Zara Larsson tells The Guardian she doesn’t want to play “the chart game”: “No one’s looking at the charts but industry people and maybe Taylor Swift fans.”
Zara Larsson tells The Guardian she doesn’t want to play “the chart game”: “No one’s looking at the charts but industry people and maybe Taylor Swift fans.”
Eagerly waiting w popcorn to see what responses might come in 👀
neoncolour on
I think the chart discussions have devolved into internet Stan rot. We’re listening to early Gaga and Britney music completely oblivious and ignorant of their chart metrics, because the music is still good and made a mark on the culture. Chart positions are supposed to be a descriptive metric, not a prescriptive one.
Carolina_Blues on
Then why was she screaming and crying on TikTok last week about her song going number 1 only to turn around and play the nonchalant act?
Edited to add: also she released like 7 versions of midnight sun, which again is fine, but obviously you also care girl
Media-consumer101 on
Love this attitude. I’m a big Swiftie but chart obsession is really strange in big fandoms. Because it really doesn’t matter once you’re an established artist.
The only time charts are somewhat helpful is when it’s a smaller or lesser known artist, who is getting exposure to a new audience through charting somewhere in the top 50 or top 10 or anything like that.
Artists should be allowed to focus on making the art they want to make without worrying about what would appeal to the most people. That just gets you boring music (and industry people shouldn’t be encouraging that!!).
mrgnfnn on
Zara get behind me!
nothingeverhappens91 on
She’s right. Google the billboard top 40. On any given week seven out of the top ten are straight up doggy do do. Do you really want to model your career after Alex Warren, Morgan Wallen, & Sombr?
No-Figure-8279 on
Correction people on stan twitter care about charts but the average person does not.
Glaucomflecken90210 on
This would make more sense if she wasn’t out here also dropping remixes and celebrating leaving the khia asylum and talking about how she wanted stateside to be number one…. it comes off so fake when artists do this lol it’s ok to want success i promise
I hate how every second artist needs to drop Taylor’s name in an interview unprovoked to make some type of point of how they are “different” . No one can be normal about a woman being very successful.
Also Zara is being very disingenuous.
She actively pushed Lush Life (an old song) on her tiktok saying how amazing it would be for it to get number 1, made many versions of it and attached midnight sun to it on spotify (and also said she want that one to get to number 1) , she celebrated chart success of her feature song and said it was her dream having a top 10 song, previously in interviews she said she wants to be number 1 and she even has a song about it.
She used to be honest about wanting chart success which I appreciated a lot more.
Safe-Reason1435 on
I get that I’m probably reading into a very low stakes, innocuous comment, and to be clear I really like Zara Larsson but I really wish celebrities would move away from this “too cool to care” narrative.
It’s okay to care! It’s okay to try hard! It’s okay to play by the rules that your particular industry has established before getting powerful enough to change those rules!
Personally, it just feels disingenuous. Zara’s entire look underwent a massive, instant, and incredible rebrand. And that was due to the efforts of dozens and dozens behind the scene workers who are trying to make this woman and their team successful (and rich).
And don’t get me wrong, it’s also okay to push back against the silly practices of said industry, but girl, YOU ARE an industry person!
Minute_Conflict_2037 on
Love her. She ain’t wrong. Swifties and BTS fans care about charts more than any fan base rn. The problem is I wouldn’t mess with Swifites at this point in my career. She took I have no filter thing too far.
nagidrac on
> Playing the chart game is so dead to me. No one’s looking at the charts but industry people and maybe Taylor Swift fans.
Zara pls… she keeps making TikTok’s about how this is her most successful era and how this is her dream but suddenly charts don’t matter lmao w/e
Taylor is so gracious to other artists but atp I’d be such a bitch to people name dropping my name for a viral moment 😒
neoncolour on
More quotes from the interview :
>> It’s not really about getting a No 1. […] It’s like: OK, we’ve done that. How can we keep creating? What other exciting opportunities are there now?
On Chappell Roan :
>> The more people hate her, the more I love her. I don’t like how she’s being treated at all. When a woman has boundaries, I think people freak out. Men can do violent criminal things and people applaud them, but when a woman says, ‘Stop following me,’ it’s controversial? It’s like: you guys just hate women, actually.
flirtydodo on
What options are there for witness protection for a pop star?
SimilarNerve731 on
Anytime a celeb mentions Taylor Swift and/or her fans in a negative way, I know there’s gonna be some good drama in the thread
EDIT: The downvoting already started, proving my point LMAO
CobwebAngel on
IcySpite7641 on
Okay so Zara Larsson has been getting a lot of hate for using AI recently. This is clearly a sad attempt at deflecting the conversation over to Taylor so she can get dragged in her place.
The crazy part is that Zara is notoriously obsessed with charts so this statement is just blatant hypocrisy:
So did she throw a stray at Taylor to get more attention on this? I’m ambivalent on Zara personally but I’m doubting her sincerity a LOT right now.
Edit: Not a Swiftie stand down
ASamx on
She’s right but of course certain stans will take this innocent comment to push a narrative and vilify her😭
lilmonsterave on
This comment section being the most hate I’ve seen Zara get outside of misogynistic circles, y’all didn’t even really read the quote and it shows😭💔
PrincesstheCalicoCat on
What a very interesting take from someone so very invested in leaving the Khia asylum. Because, sweet pea, getting people to buy and stream your stuff with frequency and regularity is the only way to stay out.
Honestly, the whole nonchalant I don’t care about the charts attitude is really pathetic. Any mainstream artist who says they don’t care about the charts is lying through their teeth. At least Taylor owns her ambition and I respect that.
blueberrytartpie on
No lies told. What’s the problem
CausticAvenger on
I’d probably say the same if my album peaked at #119
gossipwithsprinkles on
This is so unnecessarily shady especially when Zara watched symphony stateside and lush life on the Spotify charts every day like a hawk, released 9 versions of midnight sun + made tour exclusive single vinyls. Made tiktoks gagging at every chart achievement and now pretends like she doesn’t care. But hey of course everyone needs to name drop Taylor in some way in order to get another viral moment.
simpleflavors1 on
She already had the chart hits. Knows it’s meaningless to her fans.
elimac on
Theres a difference between being happy the art you make authentically and after working hard charts because people genuinely like it and only making things JUST so it charts without really giving a shit what you put out
MAGAHATESTHEUSA on
Wrong. Kalshi created fans for the billboard charts
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Guessing she doesn’t have a twitter account
Eagerly waiting w popcorn to see what responses might come in 👀
I think the chart discussions have devolved into internet Stan rot. We’re listening to early Gaga and Britney music completely oblivious and ignorant of their chart metrics, because the music is still good and made a mark on the culture. Chart positions are supposed to be a descriptive metric, not a prescriptive one.
Then why was she screaming and crying on TikTok last week about her song going number 1 only to turn around and play the nonchalant act?
Edited to add: also she released like 7 versions of midnight sun, which again is fine, but obviously you also care girl
Love this attitude. I’m a big Swiftie but chart obsession is really strange in big fandoms. Because it really doesn’t matter once you’re an established artist.
The only time charts are somewhat helpful is when it’s a smaller or lesser known artist, who is getting exposure to a new audience through charting somewhere in the top 50 or top 10 or anything like that.
Artists should be allowed to focus on making the art they want to make without worrying about what would appeal to the most people. That just gets you boring music (and industry people shouldn’t be encouraging that!!).
Zara get behind me!
She’s right. Google the billboard top 40. On any given week seven out of the top ten are straight up doggy do do. Do you really want to model your career after Alex Warren, Morgan Wallen, & Sombr?
Correction people on stan twitter care about charts but the average person does not.
This would make more sense if she wasn’t out here also dropping remixes and celebrating leaving the khia asylum and talking about how she wanted stateside to be number one…. it comes off so fake when artists do this lol it’s ok to want success i promise
That last part
https://preview.redd.it/tlbm7ht7zzsg1.png?width=540&format=png&auto=webp&s=50d9aa2d231c3e090a3b3449be78bcc2c71bc774
I hate how every second artist needs to drop Taylor’s name in an interview unprovoked to make some type of point of how they are “different” . No one can be normal about a woman being very successful.
Also Zara is being very disingenuous.
She actively pushed Lush Life (an old song) on her tiktok saying how amazing it would be for it to get number 1, made many versions of it and attached midnight sun to it on spotify (and also said she want that one to get to number 1) , she celebrated chart success of her feature song and said it was her dream having a top 10 song, previously in interviews she said she wants to be number 1 and she even has a song about it.
She used to be honest about wanting chart success which I appreciated a lot more.
I get that I’m probably reading into a very low stakes, innocuous comment, and to be clear I really like Zara Larsson but I really wish celebrities would move away from this “too cool to care” narrative.
It’s okay to care! It’s okay to try hard! It’s okay to play by the rules that your particular industry has established before getting powerful enough to change those rules!
Personally, it just feels disingenuous. Zara’s entire look underwent a massive, instant, and incredible rebrand. And that was due to the efforts of dozens and dozens behind the scene workers who are trying to make this woman and their team successful (and rich).
And don’t get me wrong, it’s also okay to push back against the silly practices of said industry, but girl, YOU ARE an industry person!
Love her. She ain’t wrong. Swifties and BTS fans care about charts more than any fan base rn. The problem is I wouldn’t mess with Swifites at this point in my career. She took I have no filter thing too far.
> Playing the chart game is so dead to me. No one’s looking at the charts but industry people and maybe Taylor Swift fans.
This ARMY erasure.
https://preview.redd.it/o80g8a7pzzsg1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6077587c0eac3b82df3ac781c7399693cc6fbe66
Girl stop lying
Zara pls… she keeps making TikTok’s about how this is her most successful era and how this is her dream but suddenly charts don’t matter lmao w/e
Taylor is so gracious to other artists but atp I’d be such a bitch to people name dropping my name for a viral moment 😒
More quotes from the interview :
>> It’s not really about getting a No 1. […] It’s like: OK, we’ve done that. How can we keep creating? What other exciting opportunities are there now?
On Chappell Roan :
>> The more people hate her, the more I love her. I don’t like how she’s being treated at all. When a woman has boundaries, I think people freak out. Men can do violent criminal things and people applaud them, but when a woman says, ‘Stop following me,’ it’s controversial? It’s like: you guys just hate women, actually.
What options are there for witness protection for a pop star?
Anytime a celeb mentions Taylor Swift and/or her fans in a negative way, I know there’s gonna be some good drama in the thread
EDIT: The downvoting already started, proving my point LMAO
Okay so Zara Larsson has been getting a lot of hate for using AI recently. This is clearly a sad attempt at deflecting the conversation over to Taylor so she can get dragged in her place.
The crazy part is that Zara is notoriously obsessed with charts so this statement is just blatant hypocrisy:
https://preview.redd.it/fll5emf800tg1.png?width=1668&format=png&auto=webp&s=d97a71cd841f94be6dde0b9a158537b77bb304b0
So did she throw a stray at Taylor to get more attention on this? I’m ambivalent on Zara personally but I’m doubting her sincerity a LOT right now.
Edit: Not a Swiftie stand down
She’s right but of course certain stans will take this innocent comment to push a narrative and vilify her😭
This comment section being the most hate I’ve seen Zara get outside of misogynistic circles, y’all didn’t even really read the quote and it shows😭💔
What a very interesting take from someone so very invested in leaving the Khia asylum. Because, sweet pea, getting people to buy and stream your stuff with frequency and regularity is the only way to stay out.
hahahahahahaha
this her?
https://preview.redd.it/t9yp043210tg1.png?width=1602&format=png&auto=webp&s=dc94aa28539049018ab28b93107bca6b4eace95d
Sure, girl. 🙄
https://preview.redd.it/dwebr70y00tg1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b54abed16a0f89b564a6fd327ac7b964b230bd84
Honestly, the whole nonchalant I don’t care about the charts attitude is really pathetic. Any mainstream artist who says they don’t care about the charts is lying through their teeth. At least Taylor owns her ambition and I respect that.
No lies told. What’s the problem
I’d probably say the same if my album peaked at #119
This is so unnecessarily shady especially when Zara watched symphony stateside and lush life on the Spotify charts every day like a hawk, released 9 versions of midnight sun + made tour exclusive single vinyls. Made tiktoks gagging at every chart achievement and now pretends like she doesn’t care. But hey of course everyone needs to name drop Taylor in some way in order to get another viral moment.
She already had the chart hits. Knows it’s meaningless to her fans.
Theres a difference between being happy the art you make authentically and after working hard charts because people genuinely like it and only making things JUST so it charts without really giving a shit what you put out
Wrong. Kalshi created fans for the billboard charts