
Singles
- (i’m not good at writing) love songs (2022)
- give me something to believe in (2024)
- universal (2024)
- i guess i like you (a lot) (2024)
- 10,000 Hours (Lucky Iris Rework) (2024)
- i just want to dance (2025)
Let’s see if we will get a full album anytime soon.
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