Zara Larsson is already thinking bigger than a follow-up single. In a new TikTok video that quickly caught fan attention, the Swedish pop star openly pitched the idea of a full collaborative album with Tyla, signaling that one of 2026’s most promising pop pairings may only be getting started.
“I love Tyla!” Larsson said in the clip. “I feel like she’s so authentically swaggy and very aligned with herself. She’s so what pop needs. Hey, Tyla, if you want to do a 21-Drake where we just do a collab — a fully joint album… I’m ready!”
The reference to Drake and 21 Savage’s blockbuster Her Loss was immediate shorthand: not just another feature, but an entire era built around two distinct artists merging styles. Coming from Larsson, the statement feels especially strategic given how quickly her chemistry with Tyla has evolved from one-off collaboration into something that increasingly resembles a larger creative alliance.
Their first official pairing, “She Did It Again,” arrived April 17 as the lead single from Tyla’s upcoming sophomore album A-Pop and immediately positioned both artists in fresh sonic territory. Built around glossy Y2K R&B-pop, the track fused Tyla’s amapiano and Afrobeats instincts with Larsson’s sleek pop precision, resulting in a crossover that felt commercially calculated without losing either artist’s identity. The song debuted at No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the highest-charting debut of either artist’s career at the time, while opening with 2.42 million Spotify streams globally on day one.
That momentum didn’t stop there. Larsson and Tyla reunited again on “Hot & Sexy,” one of the standout collaborations from Midnight Sun: Girls Trip, Zara’s newly expanded deluxe project.
Notably, both artists operate under the broader Sony/Epic ecosystem, which can make expanded collaborations more logistically viable than typical cross-label partnerships. Their friendship has also become increasingly public, from Tyla presenting Larsson with the Breakthrough Award at Billboard Women in Music 2026 to both artists repeatedly praising each other’s instincts.
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