The pop phenom knows that anything that feels like a breakthrough could be a blip — but this one might truly stick “I’m never satisfied ’cause I want number one. Doesn’t everyone?” Zara Larsson sings on “The Ambition,” a deep-cut on her fifth album, 2025’s Midnight Sun , that captures her hunger for pop success. Through a distorted vocal effect, she confesses, “I want it so much.”  For Larsson, achieving what she’s always wanted isn’t necessarily cause for celebration. It’s what was always meant to happen. Pop stardom is a rapidly moving target, but she’s been training for a chance to dominate pop. Larsson has witnessed first-hand the many transformations the genre has undergone over the past decade. She understands what it means to be a star, what it takes to become one, and that the status doesn’t always last. At 28, the Swedish singer knows that anything that feels like a breakthrough might actually be a blip.…