{"id":201322,"date":"2025-10-04T09:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T09:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/201322\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T09:57:19","slug":"zara-larsson-calls-out-fans-for-pitting-her-against-tate-mcrae-as-they-finish-touring-together-its-been-strange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/201322\/","title":{"rendered":"Zara Larsson Calls Out Fans for Pitting Her Against Tate McRae as They Finish Touring Together: &#8216;It&#8217;s Been Strange&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zara Larsson called out fans for trying to pit her against Tate McRae<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Saturday, Sept. 27, Larsson wrapped up her run as McRae&#8217;s opening act on the Miss Possessive Tour<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your stage with me and my girls every night,&#8221; Larsson wrote to McRae on Instagram <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/zara-larsson-pretty-ugly-tate-mcrae-tour-interview-exclusive-11722271\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zara Larsson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Zara Larsson<\/a> is not here for fans trying to pit her against <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tate-mcrae-8670828\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tate McRae;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tate McRae<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Sunday, Sept. 28, the &#8220;Midnight Sun&#8221; shared a carousel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPKPtB1jIFv\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> featuring photos and videos from her time as the opening act on the North American leg of McRae&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tate-mcrae-keeps-dancing-after-shoe-flies-off-onstage-wardrobe-malfunction-11789124\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miss Possessive Tour;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miss Possessive Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Larsson, 27, wrote &#8220;It\u2019s a wrap on Miss Possessive tour!&#8221; before praising McRae, 22, for inviting her along for the ride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tatemcrae\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@tatemcrae;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@tatemcrae<\/a>\u00a0thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your stage with me and my girls every night. I can\u2019t explain how much I\u2019ve appreciated the opportunity to give the people a little taste of a Zara set,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Larsson then took a moment to address certain fans who&#8217;ve attempted to pit her against the &#8220;Exes&#8221; singer. &#8220;I\u2019m speechless at the amount of praise I\u2019ve been getting over these past few weeks from your wonderful fans and online,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;With that being said, it\u2019s been strange seeing some people putting us against each other when we\u2019re just two pop girls who love and support each other back stage!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Zara Larsson\/Instagram Tate McRae (left) and Zara Larsson\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"490\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a43c270cf2605eded7ff1fdbd8746064.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Zara Larsson\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Tate McRae (left) and Zara Larsson<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pop star then called McRae &#8220;insanely talented&#8221; and added: &#8220;the dancers, band, crew, team, drivers, and tech have been a joy to be around and I always feel like that says a lot about how a person works. You set the bar. You set the standard. You are a super star.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Just know, I will always have your back! Thank you for this experience!!!&#8221; she concluded her post.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Andrew Chin\/Getty Zara Larsson in 2024\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ca711542882d731ac4531da110787f7a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Chin\/Getty<\/p>\n<p> Zara Larsson in 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Larsson wrapped up her time on McRae&#8217;s tour with a performance at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In August, Larsson praised McRae on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@iheartradioca\/video\/7540751405930253575\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:iHeartRadio Canada;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">iHeartRadio Canada<\/a>, where she revealed that although the headliner was often too busy to &#8220;hang out,&#8221; Larsson had nothing but respect and admiration for her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;She&#8217;s so busy, like, it&#8217;s such a big machine, like, she is a superstar, touring arenas all over the world,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, Larsson shared that she watched McRae&#8217;s sound checks, before calling the star &#8220;inspiring&#8221; and &#8220;hardworking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Larsson added, &#8220;Sadly, we haven&#8217;t had the time to, like, hang out because she&#8217;s always doing something, or like, I&#8217;m doing something, but I just love to be a part of that tour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/zara-larsson-calls-out-fans-for-pitting-her-against-tate-mcrae-11820484\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Zara Larsson called out fans for trying to pit her against Tate McRae On Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216,29117,108094],"class_list":{"0":"post-201322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-tate-mcrae","11":"tag-zara-larsson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}