{"id":337630,"date":"2026-03-13T18:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/337630\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:23:08","slug":"zara-larsson-addresses-rumor-she-was-asked-to-replace-camila-cabello-in-fifth-harmony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/337630\/","title":{"rendered":"Zara Larsson Addresses Rumor She Was Asked to Replace Camila Cabello in Fifth Harmony"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Camila Cabello<\/a> left the group in 2014, Fifth Harmony<\/a> lost its, well, fifth. And one person some people thought might step in to bring the lineup back up to five was Zara Larsson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More than a decade later, the Swedish pop star has finally addressed the matter in an interview with self-proclaimed Fifth Harmony stan Tom\u00e1s Mier in a YouTube interview posted Thursday (March 12). When asked whether she was ever considering joining the band, Larsson said frankly, \u201cOh, no, I don\u2019t do groups. I would never be in a group. No, sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Clarifying that she\u2019ll \u201calways\u201d be a Harmonizer and that she\u2019s \u201ca big fan of girl groups,\u201d the singer added, \u201cI just couldn\u2019t take not singing lead all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also said, \u201cAnd I also like that I feel like the girl groups are coming back big time \u2026 If I was [in one], I will be front center.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Cabello left the group formed on X Factor, the remaining four members \u2014 Lauren Jauregui, Dinah Jane Hansen, Ally Brooke Hernandez and Normani Kordei \u2014 continued performing as Fifth Harmony. \u201cThe fans are our fifth member,\u201d Hernandez told Billboard<\/a> in a 2017 interview, which came one year before the foursome disbanded.<\/p>\n

Larsson has her own ties to Fifth Harmony, touring with the band as an opening act on Cher Lloyd\u2019s I Wish tour in 2014. \u201cI actually loved to be on that tour,\u201d she told Mier. \u201cThat\u2019s memories for life. What a good time that was. What an era.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the performer hadn\u2019t continued on her path as a soloist, she never would have found her breakout moment in 2026 with her remixed version of Pinkpantheress\u2019 \u201cStateside,\u201d which recently became Larsson\u2019s first-ever top 10 hit<\/a> on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, reaching No. 7 on the chart dated March 14, 2026. The success builds on the momentum started by \u201cSymphony\u201d going viral in 2024.<\/p>\n

Watch her full interview with Mier below.<\/p>\n

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