zara larsson curses troll over Wikipedia picture while expanding Australasian tour
Swedish pop star Zara Larsson found herself battling two very different kinds of headlines this week: a social-media spat over her Wikipedia profile picture and a major upgrade to her Australasian tour that adds arena dates and a first-ever New Zealand stop. The pair of stories underscore how an artist’s public life can swing from playful online chaos to concrete business momentum in the space of days.
Larsson vents as fans keep changing her Wikipedia photo
In a candid clip posted recently, Larsson called out whoever has been repeatedly swapping the headshot on her Wikipedia page. “Whoever the f*** is changing this f***ing Wikipedia picture to this picture, stop! Stop doing it, ” she said, visibly exasperated. The video captures Larsson and a friend scrolling through images and hunting for a more flattering replacement, with the singer vowing she will not give up trying to restore an image she prefers.
While the exchange was delivered with a dose of profanity and blunt humour, it quickly became a small viral moment. Some followers reacted with amusement, treating the plea as a challenge and escalating the edit war by rotating in older photos. Others sympathized with her frustration, noting how open-edit platforms can be unexpectedly combative for public figures. Larsson’s insistence that she will keep swapping the picture has only fuelled the back-and-forth, turning a mundane maintenance task into a lighthearted online standoff.
Midnight Sun tour expands: arena upgrades and New Zealand debut
At the same time Larsson is fending off profile-picture pranksters, her live career is on a clear upswing. On Feb. 16, 2026 ET her promoter confirmed that several Australian shows on the upcoming Midnight Sun tour will be upgraded to larger arenas due to overwhelming demand. Dates in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney have moved to bigger venues while retaining their original calendar slots in October.
The expanded routing also includes Larsson’s first-ever show in New Zealand, with a newly added date in Auckland on Oct. 25, 2026. Tickets for the new Auckland date and the upgraded Australian arena shows will go on sale on Feb. 18, 2026 at 1: 00 p. m. ET. Early listings for the tour note rapid sell-outs in multiple markets and multiple added dates where interest surged, making the recent venue changes a predictable next step for a global act in growth mode.
What both stories reveal about modern pop stardom
Taken together, the Wikipedia kerfuffle and the venue upgrades show two sides of life as a contemporary pop star. On one hand, fan engagement and internet humour can create unpredictable moments that become headlines overnight. On the other, metrics like ticket demand and venue changes are hard evidence of commercial momentum and audience reach.
For Larsson, the escalation on the editing front appears to be a minor, if noisy, distraction she’s willing to keep fighting over; for her team, the expanded Australasian itinerary is a strategic win that signals larger venues and a growing international footprint. Both threads are likely to follow the singer into the next few weeks: the online edit battle may cool or escalate depending on fan appetite, while ticketing and logistics for the October dates will take priority as sales proceed.
Either way, Larsson’s week demonstrates how quickly the narrative around a pop artist can oscillate—from meme-ready moments to major career milestones—often within the same news cycle.
