As Zara Larsson prepares for the release of
Poster Girl, her first album in four years, she's writing herself into the canon of great pop performers. Having studied the influence and confidence behind the craft of the women whose photos adorned her bedroom while growing up in the pop music headquarters of Stockholm, Sweden — Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, Rihanna — the 23-year-old singer is positioning herself to be her own pop idol.
"I was just covering the walls with them, looking up to these people," Larsson recalls over Zoom. "Now, I might not have myself on the walls, but I'm looking up to myself and seeing who that is."