Get On Up by OKPLUS featuring Emél isn’t trying to be cool or ironic. It’s not playing coy. It’s straight-up disco—the kind that owns the room, that unapologetic, fuck-you 70s energy that makes your rock ’n’ roll boyfriend fume in the corner while you dance with somebody hotter. You hear it, and suddenly, the floor feels like the only place you should be.
OKPLUS is three producers from Oslo—Kevin Vadsten, Anthony Chase, Ole Aagenæs—putting their whole foot in this debut. They’ve got the house grooves dialed in, but what makes this track hit is the live instruments. Real strings, real horns, real percussion—all of it dripping in that vintage dancefloor heat but clean and sharp enough for right now. It sounds expensive. It sounds like sex. It’s the kind of song that turns a regular night out into one of those nights—the drinks hit harder, the flirting’s reckless, your friends lose track of you, and by sunrise you’ve got stories you probably shouldn’t tell.
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Emél wowed judges and audiences on Norway’s The Voice back in 2017, and her voice here carries the whole song exactly how it should. Oslo-based, Bosnian-Norwegian, all that soul and R&B wrapped into this delivery that feels effortless. She’s not pushing—she doesn’t need to. The minute she opens her mouth—“I see you stand there all alone… Something tells me you don’t wanna be unknown…”—she’s clocked you. That little moment of hesitation? The act you’ve got going? She’s already seen through it.
And she’s not interested in playing it safe. “You can’t disguise those feelings from me… ‘Cause I’ve stood where you stand before I broke free…” It’s bold, sure—but there’s a wink in it. Like, yeah, we’ve all been the one holding back. But not tonight.
The production lets the song breathe—but this isn’t some slow, teasing build. It moves. The strings shimmer, the bass is tight, the horns flicker through, and by the time that hook hits—“Get on up and… get on up and… get on up and dance…”—you’re already there.
This track is built for the floor. Full stop. You don’t stand still to this. You don’t overthink it. You let the brass slide in, you feel the percussion get under your skin, and you move.
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Emél keeps pushing—“I wanna show you a way to let go… Stop the obeying to the voices in control…” and it’s not subtle. But that’s what makes it land. The whole song’s a reminder that nobody came out to stand on the sidelines, and nobody looks good pretending they’re above it like your boyfriend is doing.
It’s disco done right—live, organic, a little wild around the edges, polished just enough to keep the whole thing tight. By the time she’s repeating—“Throw out, throw out all the fears stopping you…”—it’s not corny. It’s not some motivational Insta caption. It’s slutty disco therapy. It’s your permission slip to fuck around, dance like a stripper, kiss a stranger, maybe regret it tomorrow—but never, ever stand still.
Get On Up is pure energy. Funky, sweaty, shameless. The strings, the horns, the groove—it’s all there to do one thing. Get you up. Get you out. Get you moving. And if a bit of chaos follows, even better.
