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Taking advantage of her country\u2019s very late sunsets, the nostalgic track shimmers with synths and offers global listeners a glimpse of how the Swedes summer on the peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The title track of Larsson\u2019s fifth studio album became a hit in multiple countries, exporting the warmth of Sweden\u2019s lingering sun around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Golden Hour<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uvY8fdgezLQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We typically associate midnight with darkness\u2014at night with the revelers, the vampires, and the nightmares. But not here. \u201cMidnight Sun\u201d opens with Larsson and her partner on a road trip. No drugs needed as the singer enjoys Sweden\u2019s long summer hours. Why escape inside a hallucination when the daydream features endless rays of light? &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No nightmares when you can still see the light,<br>Can\u2019t find me, I\u2019m not in the<\/em><em>\u2005city<\/em><em>\u2005tonight.<br>I like your<\/em><em>\u2005playlist, boy, turn it up a<\/em><em>\u2005little louder,<br>Road\u2019s empty, so you drive a little faster.<br>Ain\u2019t taken nothing tonight, but I\u2019m feeling so high<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parts of Sweden experience 24-hour daylight. But even below the Arctic Circle, the sky remains bright until around 10:00 P.M. in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Show my tan lines, low-rise, rooftop down,<br>It\u2019s golden hour all the time<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, Larsson wants to cherish the summer before it ends. She shares the experience with a partner. But reading this can also be interpreted as gratitude for being held by nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It\u2019s the midnight sun-kissed skin under the red sky,<br>Laying on your chest like this.<br>Hold me like the pebbles in your hand, initials in the sand, yeah,<br>Summer isn\u2019t over yet.<br>Skinny-dipping with your heart out, it\u2019s my favorite part now,<br>We ain\u2019t gotta tell no one,<br>A never-ending midnight sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By the Moon and the Stars<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, \u201cMidnight Sun\u201d celebrates being alive. Larsson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.papermag.com\/zara-larson-midnight-sun#rebelltitem1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> <em>Paper<\/em>, \u201cIt sounds like a love song but really it\u2019s a song for the love of life. 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