Over the past nine years, Danish-born, London-based singer Marie Dahlstrom has built up an impressive body of work including 2013’s Gloom.

Armed with a voice that is rich like honey, Dahlstrom makes her return with a new single titled ‘I Don’t Wanna Wake Up’ featuring South London singer James Vickery. Soulful to the core, the song floats with jazzy keys, a silky bass line and drums that contribute to the bounce factor of the tune. A perfect marriage of vocals, the pair execute a dreamy performance making ‘I Don’t Wanna Wake Up’ a sure winner. It should also be noted that Dahlstrom also produced the track, which is taken from her forthcoming LP Like Sand, out May 22nd.

Touching on the track, Marie Dahlstrom stated:

“I’ve been a fan of James’ voice for a while. James and I had a session at mine, and this song just came about so naturally, we just started humming melodies over the chord progression and not long into the session we had the line ‘I don’t wanna wake up’. I produced this song myself and I remember leaving the production for a while before actually committing to finishing it and that’s when I got my friend Liam Joseph to jump on some bass and Qmillion to get involved for the mixing.”

James Vickery also added:

“I wrote this song on the first day of working with and meeting Marie, I’ve been a fan of her vocal for a minute now and we wanted a write a song that allowed us to showcase vocal runs and freedom. It’s rare I get to experiment so much with another artist on that level so it is truly a blessing, the song is about not wanting to wake up at all if you’re not gonna be there to experience it with me, infatuation at it’s finest.”