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Zara Larsson Talks Macklemore Speaking Out, Her Workout Routine & Viral Concert Moments | Billboard News Interview

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Zara Larsson addresses Macklemore speaking out and being an artist her fans can trust, shares what the secret to her workout routine is, fan moments at her concerts going viral on social media, how she wants her song “Blue Moon” to have its moment, how she’s still learning about the music business at this point in her career and more.

Zara Larsson
It is so powerful to see how everyone can come together and make a difference. I just have this amazing like event being put up for me that I don’t think I would have if I if I didn’t have the success of of this year.

Tetris Kelly
Hanging out with Miss Zara, it has been such an honor to just like watch you continue to glow up. So, how is it to celebrate it with fans tonight in person with Apple and Chase?

Zara Larsson
It’s so fun. I’m really excited for this performance, but like in specifically, like this in specifically, in particularly, specifically,

Tetris Kelly 00:37
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Zara Larsson
This performance because it’s so musical, and I have this amazing band, and we do these new like takes on the songs that the fans have heard a million times, and I’m really happy that I can bring something new and fresh.

Tetris Kelly
Yeah, talk about how you continue to bring the new and fresh. Yes, because like these viral moments at the festival,

Zara Larsson
So that video with all the people of like the drone shop,

Tetris Kelly
At Lollapalooza, I actually teared up when the guy came on stage. That moment was just like wow. And then in Belgium, when they lift everybody up in the air,

Zara Larsson
It’s amazing, and it’s just something that can’t be planned, and it’s something that the fans bring. It’s really something that I can do from stage by myself, and I feel like that’s what’s so beautiful is that I feel like the people who are watching in the crowd and the audience they are truly a part of the show. Like that’s what it means to to watch something live and to be a part of an experience. And I really want people wherever they are, like in whatever festival or country, to to have that experience and to be together to create special memories. Because I really do feel like every show is different and every audience brings something different, and it’s something that I can’t plan. Because you never know when it’s going to be, and and who knows what’s going to happen tonight.

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