CORRECTION: This article initially stated that MNEK was a rapper, when in fact he is a singer/songwriter and music producer.
For those not already acquainted with Zara Larsson, allow us to bring you up to speed.
She’s already been kicking around in her home country of Sweden for the past few years now, but with the release of her slow-burner single ‘Lush Life’, which is slowly climbing the UK singles chart, she’s about to blow up in a big way internationally.
With fresh-sounding songs and an even fresher attitude, it’s clear that with the right tunes, Zara could very easily grow to be one of the biggest names in the music industry, sitting comfortably along with already-established stars.
But since she’s about to become one of your favourite popstars, we’re guessing you fancy learning a little bit more about her, right? Fair enough, here’s everything you need to know about Zara Larsson, in our easily-digestible 9 Facts In 90 Seconds guide:
That might seem young, but Zara admits she'd have done it sooner if she could, admitting to Idolator: "I was really stressed out... I thought we were waiting way too long."
She says: "I don’t think it works. I think it’s a waste of money.
"Literally when I go to the vocal coach I’m like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?"
Tell that to Adele...
More specifically, as anyone who follows her will know, she speaks matter-of-factly about a range of social issues, from racism and homophobia to gender issues and inequality.
Go Zara!
She told Pop-Buzz: "I was home alone and I remembered having girl friends tell me that boys would say, 'Baby, I can't wear condom my dick is too big.' I just looked at my leg and thought, 'It may be big but not like this!'"
In an interview with Notion last year, she admitted: "people say, ‘Oh you’re so good, and you’re so young!’ It’s like, ‘NO. I’m good. Period!’"
Discussing her homeland, she joked: "Maybe we just have this aura about us of being great musicians, so we kind of believe it ourselves?
"Also, in Sweden when someone says “I’m going to be an artist,” people are like, 'Okay, yeah!' But it feels like in America, peoples say 'No, you need to go to college, you need to do this and that'."
Her dream collaborator, though? Beyoncé. She says: "she is the perfect package of an artist — she can dance, she has charisma, she’s present. It’s so many things in one person that it’s just un-human to me."
This is particularly bold given that Zara has spoken about working with Dr Luke on her upcoming album, the same music producer Kesha is currently trying to break free from, after accusing him of sexual and emotional abuse.
Watch the video for ‘Lush Life’ - taken from Zara’s forthcoming second album, which is currently slated for UK release in 2016 - below.
She previously told Billboard of the new collection: “I work with a lot of people [on the album], that’s why it’s so fun! I’m not like, ‘I just work with this producer and this writer.’ I would say that the majority of the people I work with are Swedish, very unknown producers and writers but so talented.
