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Her second album, "So Good," came out on Friday. It is the
first international release for Larsson, who is already a star
in Sweden.
"It feels so good to have my record out - that I can actually go
here and tell people, 'Check out my album' and stuff," Larsson
said in an interview on Monday.
"But it's definitely difficult because it's so big - it's
really, really big," she said, referring to the American market.
Larsson gained fame in her home country at the age of 10, when
she won the Swedish talent show "Talang" in 2008. Last month,
she was named artist of the year at the Grammis Awards, Sweden's
equivalent of the Grammy Awards.
Larsson said she tried to accomplish a couple of things on her
new, 15-song album.
"My kind of picture for it was just to create a really good
collection of pop songs," she said. "It's fun, it's positive,
it's uplifting and empowering."
Larsson also likes to add her voice on social media to discuss
politics and women's rights.
"I just grew up in an environment that allowed me to really
question everything all the time," she said. "I was always the
one who was like, 'Is it really that way, is it really?'"
The singer will tour North America with British electronic music
group Clean Bandit from April to May before heading to Europe,
where she will perform at several festivals.
(Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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