“Let her like what she likes”: Fans react to Zara Larsson choosing Beyoncé as her idol as she blind ranks pop stars

Swedish singer Zara Larsson recently caught up with Billboard on September 23 for an interview, where she was asked to blind rank pop icons. She was asked to choose between Whitney Houston and Madonna, and she chose Whitney. Next, she had to pick between Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson, and she chose Whitney again.

The third choice was between Whitney and Mariah Carey, and she chose the former. After a few more choices from which she chose Whitney repeatedly, she was asked to pick either Whitney or Beyoncé, and she chose the latter, saying:

“Let’s wrap it up.”

She said she loved all the women, as all inspired her. Zara Larsson said Beyoncé excelled in whatever she did with her music. Meanwhile, social media users reacted to her thoughts about the Crazy in Love singer.

An X user commented:

“Yall acting like this hurts the women on the list oh my god let her like what she likes.”

Another user jokingly wrote:

“She knows who her mother is. Beydaughter.”

A third user opined:

“Choosing Beyoncé over Whitney is actually insane.”

Meanwhile, a netizen shared how Zara Larsson became a Beyoncé fan, writing:

“Not a single person who ever watched a Zara interview is surprised. Zara's first record she ever bought was a Whitney album and she sang a Whitney song when she won sweden got talent. As soon as Zara found Beyonce she was obsessed and that was that.”

An online commentator jokingly mentioned:

“She has understood the assignment.”

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When did Zara Larsson meet Beyoncé?

In a 2023 interview with Billboard, Zara Larsson shared her experience of meeting Beyoncé. They played a game in which a prompt was given to her, and she had to fill it in. One of the prompts was about when she became the most starstruck. The singer said:

“When I met Beyonce.”

She said it was May 29, 2013, and she dropped an email because she wanted to meet Beyoncé. Larsson added:

“I had someone like take me backstage after the show and I met her and she was they tell you to never meet your Idols right but I'm so happy I did because if I wasn't like a huge fan then I would have been after meeting her she was so nice.”

The first one was what she was a fan of, and Zara Larsson said she liked Korean spas and could live there if they allowed her. Larsson said she liked the scrubs while adding that one could hang out there for a week. The next prompt was about who she would like to work with, and she replied, the Swedish House Mafia. She said:

“That would be amazing and I've worked with so many great DJs and I feel like a big part of like who I am musically and like some of my fans they know me through dance music so I feel like it would make total sense actually.”

Answering the next prompt, Zara Larsson said that if she could cross over to any genre, it would likely be R&B, as there are nice harmonies.