UK Dance duo Clean Bandit have been pumping out some of the country’s most uplifting electro-pop for over a decade now. But 2026 has seen them take the next step and start to put out music on their own label, CB X.

The third single from this new era just dropped on Friday and is a collaboration with Palestinian-Italian singler-songwriter TÄRA. ‘La Dolce Vita‘ mixes Clean Bandit’s signature strings, their pop synth sound with TÄRA’s self-described ‘Arab&B’ and creates a sleek & seductive smash.

TÄRA said of the track: “‘La Dolce Vita’ is about how easy it is to get lost in comfort and pleasure, becoming disconnected from the injustice and suffering happening around us. It is about the bittersweet nature of escapism, the temporary sweetness of looking away, and the bitterness of what we choose not to see.”

Jack Patterson (Clean Bandit) added: “We wanted to bring out the irony of the lyrics in the production. TÄRA introduced me to some beautiful Arabic instruments I hadn’t written for before, and I had so much fun with the string parts. We travelled to a tiny town near Naples to shoot the music video, which TÄRA directed. It was amazing seeing her vision come to life, she is a creative powerhouse! And I was very happy that my role mostly involved fishing and eating spaghetti!”

‘La Dolce Vita’ is available via Clean Bandit’s own new label, CB X, alongside recently released singles ‘Company’ from Clean Bandit X Chlöe X Omah Lay and ‘I Don’t Wanna Hurt You’ from Clean Bandit X Biig Piig.