Aluna recruits Michael Brun and Alicai Harley for new song "Trouble"

Released exclusively on Spotify, Aluna's "Trouble" marks her first new outing of 2021, following her January Renaissance (Remixes) EP that landed in January, and is also the third instalment of Spotify's mint Singles, a companion to its flagship Dance playlist.

The new song is also Aluna's debut collaboration with both Alicai Harley and Michael Brun.

"The thing I love most about collaborating is the surprise factor - it’s like Christmas," Aluna says. "The song is about when you have a connection with someone on the dance floor - even if you're not talking from some silly argument, you end up back together, locked in because your bodies just know how to live together. Alicai Harley knows all about that so it was incredible to watch her dive into the concept and then just lay down the sickest verse I've ever heard (and I recorded her on a boat in London!). The production started off pretty traditional but I wanted to pull together the euphoria of house with the sexiness of dancehall so I reached out to Micheal Brun because his ability to beautifully weave originality with straight dance floor power is what I love about him. I cried when I heard the final track, musicians' tears (the same ones come out at weddings)."