Zara Larsson covers the issue of Paper Magazine. Photographed by Julia & Vincent and styled by Jared Ellner – May 2026
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Zara Larsson covers the issue of Paper Magazine. Photographed by Julia & Vincent and styled by Jared Ellner – May 2026
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I have so many questions about slide 14. Gonna need to blow that up on desktop later and future out what is going on
I think they forgot her pants?
This concept is so strange, it doesnât seem to align with her brand whatsoever. The Americana, trashy, Route 66 vibe doesnât fit for a European pop star who makes bouncy dance music. And if it is meant to reference her new album being subtitled âGirls Tripâ this shoot does little to evoke that.
I donât know why these are edited to all heck. Sheâs already so beautiful. They made her face look like not like her face.
14 looks like something you’d see on a teen boy’s walls in the 1980s, and I mean that as a compliment.
kinda zoolander in a stupid+fun+sexy way.
This kind of gives 2007 Maxim. Nothing really being said here other than showcasing her body and a loose americana theme. Nothing wrong with that, just underwhelming shots imo and seem off brand.Â
Normally I like her shoots but this doesnât give off her aesthetics at all
Overdone photoshoot idea. And with gas? At these prices?
My mid-millennial brain is broken by the 2004 vibes of this shoot. That fashion era was bad enough the first time. Do we really need to also bring back the greasy photo shoots determined to objectify women in the least sexy way possible?
When did it get decided that all female pop stars need to look like strippers?
At first glance, I thought this was Christina Aguilera
Lol the belted underwear is funny
She looks strong! Her legs look amazing in 9 and 13
Coming in here and seeing people didnât read the article
The classic combo of undies and a belt
This feels almost lifted straight from Girls Aloud’s Wake Me Up. Not sure we entirely need the 2004 flashback!
I’m sensing a theme here, lol. She does these kinds of male-gazey photoshoots. Just look at her music video with Tyla. Media portrayal of women is regressing
So, they gave her a basic pin-up photo shoot, with fairly confusing “gasoline” and fake dirty dress photos, and that is edited to hell.
Oof. I’ve seen AI photos that look better than the editing on these, and I think AI looks tacky af
I dont know why but she strikes me as an alternate reality jojo siwa
Very ANTM
I thought I recognized that headset used as a bra and ended up finding the person that created it
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYFYh5tkZ8g/?img_index=1
It’s reminding me of Paris Hilton “eating” a burger on top of a car.
Eh this is a bit too male gaze to be interesting to me, love her music tho!
Is âParis Hilton on a Maxim cover circa 2003â really the nachos we want to reheat in 2026?
Set inspired by Kanye West’s Bound 2 music video, 2014
When I first saw the picture I thought it was Xtina
conservatives in power & women immediately get objectified in pop culture to levels unseen since the early 2000s. but every self proclaimed liberal is too choice-feminist brained to even think critically about this.
why isnât it the (unspoken) strict rule for male stars to âembrace their sexualityâ by degrading themselves, posing almost nude, hairless, with a ton of makeup thatâs meant to remind us of p+rn?
gee i wonder why. and i wonder why this aesthetic, along with tradwife aesthetic, the red pill, conservatives in power and womenâs rights being taken away?
well god think âchoice feminismâ is getting popular now and we programmed ourselves that feminist critique is actually âpearl clutchingâ and every choice is feminist and we should shut down our brains, accept the patriarchy as is and never do anything uncomfortable.
i hate it here.
Pic 8 perfectly showing the difference between her actual hair and her extensions is so rude
Styled? It’s a flannel and panties
Why is her butt crack looking a mile wide in pic 3
She looks incredible BUT as someone who has followed her for years I just wish she would be honest about getting on ozempic. Because itâs honestly sooooo obvious she did something to all of a sudden drop 20 lbs from her already very toned form⌠she was already working out all the time, dancing, had good muscle but was being body shamed by Azealia. Just be totally for real and say you went on peptides like every other celeb. Just bothers me since I see so many young girls obsessing over her body and sheâs so ârealâ about everything
Pic 1, 6 and 8 are amazing. I think if they stuck with just those three Iâd like the set a lot more.
Also I wish my butt looked like that đ
This doesnât seem like proper attire for biking
Eugh, just not my aesthetic. Very early 2000s in a way I donât vibe with lol. Just kind of a bunch of nothing.
Very dissapointing and boring. This is just made for men, sadly.
I CANNOT WAIT FOR UNTOLD FESTIVAL!!!
Itâs giving MAXIM Magazine (complimentary)
I think this is so sick !!!! love
I think they overdid the makeup. She has these uncommon small eyes that really make her unique. And beautiful/memorable. They did so much to open her eyes that she looks like every filtered ig model.
She’s hot, she’ll be happy she took these pictures in 40 years. No harm no foul
I wish we’d stop “fixing” all the parts of us that are different in photos. People looking unique is human.
Rant over, this reminds me of Jess Simpson’s Daisy Duke era. Fun throwback.
Oh! Or that Carl’s Jr sloppy burger commercial from the 00s.
not exactly for the girlies
This cover eats. This girl really does have everything but the music.