I like where this is headed, nice grooves mate; u have a disco vibe for sure lol. id smooth that vocal into mix some more and p;ay around with more fx on the vox, reverbs echos delays what4ever just have fun with it then automate the fx so it doesn't get int he the way. can I ask what DAW this is? for some reason I feel like its garage band; thats not an insult btw I know of a few major records that were done in GB lol; again that bass line is groovy id like to hear it more in the mix . id play with the reverb decay times on those strings and even automate it so its longer when no VOX and shorter with VOX ; jsut ideas off the top of mind, again its ur track , and these are just my ideas. kudos to your vibe ! can you make the hook even bigger? like add some more top end elements ; play with the drum beat etc whatever . just something to help it sonically feel like a different section and that would make the 2nd verse ht harder when u break down to simpler instrumentation again... cool song tho mate!