Zara Larsson has covered ABBA‘s ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’, as well as telling NME what the band mean to her and revealing that work is progressing well on a “dark” and “vulnerable” new album.
Watch our interview with Larsson above.Today sees Larsson release her cover of the Swedish pop giants’ 1981 track for the Spotify Singles series, just after the premiere of the band’s ambitious new ABBA Voyage show in London.Speaking to NME on the red carpet of the event, Larsson admitted being a little starstruck to have pop royalty nearby.“They were like, ‘Oh, can you believe the Swedish Royal Family is here?’ and I was like, ‘I know, ABBA are right there’,” she said. “They were like, ‘No, the actual Royal Family will be here’.”But who would she be most likely to take a bullet for – ABBA or the Swedish Royal Family?“I don’t know, I actually love them both!
I really do,” she replied. “But obviously as a musician, it’s ABBA.”Larsson also revealed that she had previously met ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. “Not only are they sweet, they’re some of the talented musicians ever – the way they write the songs, the way they perform them, the outfits; they’re pop legends, truly,” she said.And what she do to secure a collaboration with ABBA?“I don’t know!
Tell me! I want it! Give me some tips,” she replied. “Could you imagine that, on the next album: ‘Zara Larsson featuring ABBA’?
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