Zephrying 1 Year! Zara Larsson Dropped “Midnight Sun”
One year ago, Zara Larsson dropped the soon-to-be mega hit “Midnight Sun.” Since then, the glowing Swedish-pop rush has earned her very first Grammy nomination.
Released on June 13, 2025, “Midnight Sun” arrived with the kind of immediate pop glow that made its future feel written directly into the sky.
The title track was eventually nominated for Best Dance Pop Recording at the 2026 Grammy Awards, marking Zara Larsson’s first career Grammy nomination.
Inspired by the endless light of Swedish summers, the song captures that golden-hour feeling where the road is open, the rooftop is down and nighttime never fully arrives.
One year later, the sun is still up—and Zara’s pop-star horizon has only grown brighter.
Explore Zara Larsson’s official world and keep the summer-pop energy spinning at home.
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How a Dolphin Meme Entered Zara’s Pop Universe
The colorful “Midnight Sun” aesthetic did not emerge from nowhere. Zara openly embraced the viral dolphin meme built around “Symphony,” her Clean Bandit collaboration that found a second internet life through dreamy ocean imagery and wildly contrasting captions.
Rather than distance herself from the meme, Zara pulled its bright digital fantasy into the visual language of the Midnight Sun era.
Animated animals, rainbows, waterfalls, glowing skies and nature pushed into deliberately silly territory all helped shape the album moodboard and the Charlotte Rutherford-directed music video.
The result looked like Swedish folklore, ’90s fantasy artwork and the happiest corner of the internet all decided to throw one very expensive pop party.
She did not merely survive the meme—she invited the dolphins directly into the era.
From Summer Single to First Grammy Nomination
“Midnight Sun” was written with MNEK, Margo XS and Helena Gao, with production that builds from a shimmering introduction into a full-speed dance-pop release.
The song later became the title track of Zara’s fifth studio album, which expanded that endless Swedish-summer idea across a tightly packed collection of euphoric pop, trance textures and emotional dance-floor moments.
Its Grammy nomination placed Zara alongside some of the year’s largest dance-pop releases and officially gave the Swedish singer her first Recording Academy nod.
Zara Larsson Performs “Midnight Sun Extended” at Radio 1’s Big Weekend
Zara Larsson stretches “Midnight Sun” into an arena-ready extended performance as the Radio 1’s Big Weekend crowd sings along in Sunderland.
INYIM Reel: One Year Under the “Midnight Sun”
Celebrate the song’s first anniversary with our INYIM social reel revisiting Zara Larsson’s glowing pop breakthrough.
Here’s to one full year of driving a little faster beneath Zara Larsson’s never-ending “Midnight Sun.”
Sources: Zara Larsson’s official website, the Recording Academy’s official artist and nomination record, Zara’s Vogue interview discussing the “Symphony” meme inspiration, and BBC Radio 1’s “Midnight Sun Extended” performance.
