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Overwrought images from a \u201cEuro Summer\u201d usually involve fat bouquets of Italian tomatoes, blue-domed Greek buildings, and country-agnostic bustier dresses in gingham and fruit prints. In Zara Larsson\u2019s world, it\u2019s where \u201990s Malibu Barbie hits up Sweden for summer; where the sun never sets and everything is in Lisa Frank-esque, acidic HD. Midnight Sun<\/em>, Larsson\u2019s fifth studio album, is the soundtrack.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old is already more than a decade into her career, but this is the moment when Larsson is finally coming into view as pop\u2019s main girl. Calling first upon longtime collaborator and friend MNEK (with whom she made one of her first hits, \u201cNever Forget You\u201d), Larsson built a core team that included emerging producer Margo XS and songwriter Helena Gao. On their first day, they made \u201cMidnight Sun\u201d\u2014a high-octane, hypnotic eurodance banger that, upon release, went stratospheric.<\/p>\n Across a thrillingly taut 10 tracks, Larsson revels in the heart-opening, euphoric swoops and strides of the Swedish pop shere that raised her\u2014and pushes beyond it. The album swirls with trance sounds, licks of Brazilian funk, and romps through the New York ballrooms with songs like the vogue-y \u201cHot & Sexy\u201d and cheeky \u201cPuss Puss.\u201d One of the standouts, though, is the reflective, airy, celestial-sounding \u201cSaturn\u2019s Return.\u201d It\u2019s a song about the ever-shifting goalposts and pressures Larsson has set aside. \u201cIt feels so good to know I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing. I know I\u2019m free in my naivety,\u201d she sings. \u201cThe Ambition,\u201d on the other hand, has shades of Charli XCX<\/a>\u2019s Brat<\/em>, as Larsson gets real about her biggest, unabashed dreams.<\/p>\n