Zara Larsson is drawing a firm line between a career breakthrough and being treated like a newcomer, after her former record label floated a Grammy plan she had no interest in pursuing.
The 28-year-old Swedish pop star revealed that executives at Epic Records discussed submitting her for Best New Artist following the international success of her fifth studio album, Midnight Sun. But Larsson quickly pushed back, arguing that the category would erase more than a decade of work.