Interview: Zara Larsson, Star Of Clinique's New #PlayWithPop Campaign

Z: Mm mm mm! It started when she left Destiny's Child. And not because I didn't like Destiny's Child. Just because I actually didn't know about them. I feel like I was born a bit too late. I wish I was born early '90s so I could have experienced, like, TLC, Spice Girls, Destiny's Child—all the good girl bands. I feel like it's finally coming back. I see a lot more girl bands. And I like that. 

But Beyoncé was throwback to when you bought records. I think Mom came home with a Beyoncé record, and I was like, "OH MY GOSH!!" And then I discovered Destiny's Child after that, and I just kept on buying her CDs. And I think it was definitely the voice, or her songs. And she looked beauuutiful on the cover. And back then, it wasn't, like, Instagram or anything. You couldn't. Like, I remember I had posters. I have SO many posters of her. That was the thing you could buy. The only way you could see her was if you bought a poster. So that's what I did. And I went to every concert she had in Sweden. And what I like about her is basically everything. Her music. The way she is. She's very....To me, she's almost like an alien; she's not really human. When you look at her on stage, it's like, "How can you do that?! I don't get it." But, also, as a person, she seems very caring, very sweet, humble, hard-working. She knows what she wants. 

You know what? I would just like to be like her....[She's] a very good role model.

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