Hello Tom, I totally get it mate, sorry, my point wasn't with the technique, it's a great one and yes, it's used a lot in modern pop, strip it all back in the verse and chuck it all in for the chorus, you have all the right things in place, the instrumentation is Great, its just that to my ears (for what its worth) it's a mix issue, im TRYING to hear your vocal in the second verse after the chorus, which isn't ideal..(does that make sense?). Btw, there isn't a DRASTIC drop off in volume, as is the case with most mixing issues late in the mix, its just a small tweak that is needed.
I'm happy to be wrong, I'm no expert, I could just say great job as always and that wouldn't be wrong either. Haha, You never leave much, if anything to critique mate, that's how good u are, but, the volume thing jumped out at me, I think the mix needs tweaking slightly, the instrumentation alone may/ should take care of the dynamic shift you are looking for, but I wanna hear the vocals on said verses as clear as the choruses.
Hope that's helpful mate.