You know, when Midnight Sun, Zara Larsson's fine album from 2025, was released, I listened to it soon after its initial release - early October. I liked the album quite a bit. I stopped short of calling it "great" but I enjoyed it, and said I'd come back to it.
And then I moved on. And I got a bit sick of hearing "Midnight Sun".
But "Stateside" gave me a good reason to give Zara Larsson a second chance. And it's a good thing. Her second biggest hit was a single from 2015 that peaked very high in Europe, including spending time at #1 in her native Sweden, and in the 70s... uh, stateside. And, she released this video in her native Sweden and Europe.
She made a total of three videos for this song in 2015, including this one for the United States.
And because it was a big hit song, she kept performing it live, like she did here for Swedish television.
And she kept performing it..... like this performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago in 2017.
Important to note that she really won the crowd over with her performance
And she kept performing it.... like this performance at Lollapalooza in Brazil in 2018.
It had been a huge selling single in Brazil already, so no surprise that the crowd loved it.
And she kept performing it.... like this performance in the UK in 2023.
It had already been a #3 single back in the 2015-2016 timeframe, and among her biggest hits there, by the way.
And she kept performing it on the Midnight Sun tour in 2025.... and then she played a show in Amsterdam.
On this tour, it had become tradition to bring a fan onstage to dance the somewhat TikTok popular dance at her shows. On this night, she chose a 16-year-old girl named Julia Coster.
Let's just say that Julia knew the dance.
Julia understood the assignment.
That viral moment got a LOT of attention, including US television coverage, and it gave the song a second win worldwide, including a rise to #36 #35 on the US charts - and still rising!!!!
And now, these fan interactions have become Zara's signature.
And now I'm adding So Good to my list.
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