Concert: Zara Larsson

Author: svenluijten

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+title: "Zara Larsson: Midnight Sun tour"
+date: 2025-11-12
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+location: Amsterdam
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+When you would have asked me about Zara Larsson 3 months ago, the name would have rung a bell, but I couldn't have named
+you a single song from her. But I certainly recognized some of her songs! I didn't realize how big she was (and how good
+her music was!) until I started diving in in preparation for this show.
+
+So when my girlfriend asked if I wanted to come with her to this show, I was pretty excited! Not only because I got to
+share my love for live music with her, but also because Zara Larsson is apparently _really_ good live. And sure enough:
+she is!
+
+The opening act was Omar Rudberg, and he was a pretty fun warm-up act. The Venezuelan-born, Swedish-raised singer (whose
+birthday it was, by the way!) owned the stage as if he was the main act, and got the crowd very excited for Zara's
+performance. He did drop the mic midway through his set which, honestly, was kind of endearing. He picked it up and
+continued without missing another beat.
+
+Zara's most recent album is very summer-coated, so despite the dropping temperatures here in The Netherlands midway
+through November, we had our own little summer party. Followed by some deep cuts and her most popular songs out of her
+back catalogue, she closed the show by bringing two audience members on stage to dance with her and be witness to the
+closing track up close. All in all a great performance, and I was pleasantly surprised with how great she sounded live!
+
+![Zara Larsson's silhouette. She's backlit by a pink moon](/assets/images/concerts/zara-larsson-1.jpg)
+
+![Zara Larsson photographed from the back. She's siging into the mic she's holding with her right hand, and several audience members can be seen looking at her](/assets/images/concerts/zara-larsson-2.jpg)
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+I really enjoyed _Pretty Ugly_ during which several audience members were shown without a filter ("pretty"), and with an
+"ugly" filter on the big screen, her intimate rendition of _Uncover_, and the poppy _Crush_.