Final yr, Swedish pop star Zara Larsson went viral on TikTok for her single “Symphony,” a collaboration with British digital group Clear Bandit from 2017. The web discovered consolation in pairing her hovering vocals with colourful dolphin graphics and their darkish confessions. At the moment, she’s returned with a brand new single that may break her current meme-notoriety. It’s known as “Fairly Ugly” and follows the rise of misbehaving pop star manifestos that hit an all time excessive with final yr’s BRAT.
“They inform me to be good, I ought to know my place / Typically a woman don’t wanna be well-behaved,” she sings on the pre-chorus. It results in an edgy cheer session for the refrain with zapping synths and a sassy snapping beat. “Have you ever ever seen a reasonably lady get ugly like this? / Messy like this? / Shedding her shit?” Larsson shouts over a ’90s home beat. The observe was produced by Margo XS and MNEK. It was written by Larsson alongside MNEK, Helena Gao, and Margo Wildman.
The brand new single additionally comes with visible directed by Charlotte Rutherford that’s each fairly in pink with loads of mud. Larsson and buddies dance and cheer round a muddy subject. An enormous speaker wall blasts Larsson onto a subject, the place she and her cheer companions dance, push, and journey over one another with a messy lady ferocity.
Watch the video for “Fairly Ugly” under.
lets get zara larsson out of that khia asylum rn coz this smash laborious pic.twitter.com/qrmLEymy31
— kanishk (@kaxishk) April 25, 2025
