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Helena Gao (center) and Zara Larsson (left) with Zara Larsson’s makeup artist, Sophia Sinot. Kollage: Caroline Niegaard. Originalfoto: Unsplash / privatfoto

She was ready to quit her music career because she’d burned out on promoting herself on TikTok. Then the Danish songwriter Helene Gao was put in touch with the global star Zara Larsson.

Right now, the whole world is screaming along to the Danish songwriter’s catchy hooks

Helena Gao (center) and Zara Larsson (left) with Zara Larsson’s makeup artist, Sophia Sinot. Kollage: Caroline Niegaard. Originalfoto: Unsplash / privatfoto
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Zara Larsson blev sablet ned af anmelderne og ignoreret af publikum.

Men så mødte hun den danske sangskriver Helena Gao.

»Jeg gik ind i det uden de store forventninger«, siger Helene Gao om sit første møde med Zara Larsson for to år siden.

Og så eksploderede det.

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