[4] She later attained international recognition with singles including "Lush Life" (2015), "Never Forget You" (2015), "Girls Like" (2016) with Tinie Tempah, "This One's for You" with David Guetta, "Ain't My Fault" (2016), "I Would Like" (2016), "Symphony" (2017) with Clean Bandit, "Ruin My Life" (2018) and "On My Love" (2023) with David Guetta.

In 2012, Larsson signed with the record label TEN Music Group and subsequently released her debut extended play, Introducing, in January 2013.

The EP was supported by Larsson's first original single, "Uncover", which topped the charts in Scandinavia[5] and was certified 6× Platinum in Sweden.

Following her early success in Scandinavia, Larsson signed a three-year contract with Epic Records in the United States.

[1][8][9] In an interview with Svenska Dagbladet, she said that she was born "dead" due to a lack of oxygen from a nuchal cord.

[14] Larsson won the 2008 season of Talang, the Swedish adaptation of Got Talent, at the age of 10,[15] winning 500,000 kronor.

[16][17] "My Heart Will Go On", the song she sang in the final, originally sung by Celine Dion, was later released that year as Larsson's debut single, charting at the official Swedish Singles Chart, Sverigetopplistan, for six consecutive weeks and peaking there at number seven for one week.

Between December 2009 and January 2010, Larsson participated in a reality TV series called Jag ska bli stjärna (English: "I shall become a star") where she and other young Swedish talents got help on the difficult road to international fame and success.

[5] In July 2013, at Sommarkrysset in Gröna Lund, she received a 3× platinum award for Introducing for selling over 120,000 copies in Sweden.

[28] On 3 April 2013, Larsson revealed on her blog that she had signed a three-year contract with Epic Records in the United States.

[30] On 1 October 2014, Larsson released her Scandinavian debut studio album 1, including the songs "Uncover", "Bad Boys" and "She's Not Me" (Pt.

[citation needed] On 5 June 2015, Larsson released the single "Lush Life" from her upcoming second studio album.

[32][33][34] On 22 July 2015, Larsson released her collaboration with English singer MNEK, "Never Forget You", the second single from her upcoming album.

[53] In September 2017, Larsson announced that she had started working on her third studio album, saying in an interview she had written two new songs with MNEK.

On 11 December 2017, Larsson once again performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, this time alongside American singer John Legend.

The track was commercially successful worldwide, being certified at least gold in the US and the UK, while reaching number one in the Netherlands.

[64] On 8 January 2021, she released "Talk About Love" featuring American rapper Young Thug as the third single from Poster Girl.

[69] On 27 January 2023, Larsson released "Can't Tame Her", the lead single from her fourth (third international) studio album, Venus.

[79] In 2015, Larsson planned and hosted a summer speech broadcast on Sveriges Radio, one of 58 celebrities that year.

[14] Larsson was 17 at the time, which made her the youngest such speaker, surpassing Robyn and Gina Dirawi at age 20.

[84][85] Larsson has grown increasingly vocal with her views on other artists and industry workers with whom she works and admires.

While she has high praise for performers such as Beyoncé,[86] she is equal in her opposing views of such artists as Dr. Luke[87] and Chris Brown.

[91] In June 2015, she came into the spotlight in her home country for openly questioning whether the Bråvalla Festival had any gender perspective whatsoever, as its promotion and performance line-up were highly dominated by male artists.

[92] That same day, Swedish singer Günther wrote on his Facebook profile criticizing Larsson: "You are one of many teenybopper chicks who are world-famous in Sweden and maximally hyped but don't come with any hits, only a lot of fuss.

[92] On 11 May 2021, Larsson posted an image of text on her Instagram where she criticised Israel for killing civilians and "upholding apartheid", and expressed the importance of standing against antisemitism.

[95][96][97] In March 2019, it was announced that Larsson had started a commercial cooperation with Chinese technology company Huawei.

[108] Additionally, her international influences include Christina Aguilera,[109] Rihanna, The Weeknd, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, Jhené Aiko, and Lady Gaga.

[110] During her childhood, Larsson's mother listened to Whitney Houston, Etta James, Celine Dion and Aretha Franklin.