Meaning of “Ruin My Life” by Zara Larsson

“Ruin My Life” is a song released in 2018 by the Swedish singer and songwriter named Zara Larsson. In “Ruin My Life”, Larsson finds herself freshly out of a toxic relationship. However, instead of expelling a sigh of relief, she does the opposite. She dearly misses both the bad relationship and her ex-lover. She wants him back even though she knows he is bad for her. She makes her intentions perfectly clear in the following lines from the song’s chorus:

“I want you to ruin my life
You to ruin my life, you to ruin my life, yeah
I want you to f**k up my nights, yeah”

What Larsson says about the lyrics of this tune

According to Larsson, “Ruin My Life” is about someone who has just gotten themselves out of a bad relationship. And despite being fully aware of the toxicity of the relationship, they miss the relationship so much they want to go back into it.

Below is a video of Larsson herself explaining the meaning of this song:

But are the lyrics of  this song based on a real event in Larsson’s personal life?

As it stands, it isn’t clear whether or not it is. Larsson explained into detail the meanings of the lyrics. However, she did not mention whether the lyrics of this track are fiction.

Facts about “Ruin My Life”

• “Ruin My Life” was penned by Larsson and six songwriters. The other songwriters are: Stefan Johnson, Jackson Foote, Jordan Johnson, Sermstyle, Delacey and Michael Pollack.
• The production of “Ruin My Life” was taken care of by the American Grammy award-winning production/songwriting team The Monsters and the Strangerz. Songwriter Jackson Foote is also given production credit on the track.
• On October 18, 2018, this song was formally made available for purchase all over the world. It was released as the lead single from Larsson’s third studio album.
• Before this tune’s October release, Larsson debuted it during a live performance on September 11, 2018 in New York City

Is there a music video for “Ruin My Life”?

Yes, there is. The official music video for this tune was released on October 23, 2018 on YouTube. In the clip’s description, Zara said the video meant so much to her. She also added the following statement: “I’m so excited to finally be able to ruin your life”. We don’t actually know what she meant by that! All the same you can enjoy the video below:

Who sings the backing vocals on “Ruin My Life”?

The background vocals are sung by Delacey (real name Brittany Amaradio). Delacey also co-wrote the track. Delacey also not only co-wrote Halsey’s 2018 song “Without Me” but she also contributed vocals to it.