Zara Larsson releases her star-studded Midnight Sun

“2026’s hottest pop star.” – PAPER Magazine

“Larsson delivers her most radiant body of work.” – Rolling Stone

“This is the moment when Larsson is finally coming into view as pop’s main girl.” – VOGUE

“A new household name in the main pop girl zeitgeist” – Billboard

“The album of the summer.” – GQ (Best of 2025)

Today, GRAMMY®-nominated pop superstar Zara Larsson keeps the global party going with Midnight Sun: Girls Trip, a collection of remixes and collaborations that gives new life to her already famously vibrant songs. Revisiting each track from her breakthrough album Midnight Sun, Zara invites a worldwide all-woman cast of friends and faves to an inclusive celebration that crosses borders, genres, and vibes for an unforgettable excursion into free-wheeling self-expression.

The artists joining Zara on the set span diverse sounds and countries of origin, and range from absolute icons to rising stars to indie tastemakers: Shakira, Robyn, Tyla, PinkPantheress, Kehlani, JT, Madison Beer, Emilia, Helena Gao, Margo XS, BAMBII, Malibu, and Eli. Watch visualisers for every song HERE now.

The album opens on a new version of ‘Midnight Sun’ that continues the creative kinship of Zara and PinkPantheress over a beat that blends the former’s radiant dance-pop with the latter’s propulsive UK garage-inflected sound. A song later, Kehlani joins for a lush R&B take on the romantic ‘Blue Moon’, before JT drops a blistering verse on the rowdy, Margo XS-remixed ‘Pretty Ugly’. Later, Shakira helps transform ‘Eurosummer’ into a jet-setting club cut, Tyla doubles the diva heat on ‘Hot & Sexy’ and Robyn brings her legendary presence to ‘Puss Puss’. Zara sprinkles shiny new vocals throughout.

In truth, as the songs shape-shift through styles, tempos, textures, and even languages, there’s never a dull moment on Midnight Sun: Girls Trip. As she wrangled an international array of top-tier talent, Zara worked closely with Margo XS and MNEK to craft the project — two members of the tight, trusted team with whom she created 2025’s original Midnight Sun (also including Gao and Zhone), an album which was not only her most authentic and expressive yet, but which has since racked up nearly universal praise.

Zara’s runaway success in the wake of Midnight Sun made Girls Trip possible. In February, she scored a career-first GRAMMY® nomination for “Midnight Sun” (Best Dance Pop Recording), while also in the midst of what Billboard called “a major Hot 100 comeback.” Now the #24 artist in the world on Spotify, she currently has four singles on the Billboard Hot 100: the viral ‘Lush Life’ (peaking at #35, video approaching 1 billion views), ‘Midnight Sun’ (#39), and her earlier PinkPantheress team-up ‘Stateside’ (#6), which hit #1 on the Billboard Global 200 and Spotify’s Global Top 50 after U.S. figure-skating champ Alysa Liudid a routine to the song during the Winter Olympics. This week, Tyla’s aptly titled ‘She Did It Again’ featuring Zara entered at #59.

This past Wednesday, Zara was honoured with the Breakthrough Award at Billboard’s Women in Music ceremony. In an interview that came out this month celebrating the news, Billboard called Midnight Sun the “album that’s made her a new household name in the main pop girl zeitgeist.” Their words joined similar raves from outlets including The Guardian, PAPER, Rolling Stone, VOGUE, GQ, Pitchfork, NYLON, and more. She just scored five American Music Awards nominations, too: Breakthrough Pop Artist, Breakthrough Album of the Year, Song of the Summer, Collaboration of the Year, and Social Song of the Year.

Zara also won praise for her recently wrapped, fully sold-out first North American headlining tour. Inspired by her US breakthrough, The New Yorker published a profile this month titled “Zara Larsson Gets Her Flowers,” noting “on the Midnight Sun tour, the Swedish artist makes a comeback that feels like a debut.” In a victory lap of sorts, Zara discusses her whirlwind year in a new in-depth episode of Call Her Daddy.

Showing no signs of slowing down, Zara will embark next month on a jam-packed summer festival run that includes All Points East and BBC’s Radio 1 Big Weekend, and a staggering series of European dates. In September, the Midnight Sun Tour officially continues — first with a just-announced concert at Los Angeles’ beloved Greek Theatre, and then with an Australia/New Zealand arena leg. Presale for the latter sold out in less than 2 hours, and more than 6 months in advance. Find her full itinerary below.

If Midnight Sun was inspired by the feeling of an endless summer night in Zara’s native Stockholm, then Midnight Sun: Girls Trip is what happens when that night rolls into an infinite season of pure pop energy where everyone is invited. As Zara herself recently noted, “This is just the beginning of Girls Trip!!!”

Zara Larsson European Festival Dates

May 23 – Sunderland, United Kingdom @ BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend
Jun 05 – Trondheim, Norway @ NEON Festival 2026
Jun 05 – Stavanger, Norway @ Vaulen 2026
Jun 19 – Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Pinkpop 2026
Jun 21 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ Parklife 2026
Jun 27 – Paris, France @ Solidays 2026
Jul 09 – Madrid, Spain @ Mad Cool Festival 2026
Jul 18 – Berlin, Germany @ Lollapalooza Berlin 2026
Jul 31 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza Chicago 2026
Aug 02 – Montréal, Canada @ Osheaga Music and Arts Festival 2026
Aug 09 – İstanbul, Turkey @ Pozitif Vibrations
Aug. 11 – 15, 2026 – Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival 2026
Aug 13 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Way Out West 2026
Aug 14 – Helsinki, Finland @ Flow Festival 2026
Aug. 20 – 23, 2026 – Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop 2026
Aug 22 – London, United Kingdom @ Lorde at All Points East 2026
Aug 25 – Edinburgh, United Kingdom @ Edinburgh Summer Sessions
Aug 30 – München, Germany @ Super Bloom Festival 2026

Midnight Sun Australia/New Zealand arena tour

Oct 13 – Brisbane, Australia @ Riverstage Brisbane *
Oct 14 – Brisbane, Australia @ Riverstage Brisbane *
Oct 15 – Moore Park, Australia @ Hordern Pavilion
Oct 17 – Melbourne, Australia @ Margaret Court Arena
Oct 18 – Hindmarsh, Australia @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Oct 20 – Mt Claremont, Australia @ Perth HPC
Oct 22 – Melbourne, Australia @ Margaret Court Arena
Oct 23 – Moore Park, Australia @ Hordern Pavilion
Oct 25 – Auckland, New Zealand @ Spark Arena
Oct 26 – Auckland, New Zealand @ Spark Arena

About Zara Larsson

On her fourth studio album, Midnight Sun, Swedish pop sensation Zara Larsson had a goal: “I wanted the whole album to feel like it’s a summer night and it never ends,” she says. “A part of my soul is a Swedish summer night. This record encompasses that: how life is so beautiful it makes you cry.” Once she put together her team of collaborators — “Never Forget You” collaborator MNEK, up-and-coming producer Margo XS, and songwriter Helena Gao — the core four got to work. On day one, they made lead singles “Midnight Sun” and lead single “Pretty Ugly”, realising quickly that there was magic in the room. They felt an energy that connected them, emboldening her to be open, vulnerable, raw, and real.

Midnight Sun ripples with that same confidence and trust. Its storytelling bursts with truth and vulnerability, plumbing the depth and growth of Zara’s artistry and journey over nearly 20 years in the public eye. It’s an album unafraid to show all sides of the 27-year-old: lovestruck, wistful, ambitious, cocky, flippant, and uncertain, often in the same breath. Midnight Sun follows Zara’s first three albums (2017’s So Good, 2021’s Poster Girl, and last year’s VENUS), building upon her legacy while taking things back to her roots.“Making this album brought me back to the very beginning, my first EPs when I started making music, because it was all about having fun and just creating and speaking honestly,” she says. “The people who will love this album will love a very true part of me.”