When Camila Cabello left the group in 2014, Fifth Harmony lost its, well, fifth. And one person some people thought might step in to bring the lineup back up to five was Zara Larsson.
More than a decade later, the Swedish pop star has finally addressed the matter in an interview with self-proclaimed Fifth Harmony stan Tomás Mier in a YouTube interview posted Thursday (March 12). When asked whether she was ever considering joining the band, Larsson said frankly, “Oh, no, I don’t do groups. I would never be in a group. No, sorry.”
Clarifying that she’ll “always” be a Harmonizer and that she’s “a big fan of girl groups,” the singer added, “I just couldn’t take not singing lead all the time.”
She also said, “And I also like that I feel like the girl groups are coming back big time … If I was [in one], I will be front center.”
After Cabello left the group formed on X Factor, the remaining four members — Lauren Jauregui, Dinah Jane Hansen, Ally Brooke Hernandez and Normani Kordei — continued performing as Fifth Harmony. “The fans are our fifth member,” Hernandez told Billboard in a 2017 interview, which came one year before the foursome disbanded.
Larsson has her own ties to Fifth Harmony, touring with the band as an opening act on Cher Lloyd’s I Wish tour in 2014. “I actually loved to be on that tour,” she told Mier. “That’s memories for life. What a good time that was. What an era.”
If the performer hadn’t continued on her path as a soloist, she never would have found her breakout moment in 2026 with her remixed version of Pinkpantheress’ “Stateside,” which recently became Larsson’s first-ever top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 7 on the chart dated March 14, 2026. The success builds on the momentum started by “Symphony” going viral in 2024.
Watch her full interview with Mier below.
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