Zara Larsson on Staying True to Yourself | GREAT MOMENTS
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Hello, everyone. I'm Jamie Lang and this is Great Moments. Guys, welcome back. Welcome back to Great Moments. So nice to see you here or hear you here. Now, okay, to celebrate this year's Brit Awards, which was amazing. It was incredible. I was there. It was just the best. Today's great moment is with the ultimate pop star, Zara Larsson. I don't know if you've seen Zara, but she's going viral on TikTok with her dance. And Zara was one of my first ever guests on Great Company. I just love her. Now, in this great moment, Zara opens up about making music she truly believes in. And she also talks about how Beyonce makes her cry whenever she talks about Beyonce. So get ready for that. Now, if you really enjoy this great moment, you can go and click on the full episode as well.
So make sure you do that if you like this clip.
But here it is, our great moments with Zara Larsson.
When you're recording a song, when you're writing it, when you're finding the lyrics and you're getting whatever you're getting within your song, when you hear one and you're like, this feels good. When you're in that scene, you're like, this is fucking it. This is good. You've had that a few times, right?
Yes, so many times. I'm like, you're not even ready yet.
Whoa, they're ready for me.
They didn't even know I was ready for me. Like, you don't even know. And then I felt that way with Love Me Land, like my first single off Poster Girl. I really felt like... guys like nah are you hearing what I'm hearing are you hearing what I'm hearing I don't think you're ready for this shit this is gonna this is gonna blow every chart like I'm everyone is gonna like what is it how do you know that though how do you know I just felt like it was such a good song and then it didn't do what I wanted it to but you know what is that marketing I truly I don't even know I don't even know maybe it's the stars aligning in the universe I think there's so many things that just has to be right for that moment in time but the thing is i'm so proud of that song and i love the video i love everything about it and uh even just releasing it just felt like a proud moment because you i don't feel like when i release stuff that i feel really happy about that it's you can't lose you really can't lose and i'm just not saying that like i feel like
I feel sad for the people missing out on that song. That's really what I feel.
That is a great way. So you don't, it doesn't create, maybe it does. It doesn't create self doubt. It doesn't make you scared. It just makes you go.
It makes me like, hello, wake up. wake up that's how i feel yeah and then you guys didn't hear it what the fuck it was and then i think if you would have released a great way to twist it but not even twist it because that's a wrong word it's the great way to view it yeah but if you release something that you're not super proud of and you've done that way of i've i've i've released songs that i feel like this is good, but I'm also mostly excited about, like, this might feel like a hit. And then... But I've never really released something that I didn't like. But let's say you do that. I know a lot of artists that have done that and they release something. And, you know, if it's a hit, they love it.
What inspired Zara Larsson's latest hit song?
You know, wow, it was a number one. I love it. It got two billion streams. If it's not a hit and then you stand there with a song that you don't even like, that's like a flop to me emotionally. that's an emotional flop which is the worst type of flop what does that feel like it's the worst kind of flop yeah it's the worst kind of flop what does that feel like I think it would just be like again like why am I doing this who am I doing this for
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:04
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What inspired Zara Larsson's latest hit song?
4:04–4:59
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How does Zara Larsson stay true to herself in the music industry?
4:59–6:55
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What does Zara Larsson believe about the importance of creative authenticity?
6:55–11:20
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How does Zara Larsson handle the pressure of public expectations?
11:20–13:48
Speakers
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