{"id":2007522,"date":"2026-06-23T14:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2007522"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:09:39","slug":"opener-2026-is-a-pop-stans-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2007522","title":{"rendered":"Open\u2019er 2026 is a pop stan\u2019s paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OPENER_2024_ROZA_SMOLKA_SCENA_DSC1881.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Features<\/span><span>Music Features<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Open\u2019er 2026 is a pop stan\u2019s paradise<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Some of summer\u2019s biggest charttoppers are heading down to the Polish weekender<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> NME<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-23T15:09:39+01:00\">23rd June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OPENER_2024_ROZA_SMOLKA_SCENA_DSC1881-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Open&apos;er Festival 2024\" title=\"OPENER_2024_ROZA_SMOLKA_SCENA_DSC1881\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Open&#8217;er Festival 2024. CREDIT: Roza Smolka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><em>In partnership with Open\u2019er Festival<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Taking place on the northern Baltic coast of Poland, Open\u2019er is a heavyweight of the European festival calendar \u2013 boasting world-class line-ups and diverse cultural offerings spanning theatre, music, fashion and more. This year\u2019s edition \u2013 which takes place July 1-4 \u2013 features headline sets from Florence + The Machine, The xx, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, The Cure and Calvin Harris. The four-day event is also absolutely stacked with the most vibrant and exciting pop music around.<\/p>\n<p>Before the action kicks off at Gdynia-Kosakowo Airfield next month, we\u2019ve put together this banger-stuffed playlist of tunes you can hear live at the festival \u2013 it proves pop stans can\u2019t afford to miss out.<\/p>\n<h2>JENNIE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Orange Main Stage, Wednesday July 1, 20:00<\/p>\n<p>BLACKPINK were the first K-pop group to headline Coachella and a major British festival (with BST Hyde Park 2023) so longtime member JENNIE has experience with putting on a summer spectacular. Her excellent 2025 solo debut \u2018Ruby\u2019 proved she was more than capable of doing it by herself too, with a collection of pop, hip-hop and R&amp;B-inspired anthems displaying a playful confidence. \u201cShe asserts herself not just as a global star, but as a fully realised artist,\u201d we wrote in a four-star review of the record. What better place to see that come to life than Open\u2019er?<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JENNIE - like JENNIE (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JSFG-IE8n_c?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>Addison Rae<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Orange Main Stage, Saturday July 4, 18:15<\/p>\n<p>Addison Rae is the hottest pop star around. After becoming one of the most-followed creators on TikTok, she launched a music career that\u2019s proved just as popular. She announced herself in 2024 with a fiery Charli XCX collab (\u2018Von Dutch (Remix)\u2019), and followed that up with first proper single \u2018Diet Pepsi\u2019 five months later \u2013 also a smash. Last year, Rae went out on a critically acclaimed first headline tour \u2013 so expect her Open\u2019er set to be professional and well-rehearsed in the best way possible.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TkwZ2uQu2hE?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>Halsey<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Orange Main Stage, Thursday July 2, 19:00<\/p>\n<p>Halsey has comfortably straddled the worlds of pop and alternative music over the years. Tracks such as \u2018Closer\u2019 and \u2018Without Me\u2019 are undeniable radio-friendly bangers, but they also teamed up with post-punk icons Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from Nine Inch Nails\u2019 for their 2021 album \u2018If I Can\u2019t Have Love, I Want Power\u2019. It\u2019s that blistering, industrial record that lays the foundations for Halsey\u2019s current \u2018The Girl In The Tower\u2019 festival run, defiant and empowering in its furious rage.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Halsey - You should be sad\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8nBFqZppIF0?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>Ethel Cain<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Tent Stage, Friday July 3, 23:30<\/p>\n<p>Ethel Cain has always done things a little differently. Her achingly gorgeous debut album \u2018Preacher\u2019s Daughter\u2019 connected with millions but rather than continue down that path, she released the experimental \u2018Perverts\u2019 on which she replaced her usual brand of country-pop and had a go at intense drone music instead. Latest album \u2018Willoughby Tucker, I\u2019ll Always Love You\u2019 was a return to devastating form with songs about heartbreak, longing and regret set to shoegaze and Americana sounds.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ethel Cain - Dust Bowl (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/baeonbc4rF4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>HorsegiirL<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Alter Stage, Saturday July 4, 2:00<\/p>\n<p>We guarantee you won\u2019t see another musician like this masked German DJ (AKA Stella Stallion) this summer. HorsegiirL spent their early years playing hallowed techno spaces such as Berghain, H\u00d6R and Detroit\u2019s Movement Festival but their ace debut album \u2018Nature Is Healing\u2019 has brought them confidently into the mainstream. Full of fierce, funny anthems that pull from house, tropical pop and happy hardcore, it\u2019s going to go off at Open\u2019er.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"horsegiirL - only the best (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QuhYuK-g3lM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>JADE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Tent Stage, Saturday July 4, 21:15<\/p>\n<p>JADE adores pop music and after a decade in one of the biggest girl bands to ever come out of the UK, the ex-Little Mix star\u2019s debut solo album \u2018That\u2019s Showbiz Baby!\u2019 allowed her to flex her songwriting muscles a little more in her own style. As a student of the greats though, she knows you can\u2019t just copy what\u2019s come before so tracks such as \u2018Angel Of My Dreams\u2019 and \u2018FUFN\u2019 are progressive and full of personality while her live shows also pull influences from Motown and the drag community. Come see a master at work.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JADE - Plastic Box (Live At London Roundhouse)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ELsJ94s4MY?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>PinkPantheress<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Tent Stage, Saturday July 4, 23:30<\/p>\n<p>PinkPantheress started off making tracks in her bedroom but quickly developed into a bonafide popstar. That\u2019s just as well because \u2018Boy\u2019s A Liar Pt.2\u2019, \u2018Pain\u2019 and \u2018Illegal\u2019 have all become absolutely massive hits while a remix of \u2018Stateside\u2019 featuring Zara Larsson is a worthy nominee for Song Of The Summer 2026. There\u2019s a reason she was named Producer Of The Year at this year\u2019s BRIT Awards, becoming the first woman to ever win the trophy.<\/p>\n<h2>Rene\u00e9 Rapp<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Tent Stage, Thursday July 2, 22:30<\/p>\n<p>Actor-turned-musician Rene\u00e9 Rapp has had plenty of experience putting herself in someone else\u2019s headspace, which is perhaps why her music is so brutally intimate. \u2018Snow Angel\u2019, her 2023 debut, tackles anxiety, pain and vengeance while she described its 2025 follow-up \u2018Bite Me\u2019 as \u201cdeeply personal and emotionally messy in the best way [possible]\u201d. Rapp\u2019s never shied away from the fun or theatrics of being a proper popstar though, so expect a giddy, cathartic show\u00a0 \u2013 but maybe pack some tissues.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rene\u00e9 Rapp - I Think I Like You Better When You\u2019re Gone (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UrKffSWHr8g?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>Zara Larsson<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Orange Main Stage, Wednesday July 1, 20:00<\/p>\n<p>On her 2025 album \u2018Midnight Sun\u2019, Zara Larsson stopped caring about chart success and focused on the music she loved making instead. The result was a euphoric, wonderfully over-the-top collection of bangers that have turned her from your-pop-star\u2019s-favourite-pop-star to one of the biggest artists around. Tracks such as \u2018Pretty Ugly\u2019, \u2018Eurosummer\u2019 and \u2018Girl\u2019s Girl\u2019 were written for sunny festival stages while her tightly-choreographed live show is a celebration of all things pop. Get ready for \u2018Midnight Sun Summer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>Open\u2019er Festival 2026 takes place July 1-4. 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This year\u2019s edition \u2013 which takes place July 1-4 \u2013 features headline sets from Florence + The Machine, The xx, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, The Cure and Calvin Harris. The four-day event is also absolutely stacked with the most vibrant and exciting pop music around.<\/p>\n<p>Before the action kicks off at Gdynia-Kosakowo Airfield next month, we\u2019ve put together this banger-stuffed playlist of tunes you can hear live at the festival \u2013 it proves pop stans can\u2019t afford to miss out.<\/p>\n<h2>JENNIE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Orange Main Stage, Wednesday July 1, 20:00<\/p>\n<p>BLACKPINK were the first K-pop group to headline Coachella and a major British festival (with BST Hyde Park 2023) so longtime member JENNIE has experience with putting on a summer spectacular. Her excellent 2025 solo debut \u2018Ruby\u2019 proved she was more than capable of doing it by herself too, with a collection of pop, hip-hop and R&amp;B-inspired anthems displaying a playful confidence. \u201cShe asserts herself not just as a global star, but as a fully realised artist,\u201d we wrote in a four-star review of the record. What better place to see that come to life than Open\u2019er?<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JENNIE - like JENNIE (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JSFG-IE8n_c?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>Addison Rae<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Orange Main Stage, Saturday July 4, 18:15<\/p>\n<p>Addison Rae is the hottest pop star around. After becoming one of the most-followed creators on TikTok, she launched a music career that\u2019s proved just as popular. She announced herself in 2024 with a fiery Charli XCX collab (\u2018Von Dutch (Remix)\u2019), and followed that up with first proper single \u2018Diet Pepsi\u2019 five months later \u2013 also a smash. Last year, Rae went out on a critically acclaimed first headline tour \u2013 so expect her Open\u2019er set to be professional and well-rehearsed in the best way possible.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TkwZ2uQu2hE?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>Halsey<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Orange Main Stage, Thursday July 2, 19:00<\/p>\n<p>Halsey has comfortably straddled the worlds of pop and alternative music over the years. Tracks such as \u2018Closer\u2019 and \u2018Without Me\u2019 are undeniable radio-friendly bangers, but they also teamed up with post-punk icons Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from Nine Inch Nails\u2019 for their 2021 album \u2018If I Can\u2019t Have Love, I Want Power\u2019. It\u2019s that blistering, industrial record that lays the foundations for Halsey\u2019s current \u2018The Girl In The Tower\u2019 festival run, defiant and empowering in its furious rage.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Halsey - You should be sad\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8nBFqZppIF0?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>Ethel Cain<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Tent Stage, Friday July 3, 23:30<\/p>\n<p>Ethel Cain has always done things a little differently. Her achingly gorgeous debut album \u2018Preacher\u2019s Daughter\u2019 connected with millions but rather than continue down that path, she released the experimental \u2018Perverts\u2019 on which she replaced her usual brand of country-pop and had a go at intense drone music instead. Latest album \u2018Willoughby Tucker, I\u2019ll Always Love You\u2019 was a return to devastating form with songs about heartbreak, longing and regret set to shoegaze and Americana sounds.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ethel Cain - Dust Bowl (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/baeonbc4rF4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>HorsegiirL<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Alter Stage, Saturday July 4, 2:00<\/p>\n<p>We guarantee you won\u2019t see another musician like this masked German DJ (AKA Stella Stallion) this summer. HorsegiirL spent their early years playing hallowed techno spaces such as Berghain, H\u00d6R and Detroit\u2019s Movement Festival but their ace debut album \u2018Nature Is Healing\u2019 has brought them confidently into the mainstream. Full of fierce, funny anthems that pull from house, tropical pop and happy hardcore, it\u2019s going to go off at Open\u2019er.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"horsegiirL - only the best (Official Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QuhYuK-g3lM?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>JADE<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Tent Stage, Saturday July 4, 21:15<\/p>\n<p>JADE adores pop music and after a decade in one of the biggest girl bands to ever come out of the UK, the ex-Little Mix star\u2019s debut solo album \u2018That\u2019s Showbiz Baby!\u2019 allowed her to flex her songwriting muscles a little more in her own style. As a student of the greats though, she knows you can\u2019t just copy what\u2019s come before so tracks such as \u2018Angel Of My Dreams\u2019 and \u2018FUFN\u2019 are progressive and full of personality while her live shows also pull influences from Motown and the drag community. Come see a master at work.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JADE - Plastic Box (Live At London Roundhouse)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ELsJ94s4MY?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>PinkPantheress<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Tent Stage, Saturday July 4, 23:30<\/p>\n<p>PinkPantheress started off making tracks in her bedroom but quickly developed into a bonafide popstar. That\u2019s just as well because \u2018Boy\u2019s A Liar Pt.2\u2019, \u2018Pain\u2019 and \u2018Illegal\u2019 have all become absolutely massive hits while a remix of \u2018Stateside\u2019 featuring Zara Larsson is a worthy nominee for Song Of The Summer 2026. There\u2019s a reason she was named Producer Of The Year at this year\u2019s BRIT Awards, becoming the first woman to ever win the trophy.<\/p>\n<h2>Rene\u00e9 Rapp<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Tent Stage, Thursday July 2, 22:30<\/p>\n<p>Actor-turned-musician Rene\u00e9 Rapp has had plenty of experience putting herself in someone else\u2019s headspace, which is perhaps why her music is so brutally intimate. \u2018Snow Angel\u2019, her 2023 debut, tackles anxiety, pain and vengeance while she described its 2025 follow-up \u2018Bite Me\u2019 as \u201cdeeply personal and emotionally messy in the best way [possible]\u201d. Rapp\u2019s never shied away from the fun or theatrics of being a proper popstar though, so expect a giddy, cathartic show\u00a0 \u2013 but maybe pack some tissues.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rene\u00e9 Rapp - I Think I Like You Better When You\u2019re Gone (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UrKffSWHr8g?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2>Zara Larsson<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where to see them<\/strong>: Orange Main Stage, Wednesday July 1, 20:00<\/p>\n<p>On her 2025 album \u2018Midnight Sun\u2019, Zara Larsson stopped caring about chart success and focused on the music she loved making instead. The result was a euphoric, wonderfully over-the-top collection of bangers that have turned her from your-pop-star\u2019s-favourite-pop-star to one of the biggest artists around. Tracks such as \u2018Pretty Ugly\u2019, \u2018Eurosummer\u2019 and \u2018Girl\u2019s Girl\u2019 were written for sunny festival stages while her tightly-choreographed live show is a celebration of all things pop. Get ready for \u2018Midnight Sun Summer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>Open\u2019er Festival 2026 takes place July 1-4. Get tickets here<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/opener-2026-pop-paradise-zara-larsson-jennie-addison-rae-3952717&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OPENER_2024_ROZA_SMOLKA_SCENA_DSC1881.jpg&#8221;] FeaturesMusic Features Open\u2019er 2026 is a pop stan\u2019s paradise Some of summer\u2019s biggest charttoppers are heading down to the Polish weekender By NME 23rd June 2026 Open&#8217;er Festival 2024. 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