Best songs to wake up to Zara Larsson
Top 10 Zara Larsson tracks most likely to actually get you out of bed, ranked by a blend of Spotify popularity, tempo, and energy. Every song here works as your iPhone alarm with Alarmify.
Our top 3 picks
Can't Tame Her
Words (feat. Zara Larsson)
Stateside + Zara Larsson
Sound profile
The Zara Larsson wake-up profile is consistent: fast pace (136 BPM), high attack, even-keeled mood register.
Audio range
- Tempo
- 98–182 BPM avg 136
- Energy
- 59–91% avg 72%
- Mood (valence)
- 28–85% avg 52%
About Zara Larsson
Zara Larsson is a Swedish pop singer whose catalog sits squarely in the European dance-pop tradition: bright synth pads, four-on-the-floor kicks, and a strong upper register that punches through the mix without strain. The wake-up slice averages 136 BPM with high attack, which is faster than most of the artists in this rotation and lands closer to a workout warm-up tempo than a slow ease-in. Lush Life and Symphony with Clean Bandit are the clearest reference points for the sound, and Venus kept the tempo lane consistent. A practical fit if you've already accepted that the alarm is going to be the loudest thing in the room and you want it to do the wake-up work fast.
Full ranking
Ordered by Spotify popularity, filtered for energy over 50%.
Stateside + Zara Larsson
Lush Life
Midnight Sun
Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)
Never Forget You
Ruin My Life
Ain't My Fault
Words (feat. Zara Larsson)
Midnight Sun - Super Loud
Can't Tame Her
Why these Zara Larsson songs work as alarms
Not every hit track is a good wake-up track. A slow ballad hiding in someone's top 10 can sabotage a morning, and a song that starts with 12 seconds of silence defeats the whole point. So this list is filtered. We start from Zara Larsson's top tracks on Spotify, drop anything with energy below a reasonable wake-up threshold, then rank by how popular they are with listeners. Ten tracks guaranteed to actually pull you out of bed without making the morning feel like punishment.
Tempo matters more than people think. Research on sleep inertia points to music between 100 to 130 BPM as the sweet spot for shaking off grogginess without shocking your system. Slower than 90 BPM and you're still half-asleep at minute two. Faster than 150 and it's aggressive before coffee. This artist's average is 136 BPM, which sits on the high-energy side of the range.
How to actually use this
Pick a track that matches how you want to feel at 7 AM. If you hate mornings, start with something mid-energy like Words (feat. Zara Larsson) and pair it with Alarmify's gradual volume ramp so it fades in over 90 seconds instead of hitting at full blast. If you need an aggressive start, set Can't Tame Her and skip the ramp. Either way, the song plays from Spotify in the background, the alarm still fires through Do Not Disturb, and you're not relying on the iOS Clock app to do something it literally can't do.
Alarmify+ vs free
On the free plan you get 30-second clips of any of these songs as your alarm, unlimited alarms, and the iOS 26 AlarmKit integration. On Alarmify+ ($49.99/year, week free trial) you get the full track playing until you dismiss, Smart Wake with a 30-minute window so it catches you during light sleep, the sleep-cycle calculator, and the gradual fade-in. Both plans need a Spotify Premium or Apple Music subscription if you want the full song instead of clips.
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