Multiplatinum chart–topping global pop powerhouse Zara Larsson releases the music video for her new single “Crush.”
The video highlights Zara’s dynamic performance skills and personality, filled with fun and bold choreography. Directed by Grant James Thomas, the video depicts the emotional turbulence that ensues when a love is forbidden and unrequited, via a pesky creature. A personification of something elusive and unattainable, it is the exact thing that Zara fervently seeks to catch. Watch the music video HERE to see how it unfolds.
“Crush” is the latest single taken from the Swedish star’s highly anticipated new album, Midnight Sun, which is set for release on September 26 via Sommer House / Epic Records. Get “Crush” HERE at all DSPs, and go HERE to pre-order, and pre-add/save Midnight Sun, which is available alongside an exclusive run of merchandise and physical products, including limited edition signed CDs and vinyl variants.
Written by Zara with Helena Gao and producers Margo XS, MNEK and Zhone, “Crush” serves up a masterclass in dancing through the pain while our heroine details the exquisite torture of catching feelings for someone while you’ve already got a good thing at home. Last week, “Crush” was the most added song at Top 40/Pop Radio.
“Crush” follows the album’s transcendent title track, “Midnight Sun,” which has penetrated the culture with virality all summer thanks to the song’s Charlotte Rutherford-directed, Y2K-inspired music video and Zara’s own vocal prowess on the track. With cosigns and memes from everybody from Renee Rapp, Kylie Jenner, PinkPanthress, Ariana Grande and Halle Berry, creations on TikTok around the song have tripled in recent weeks. The press have also rallied around “Midnight Sun.” Rolling Stone called it a “song-of-the-summer contender,” while Pitchfork highlighted it on their own “2025 Song of the Summer” list. In a Q&A, PAPER Magazine dubbed “Midnight Sun” a “shimmering pop anthem soaked in nostalgia,” while GRAMMY.com wrote “the beat drops with such hypnotic force that the track’s climax feels like staring directly into, well, a midnight sun.” Recently, Zara releases a a two-track bundle comprising a remix by Chicago DJ Alex Chapman and a live version that came with a performance video shot in the gorgeous northern Swedish village of Björkliden during an actual midnight summer sun — watch HERE.
Zara kicked off this era with the confident and rowdy “Pretty Ugly” and its gloriously messy music video, also directed by Charlotte Rutherford and choreographed by Zoi Tatopoulos. Fittingly, the music video was just nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for “Best Choreography.” The song and video are both unapologetically unfiltered, just like Midnight Sun, the album. The 10-track set ripples with confidence as 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 is unafraid to show all sides of the 27-year-old: lovestruck, wistful, ambitious, cocky, flippant, and uncertain, often in the same breath.
The pop star recently kicked off a North American arena tour alongside Tate McRae, which is set to hit Boston, MA tonight at the TD Garden. With stops along the way including New York, NY’s Madison Square Garden on September 2 and 3, and Los Angeles, CA’s The Forum on September 26 and 27, Zara has been teasing the new album by performing some of the unreleased music. On October 28, she will kick off a European headlining tour, before hitting the road in February 2026 alongside OneRepublic in Australia and New Zealand. See her global touring itinerary below and visit www.zaralarssonofficial.com for more information.
Get ready for a never ending Midnight Sun, coming September 26.
Zara Larsson 2025-2026 live dates:
August 26 – Boston, MA – TD Garden *
August 27 – Boston, MA – TD Garden *
August 29 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Arena *
August 31 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena *
September 3 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
September 4 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
September 6 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center *
September 9 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena *
September 11 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena *
September 13 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center *
September 14 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center *
September 16 – Austin, TX – Moody Center *
September 18 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center *
September 19 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena *
September 20 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena *
September 24 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center *
September 26 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum *
September 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum *
October 28, 2025 – Munich, Germany – Zenith
October 30, 2025 – Vienna, Austria – Gasometer
October 31, 2025 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
November 2, 2025 – Antwerp, Belgium – Lotto Arena
November 3, 2025 – Paris, France – Salle Pleyel
November 5, 2025 – London, UK – OVO Arena Wembley
November 7, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
November 9, 2025 – Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse
November 11, 2025 – Dusseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Halle
November 12, 2025 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
November 16, 2025 – Riga, Latvia – Xiaomi Arena
November 18, 2025 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena
November 19, 2025 – Malmo, Sweden – Malmö Arena
November 21, 2025 – Oslo, Norway – Unity Arena
November 22, 2025 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Scandinavium
November 26, 2025 – Helsinki, Finland – Ice Hall
November 28, 2025 – Stockholm, Sweden, Avicii Arena
February 4, 2026 – Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena ^
February 6, 2026 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena ^
February 11, 2026 – Gold Coast, Australia – HOTA Outdoor Stage ^
February 12, 2026 – Brisbane, Australia – Riverstage ^
February 13, 2026 – Melbourne, Australia – Sidney Myer Music Bowl ^
February 18, 2026 – Perth, Australia – RAC Arena ^
*Supporting Tate McRae
^Supporting OneRepublic
(Photo credit: Charlotte Rutherford)
About Zara Larsson
On her new 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,” realizing 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.”
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