Zara Larsson Covers i-D Magazine 2026 and Reflects on Fame, Freedom, and Growth

Zara Larsson graces the i-D Magazine cover, opening up about online criticism, creative freedom, and the next era of Midnight Sun.

Zara Larsson is stepping into 2026 with clarity, confidence, and a sense of ownership that feels earned. The Swedish pop star graces the latest cover of i-D Magazine, captured in a luminous close-up that feels intimate rather than styled to impress. Soft light hits her bare skin, her blonde hair loose and wind-touched, with subtle shimmer across her cheeks that reads more human than high-gloss. The cover line, Midnight Sun, Diva Rising, fits naturally. This is Zara in her own season.

For the shoot, Larsson wears a sheer, pastel-toned top that catches light without overpowering the frame. The styling stays minimal on purpose, letting her expression do the work. It’s calm, direct, and grounded, a sharp contrast to the noise she talks about inside the magazine.

In her interview, Zara speaks openly about reading online comments, even the harsh ones. Being called a flop, sometimes dozens of times a day, still lands, she admits, because she’s a person before she’s a pop star. Yet there’s no bitterness in how she says it. If anything, there’s curiosity. She wants to understand how her work lands, why people react the way they do, and how to keep moving without losing herself.

That sense of control runs through the conversation. Since buying back her masters in 2022 and launching her own production company, Sommer House, Larsson says the pressure has shifted. She’s still ambitious, still critical of her work, but no longer weighed down by expectations that aren’t hers. She’s currently working on the deluxe edition of Midnight Sun, rumored for a March release, with several collaborations in motion, even if asking for features still makes her uncomfortable.

From a child star who won Sweden’s Got Talent at ten to a Grammy-nominated artist steering her own career, this chapter feels quieter but stronger. The i-D cover doesn’t try to sell a reinvention. It simply documents a moment where Zara Larsson looks comfortable standing exactly where she is.