There’s something special about a track that feels like the exact soundtrack to the last sunny days of the year. “Bikinis,” the new collaboration from Emily Roberts, dagi and DHALI, lands right in that sweet spot. It’s a bright, danceable electro-pop and dance-pop cut that mixes carefree summer energy with a confident girl-squad attitude, and it’s already carrying the kind of pop-culture timing that feels intentional rather than accidental.
dagi has spent years as one of the most visible content personalities in the German-speaking world, building a multi-million audience that regularly turns moments into full-blown phenomena. Her earlier track “Ibiza, Circoloco” started life as a TikTok moment and grew into something much bigger long before the official release. With “Bikinis” she steps into a more deliberately produced setting while still bringing that sharp instinct for the right cultural moment. The production side is handled jointly by dagi and DHALI. Since signing to 23HOURS, DHALI’s sound has moved across melodic, Afro and tech-house territory, including work with names like Topic, Felix Jaehn and MOGUAI. Here he channels that experience into a clean, dancefloor-ready pop-dance track that stays light on its feet without losing its groove.
Vocals come from both dagi and Emily Roberts. Roberts already has serious dance-radio credentials: her collaboration on “Bittersweet Symphony” with Gamper & Dadoni went gold in Germany and Austria, and her more recent track with Loud Luxury, “LOVE YOU FOR LIFE,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Airplay Dance Charts. That radio-ready polish sits comfortably next to the more viral, personality-driven energy dagi brings. The result sits comfortably in electro-pop, dance-pop and alt-pop territory at once—catchy enough for daytime playlists, physical enough for a festival stage.
Lyrically and thematically the song lives on pure summer feeling: beach days, sunscreen, a DJ turning up the speakers, and a clear “our body, our choice” confidence. It’s girl-squad energy without the heavy-handed messaging—just the feeling of owning the moment. The accompanying music video, directed by Leeroy Klauhs of Flugmodus, leans into Y2K and early-2000s aesthetics but keeps them deliberately unpolished rather than glossy. That choice matches the track’s overall attitude: fun, current, and a little bit rebellious in the best way.
“Bikinis” arrived on August 21, 2026, and got its first live outing the very next day when DHALI performed it at BeachHouse Festival in Hanover at Herrenhausen Palace. Three distinct strengths come together here—dagi’s reach and cultural timing, DHALI’s production signature, and Emily Roberts’ international dance-radio credibility—and the result feels like a shared summer statement rather than a calculated collab.
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What do you make of this one—does “Bikinis” feel like the late-summer track of the season to you? Drop your thoughts in the comments.
